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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded four firms contracts of $500 million each for Hurricane Katrina cleanup in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The Corps of Engineers reviewed 22 proposals before choosing companies based on price, past performance, technical competence and ability to provide subcontracting work to local and small companies, reported the New York Times Saturday.
The Army Corps, the contracting agency for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, set goals for steering subcontracting work to local providers, who in term will hire local labor for the cleanup work.
The federal government is requiring that 73.5 percent of the work go to small businesses, 3 percent to disabled veterans, 11 percent to small disadvantaged businesses and 11 percent to small women-owned firms, the Times reported.
The Army Corps awarded the contracts to AshBritt of Pompano Beach, Fla.; the Environmental Chemical Corporation, based in Burlingame, Calif.; Phillips & Jordan, based in Knoxville, Tenn.; and Ceres Environmental Services, based in Brooklyn Park, Minn.
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