Just run a search on LOGCAP. KBR won it back from DynCorp in '02. Well over half the logistics, services and training in Iraq have been awarded to this Halliburton subsidy LEGALLY, as the military quickly found out that doing the typical bid process took far too long to be effective during a crisis or time of need.
Again, just search on LOGCAP. I'll bet that this was a procurement agent that was particularly thick-headed and didn't know squat about pre-existing purchasing vehicles such as LOGCAP and called a firestorm down due to ignorance.