Guidance Needed to Promote Competition for Defense Task Orders

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000119906
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Guidance Needed to Promote Competition for Defense Task Orders
Author:	General Accounting Office
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

Excerpt
Excerpt: Competition requirements were waived for nearly half (34 of 74) of the multiple-award contract and federal supply schedule orders GAO reviewed. Often, contracting officers waived competition based on requests from the program offices to retain the services of contractors currently performing the work. In addressing these requests, safeguards to ensure that waivers were granted only under appropriate circumstances were lacking. Specifically, guidance for granting waivers did not sufficiently describe the circumstances under which a waiver of competition could be used. In addition, the requirements for documenting the basis for waivers were not specific, and there was no requirement that waivers be approved above the level of the contracting officer.