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ID-76-82 1 (1976-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaabxt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 00573 - (A05;08121 Improvement and New Legislation Needed in AID's Contracting for Consultants and Advisors. ID-76-82; B-132961. December 27, 1976. Released January 14, 1977. 23 pp. + 2 appendices. Report to Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operatioas Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: International Economic aad Military Programs (600); Personnel Management and Compensati.on (300);7ederal Procurement of Goods and Services (1900). Contact: International Div. Budget Functior: International Affairs: Foreign Economic and Financial Assistance (151). Organization Concerned: Department of State; Agency for International Development. Congressional Helevance: Senate Committee on Appropriations: Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Authority: Foreign Assistance kct of 1961, ;ec. 601. Foreign Assistance Act of 1962, sec. 301. The Agency for International Develcpment (AID) obtains consultant and advisory services to carry out foreign assiotance programs. Findings/Conclusions: AID-s management information systea did not readily identify the total dollar value of persopal services ccAtracts awarded during fiscal year 1975, but avail-ble data indicate that the value of such contracts was about $1.5 million. Consultants and experts emplcyed on an intermittent basis accounted for another $1.1 million. AID has special authority to use per3onal services contracts when technical day-to-day supervision is cartied out by the host government's officials or when the host governmert does not wish to contract directly with a foreign technician. In several instances, the Agency has not observed Civil Service rules with regard to the employment of irtermittent consultants and experts. Retired civilian employees serving as experts or consultants are exempted from laws governing the simultaneous receipts of compensaticn and retirement benefits. Recommendations: The Administrator of AID shculd: develop procedures so that the limited authority of AID to award personal services contracts is not exceeded; require that, in selecting personal ser'vices ccntractors, more than one potential contractor is intervipwed; and in negotiating compensation rates for personal services contracts, the rate is set on the basis ot the job requirements rather than on the consultant's earnings history. (RES)

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