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B-132740 1 (1973-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaeni0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESRICED- Not to be released~ outs! th eea Acesn-rg Off re oxcept on the basis of by 'he Office of Cogreskoai Reat.onssc is kept by the Distribution Sectin, Public COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITIO STATES WAISHINGTrON. 20 B-132740 D AUG 2 3 1973 The Honorable James C. Corman Chairman, Subcommittee on Government Procurement ,, _Select Committee on Small Business -X'House of Representatives VDear Mr. Corman: Your letter of November 1, 1972, requested that we implement the recommendations on pages 83 and 84 of House Report No. 92-1609, The Position andlgT l - nessin .,GxryimpAnt-ror,ementI Your Subcommittee recom- irdea that we analyze the reporting methods, internal an I practices, and controls of the Department of Defense (DOD) and the military departments regarding (1) small business low bids for contract awards of $10,000 or more which are not accepted for miscellaneous reasons and (2) contract awards of under $10,000 made to large businesses instead of small businesses for reasons unknown. We were also requested to recommend changes in the current DOD reporting methods that would read- ily disclose and identify why small business bids were not accepted under each of these reasons and to develop other statistical data, information, and methods to better manage and improve DOD's small business procurement program. We directed our review to DOD data on fiscal year 1972 procurements of 12 DOD procurement centers in the United States. (See enc. I.) We discussed with the Subcommittee staff our preliminary findings and conclusions. For co~ntrap, ds over $10,000, p etoo!ices were incorrectly reporting awards not made to small business for miscellaneous reasons. For awards under $10,000, DOD in- correctly assumed in its statistical reports that all awards to large business were offered to small business. We have concluded that DOD can provide more accurate and complete data on awards not made to small business. In addi- tion, we have identified several other changes which vary in cost that DOD could make in its reporting systems.

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