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GAO-01-185R 1 (2000-11-17)

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&Accountablity * Integrity * Reliability
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548







          November 17, 2000

          The Honorable John Mc Cain
          Chairman
          The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Commerce, Science,
            and Transportation
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Bud Shuster
          Chairman
          The Honorable James L. Oberstar
          Ranking Democratic Member
          Committee on Transportation
            and Infrastructure
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: Information on Contracting at
                  Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington
                  National Airport Between 1992 and 1999

          The Metropolitan Washington Airports Act of 1986 provided for the lease of
          Washington Dulles International Airport (Dulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington
          National Airport (National) and the transfer of operating responsibility from the
          federal government to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA).
          MWAA has operated the airports since June 7, 1987, under a 50-year lease with the
          U.S. Department of Transportation. Under the statutory terms of its lease, MWAA is
          charged with the protection, promotion, operation, and maintenance of Dulles and
          National airports in Virginia. To carry out this mandate, MWAA enters into a wide
          range of contractual relationships for the acquisition of go o ds, supplies, and
          construction and other services. Acquisitions range from office supplies to heavy
          mobile equipment, from fuel oil and gasoline to replacement parts for air-
          conditioning systems, and from minor repairs to major construction, as well as
          various professional consulting services. MWAA also contracts for a variety of
          revenue-generating concessions that provide rental cars, food and beverages,
          newspapers and gifts, public parking, and other goods and services needed by the
          airports' users. Because MWAA does not maintain a centralized database on its


GAO-01-185R Contracting by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

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