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(Efforts Needed to Increase Competition for Elevator Maintenance
Services in the Veterans Administration). PSAD-78-41; B-135350.
November 22, 1977. 9 pp.
Report to max Cleland, Administratcr, Veterans Administration;
by Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resources Div.
Isue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods and Services (1900)
Federal Procurement of Goods and Services: Reasonableness of
Prices Under Negotiated Contracts and Subcontracts (1904).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Vunction: Veterans Benefits and Services: Other Veterans
Benefits and Services (705).
Congressional Relevarce: House CommIttee on Veterans' Affairs;
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A review of the methods the Veterans' Administration
(VA) hospitals used tc contract for elevator maintenance
services .ndicated that some hospitals are not seeking
competition for elevator maintenance services.
Findings,'Conclusions: Two-thirds of the hospitals sampled
solicited competition and awarded contracts for elevator
maintenance services to thp lowest bidder. The other hospitals
awardeu sole-source contracts to service representatives of the
elevatoz manufacturers on the assumption that cther sources
could Pot provide adequate and timely service. The hospitals
awarding noncompetitive contracte had not developed a factual
basis to support the determination that it was impractical to
secure competition. These hospitals also had no basis and had
made little or no effort to evaluate the reasonableness of
prices paid for maintenance services ,nder noncompetitive
-:rnracts. There are opportunities for the VA to increase the
number of competitive procurements, and significant savings
should accrue through increased competition. (SW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaawiy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)