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DXCURENT RESUME
04932 - [B03251991
[Revieu of Contract for Painting at Marine Corps Air Stations].
rSAD-78-73; B-1L6842,. January 31, 1978. 6 pp.
Report to fiep. Charles ff. Wilson; by Elmer B. Staa+,s,
Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Federal Procurement of Goods ard Services:
Reasonableness of Prices Under Negotiated Contracts and
Subcontracts (1404w .
Contact: rocarement and Systems Acquisition Div.
Budqet Function: Natial Defense: Department of Defense -
Procurement & Contracts (058).
Orqanization Concerne&: Departrent of the Navy; Marine Corps: E)
loro Air Station, Santa kLta, CA.
Ccnqreisional Relevance: Rep. Charles H. Wilson.
Autho)-ity; Davis-Bacon Act.
A revLew was coonducted of a pending award of a contract
for painting at the 'Karine Corps Air Stations Pt El Tc, :o and
Santa Ana, Caiifornia. The Government estimate should have been
about 24 cents per square foot rather than the initial estimate
prepared of 17 cents Per square foot. No indications were found
of s'gnificant probleks in tha quality control of contractors'
perforhance. Some minor deficiencies were nnted in the manner in
sthich Government inspectors made and reported on inspections of
contractors' perforinance. Labor rates, ms adjusted for local
conditions by the Goyfltnment ezti3ator, ueie reasonably Peaz the
approved rates and provided an adequate basis for leterminira
whether contractcrs had considered appropriate labor rates in
biddinq on the contract. Altho'gh adequate procedures exist for
enforcement of labor standards prcvisicns, such enforcement was
infrequent at the kir Station (SW)
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