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06b43 - I B1986984 1
ruise of Advertised and Negotiated Contracts far Construction and
Major Repair and Alterations]. LCD-76-323; B-95136. July 6,
1978. 2 pp. + 2 enclosures (13 pp.).
Report to Sen. Charles H. Percy, Banking Minority Member, Senate
Committee on Governmentl Affairs: Persanent Subcommittee on
Investiqations; by Robert G. Bothwell Ifor Pred J. Shafex,
Director, Loqistics and Communications Div.).
Issue Area: Federal Pzocurement cf Gccds and Services:
Reasonableness ot Prices Under Negctiated Contracts and
Subcontracts (1904); Federal Procurement of Goods and
Services (1900).
Contact: Logistics and Communications Div.
budqet Function: General Go'ernment t80).
Orqanization Concerned: General Services Administration.
Conqressional Relevan.ce; Senate Committee cc Governmental
Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Sen.
Charles H. Percy.
Authority: Small Business Act. Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949. =41 C.F.B 1.
A statistical analysis of the General Services
Administration's (GSA's) use of advertised and negctiated
contracts for new construction and major repairs and alterations
indicated -nat restricted competiticl say freclude assurance
that awards are made at reasonable prices. There a ears to be
too high a proportion of nogotiated contracts, overly liberal
interpretations of public exigency to justixy vegotiatirr, and
iittle or ao competiticn for many advertised and negotiated
awards. Although conclusive determinaticns could not bQ made of
procurement methods in individual cases, indicators cf serious
inadequacies are being reported to the AdMiListrator of General
Services. suqqestions are being made that his recently fcrmed
task force on activities most susceptible to criminal abuse
consider information supplied by GAO, and that they investigate
specifically the sufficieLcy of ccmpetition in the Eublic
Building Service's construction and repair and alteratin
contract work. (Author/HTW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaaxqz0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)