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EMD-81-43 1 (1981-01-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbld0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 UdNGY AM MINERALS B-201676 JANUARY 16, 1981 The Honorable Charles W. Duncan, Jr. The Secretary of Energy 11!II11111111111111111 Dear Mr. Secretary: 114149 Subject: )mall purchase activities at the Department of Energyj(EMD-8l-43) We have recently completed a limited examination of the Department of Energy's small purchasing practices to determine, among other things, whether the Department is complying with Federal Procurement Regulations. Small purchases are generally those procurements under $10,000. These purchases are usually subjected to less stringent procedures and scrutiny than are contracts over $10,000. Based on the methodology used in our work, we found that, with few exceptions, the Department is in general compliance with the regulations. We discussed these few exceptions with your staff. In doing our work, we first reviewed the regulations to identify those areas where possible violations would most likely occur. We then took a random statistical sample of small purchase actions at both the headquarters office and a major government-owned contractor-operated facility. Although the contractors of such facilities are not subject to the Federal Procurement Regulations, their actions must be consistent with the intent of the Federal regulations. We selected 56 procurement actions from the Washington Office and 74 from the contractor facility--Sandia Laboratories--for review. Some of the areas we looked at included whether: --the most effective procurement method was used; --the purchases were being awarded to small businesses, and were not exceeding the $10,000 limitation or being manipulated into smaller awards to circumvent the limitation; and --reasonable competition was being obtained. (300539) <'

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