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EMD-81-125 1 (1981-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcis0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'k ESTRIbTEf)*L Not to le releaed outside the General Accounin~g CIIE~ en . i-'r of SPOWFCw AMupMv REPORT BY THE. RELEASED I I(a7 Com ptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES DOE's Alcohol Fuels Awards Process Resulted In Questionable Award Selections And Limited Small Business Success DOE made two rounds of awards for alcohol fuels feasibility studies and cooperative agree- ments. Certain events which occurred in the process DOE used to select awardees cast doubt over whether the best proposals were selected for award. In making selections, DOE frequently disregarded the technical evalua- tions of its proposal evaluators and selected many lower ranking proposals instead of those ranked much higher. DOE made exces- sive and sometimes inconsistent use of non- technical objectives, set forth in program pol- icy factors, in overriding these technical eval- uations. In addition, during one competition a proposal evaluator having a minority view- point on the proposal evaluation team altered the team's consensus ratings of cost and busi- ness management factors prior to award selec- tions. To enhance the integrity of the process for ;selecting awardees in future com- petitions, DOE needs to establish guidelines spelling out the manner in which program pol- icy factors should be applied in the selection process and setting forth a mechanism for deal;ing with minority viewpoints during the eval uation process. The small business share of DOE's alcohol fuels feasibility study and cooperative agree- ment awards was limited. Small businesses reco ived about 25 percent of the number of awords and only about 11 percent of the funling. For small businesses to have better suc ess in obtaining future awards, a stronger con mitment may have to be made and asso- cia ed steps taken. 116237 EMD-81-125 AUGUST 21, 1981 3

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