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NSIAD-85-125 1 (1985-08-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfge0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT BY THE U S. General Accounting Office Consolidating Procurements Of Medical Equipment Could Save Money During fiscal years 1982 through 1984, the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Veterans Administration (VA) medical facilities purchased over $1 billion worth of medical and related equipment, mostly on a local, decen- tralized basis. GAO believes that DOD could procure many of these items on a centralized, consolidated basis and estimates savings averaging 11 percent to 15 percent, or $2.6 million to $3.6 million, on the DOD items sampled. GAO believes that VA might also be able to procure more items on a consolidated basis and realize price savings, but GAO could not conclusively demonstrate this because VA lacks specific, centralized data on its facilities' equip- ment procurements. Consolidating equipment procurements might also (1) reduce the administrative costs associated with awarding and administering contracts and (2) establish a basis for DOD and VA to share procurements of commonly used equipment items as they now share procurements of drugs and medical supplies. GAO recommends that the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs take several actions to achieve these potential economies. I//.iIIUIID S7!/I/I 127768 GAO/NSIAD-85-1 25 AUGUST 27,1985 OC) - Ci 5

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