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NSIAD-93-255R 1 (1993-08-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackjy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-254228 August 24, 1993 The Honorable Sam Nunn Chairman, Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Dale L. Bumpers Chairman, Committee on Small Business United States Senate 149833 The Honorable Ronald V. Dellums Chairman, Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives The Honorable John J. LaFalce Chairman, Committee on Small Business House of Representatives The Miller Act (40 USC 270a, et seq.) requires federal construction contractors to provide performance and payment surety bonding. The Conference Report (H.R. Rep. No. 102-311) on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-190) directed the General Accounting Office to assess the Department of Defense's (DOD) implementation of a test program in which it was to award construction contracts to small and disadvantaged businesses that DOD or the Small Business Administration (SBA) exempted from the requirements of the Miller Act. The SBA and DOD were initially directed to establish the test program in 1989, and in 1992 we reported' that use of the surety bond exemption authority had been quite limited through fiscal year 1991. Since that report was issued, both SBA and DOD have continued to make very little use of the exemption authority. We are providing factual 'Small Business: Use of the Surety Bond Waiver Has Been Limited (GAO/RCED-92-166, July 7, 1992). GAO/NSIAD-93-255R Surety Bond Waiver Program 1v/Hqi,

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