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HEHS-98-188R 1 (1998-07-10)

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               United States
GA     O       General Accounting Office
               Washington, D.C. 20548/                                         O

               Health, Education and Human Services Division

               B-280287

               July 10, 1998

               The Honorable Christopher S. Bond
               Chairman
               The Honorable Barbara A. Mikulski
               Ranking Minority Member
               Subcommittee on VA, HUD,
                 and Independent Agencies
               Committee on Appropriations
               United States Senate

               The Honorable Jerry Lewis
               Chairman
               The Honorable Louis Stokes
               Ranking Minority Member
               Subcommittee on VA, HUD,
                  and Independent Agencies
               Committee on Appropriations
               House of Representatives

               Subject: VA Construction: Contract Award Delays

               The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) annual appropriations act for each
               fiscal year since 1984 has set deadlines for awarding contracts for major
               construction projects.' VA is required to award a construction documents2
               contract by September 30 of the fiscal year in which funds were appropriated
               for a major construction project, and award a construction contract by
               September 30 of the following fiscal year. VA's annual appropriations act also
               requires



               1A major construction project is a project with an estimated cost of $3 million
               or more. P.L. 104-262, dated October 9, 1996, changed the definition of major
               construction project to one estimated to cost $4 million or more, starting in
               fiscal year 1997.
               2Construction documents are working drawings and other documents that an
               agency must have prepared in order to offer a construction contract to bidders.

                                           GAOIHEHS-98-188R VA Construction Delays

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