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107243 1 (1978-07-21)

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I-Mor STATd GVELNMLNT

  -Memorandum


GENERAL ACCONTLNG OFFICE


             JUL21 1978


TO    =The Comptroller General


FROM     Director, Ld _  .-.t;     - '--/


LM107243


. suisc. Trends in A/E Contracting

Request

      At a meeting on March 17, 1978, you requested that we perform some
 preliminary work in the Corps of Engineers to examine trends with respect to
 the participation of small, new, and minority firms in the A/E contracting
 market.-                 -     ..                   '

 scope           - ,         .

      We performed limited work at the Office of the Chief of Engineers and
 the Baltimore District Office We* also Utilized the services of FGMSD to
 analyze data available to GAO from another source--DD Form 350--a report of
 each DOD procurement action over $10,000by fiscal year.              . -

 Results                   -          ..        .

      Minoity firms  Data is not available on the extent of contracting
                     - with minorities. Beginning this year the Corps of
                     ' Engineers has established goals of 5 percent of
          S•.. contracts and 5 percent of dollar value.*'

      Smallbusneis- Majrity of AlE firms fall within the SBA criteria
                      -according to the Corps of Engineers and data from  -
                      the Engineering News Record on top 500 firms--only
                      about the top 100 meet the $7.5 million criterion
                      for engineering firms. Further, data is not accumu-
                      lated by the Corps of Engineers. -


New* fi rms


- Corps of Engineers had no reports, but its stated
  policy is to spread work around. We tested available
  data for the Corps of Engineers (DD Form 350) nation
  wide. He used 1972 as base year, when 213 different
  firms were identified as receiving A/E :or.tracts from
  the Corps.

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