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B-169434 1 (1971-08-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaenu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF TN FIALWASHINGTON. D.C. 20M54 Dear Senator Smith: 092537 This is in response to your referral of June 16, 1971, concerning information requested by Mr. Paul Barton, Rockland, Maine, on the relationship of the General Accounting Office (GAO) to the defense contracting process. We are enclosing two publications about our Office and its audit responsibilities for Government contracts. We are en- closing also a number of reports to the Congress relating to defense contracting activities. Mr. Barton's points and our responses follow. Our comments deal primarily with the pro- curement of equipment and supplies, and the processes followed in contracting for construction work may differ somewhat. Outline of the defense contracting process as be- tween Defense Department agencies and contractors. Defense procurement is accomplished principally through large procurement centers operated by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Supply Agency. The basic methods of con- tracting are procurement by advertising and by negotiation. One of the basic laws covering these procurements is the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947. So that the provisions of the act may be carried out under uniform policies, the Depart- ment of Defense has issued the Armed Services Procurement Reg- ulation (ASPR). Section II and III of ASPR cover procurement by formal advertising and by negotiation. This regulation is obtainable at the Government Printing Office. Role of Congress in the process. What committees oversee and where in the process. The Congress has the power to authorize programs, to appropriate moneys, and to regulate spending and accountabil- ity of moneys. Congressional interest lies in the broad pro- curement programs presented annually by budget requests to the Congress for its approval. Although any committee may express an interest, procurement-related programs generally are re- viewed at the start of a session by both the House and Senate -Armed Services Committees and the House and Senate Committees- 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1912

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