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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D C 20548
HUMAN RESOURCES Augus t 31, 1983
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The Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr.
United States Senate
The Honorable John J. Duncan
House of Representatives
The Honorable James H. Quillen
House of Representatives
Sub]ect: I Review of Contract Award for Management of
National Center for Research in Vocational
Education (GAO/HRD-83-79)
In February 1983, you requested that we review the contract
awarded by the Department of Education (ED) in January 1983 for
managing the National Center for Research in Vocational Educa-
tion. We have reviewed the process followed in awarding the
contract and found it to be in accordance with applicable
regulations.
Our review was perforned at ED neadquarters and was made in
accordance with generally accepted government auditing stand-
ards. We reviewed all pertinent documents regarding the request
for proposals and award of the contract. vie also reviewed ap-
plicable procurement regulations. We interviewed panel members,
the ED contracting officer and his staff, and officials of ED's
Office of Vocational and Adult Education. We did not evalaate
the technical merits of the proposals the bidders submitted for
the contract.
Under section 171(a)(2) of the Education Amendments of
1976, ED is authorized to support a National Center for Research
in Vocational Education. On January 16, 1978, on the basis of a
competjtive procurement procedure, the Ohio State University Re-
search Foundation was awarded a contract to operate the C rter
with annual options to renew the contract until January 1983.
Ohio State was paid over S25.3 million during the contract's
5-year period. In January 1983, on the basis of competitive
procurement procedures, Ohio State University was awarded an-
other contract to operate the Center, with annual renewable op-
tions through January 1987.
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