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HEHS-95-240R 1 (1995-08-25)

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GUnited States
             General Accounting Office
             Washington, D.C. 20548

             Health, Education and Human Services Division

             B-261021

             August 25, 1995

             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


             The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) annual
             appropriations act requires that, for major construction
             projects costing $3 million or more, VA award (1)
             construction documents' contracts by September 30 of the
             fiscal year in which funds are appropriated and (2)
             construction contracts by September 30 of the following
             fiscal year. VA's fiscal year 1994 appropriation contained
             funding for 13 new projects that required construction
             documents contracts by September 30, 1994. In addition,
             VA's appropriation for fiscal year 1993 contained funding
             for 13 other projects for which VA was to award construction
             contracts by September 30, 1994.2

             Its annual appropriations act requires VA to report to your
             Committees and to us the projects that did not meet these
             time limits. The act also requires us to review the


             'Construction documents are working drawings and other
             documents necessary for the bidding and construction of the
             project.
             2Since fiscal year 1984, all of VA's annual appropriations
             acts have included similar contract award time limits.

                   GAO/HEHS-95-240R VA Construction Contract Award Delays

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