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HEHS-96-188R 1 (1996-08-09)

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          United States
(Ii-      Washington, D.C. 20548

          Health, Education and Human Services Division

          B-272207

          August 9, 1996

          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 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 to
          award a construction contract by September 30 of the
          following fiscal year. VA's annual appropriations act also
          requires

          -- VA to report to your Committees and the Comptroller
            General the projects that did not meet these time limits
            and

         -- GAO to review the contracting delays of reportable
            projects for impoundment implications under the
            Impoundment Control Act of 1974.



         'A major construction project is a project with an
         estimated cost of $3 million or more.
         2Construction documents are working drawings and other
         documents necessary for bidding on a construction contract.

              GAO/EEHS-96-188R VA Construction Contract Award Delays

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