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   OUnited States
(A     O        General Accounting Office
                Washington, D.C. 20548

                Health, Education and Human Services Division

                B-276638

                June 16, 1997

                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

                Subject: VA Construction: Contract Award Delays

                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 award a construction contract by





                'A major construction project is a project with an estimated cost of $3 million
                or more. P.L. 104-262, dated Oct. 9, 1996, changed the definition of major
                construction projects to those estimated to cost $4 million or more, starting in
                FY 1997.

                2Construction documents are working drawings and other documents that an
                agency must have prepared in order to offer a construction contract to bidders.

                                           GAO/HEHS-97-107R VA Construction Delays


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