Questionable payments for work of a contractor

Technical Report · Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6458490

Examination of three support contracts for international R and D disclosed fundamental weaknesses in DOE controls over the (1) receipt and acceptance of goods and services, (2) authorization and payments for work, and (3) analyses of price proposals submitted by the contractor. As a result of these weaknesses, there was no clear and convincing record of what DOE got for most of the $2.5 million it spent on these contracts. Neither was there a downward adjustment in the amounts paid by DOE under two of the contracts although such an adjustment was required by the contracts. Much of the work done by the contractor was not properly authorized. Finally, analyses by the San Francisco Operations Office of certain of the price proposals submitted by the contractor did not ensure that DOE obtained a fair and reasonable price. Recommendations addressed these issues to the Procurement Office, the Controller, the Assistant Secretaries for Conservation and Renewable Energy and Fossil Energy, and the Manager, San Francisco Operations Office who indicated general agreement with the findings and a willingness to immediately pursue the remedial measure that were recommended. Their comments are appended.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Inspector General, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6458490
• Report Number(s): DOE/IG-0170; ON: DE83010058
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Report to The Secretary
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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