Defense Health Care: Actions Under Way to Address Many TRICARE Contract Change Order Problems
Abstract
Since the 1994 award of the first TRICARE contract, 357 change orders, which cumulatively have increased tasks and overall costs, have been made to the five TRICARE contracts now in place.2 DOD has settled 134 of the orders at a cost of about $336,000. DOD estimated costs for the 223orders that are yet to be settled at $38 million. But DODs initial cost estimates differ markedly from contractors estimates. For example, contractor-submitted cost proposals for 85 of the 223 orders amounted to$423 million.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- AD1105262
Entities
People
- Gene Taylor
- Steve Buyer
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office