Hurricane Katrina: Army Corps of Engineers Contract for Mississippi Classrooms

Abstract

Corps contracting officials did not expect to be buying classrooms and, in fact, were not assigned the task until after Hurricane Katrina had struck. With no prior experience, no advance notice, and the need to buy the classrooms as quickly as possible, Corps contracting officials lacked knowledge of the industry and information about classroom suppliers, inventories, and prices that would have been useful in negotiating a good deal. Faced with these circumstances, they chose to purchase the classrooms by placing an order, noncompetitively, on an existing agreement with Akima Site Operations, LLC. Because of Akima's special status as a subsidiary of an Alaska Native corporation certified under the Small Business Administrations 8(a) business development program, the Corps could make the award without competition

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2006
Accession Number
AD1180299

Entities

People

  • Katherine Schinasi

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Economic Development
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • House Of Representatives
  • Hurricanes
  • Mississippi
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.