Procurement of Military Clothing and Related Items by Military Organizations.
Abstract
The audit objective was to determine whether contracting officers complied with the Buy American Act and the Berry Amendment when they procured military clothing and related items. We also reviewed clothing items procured for civilian employees and the adequacy of the management control program as applicable to the procurement of military clothing and related items. Audit Results. Contracting officers at 12 organizations procured military clothing and clothing items for civilian employees that were manufactured abroad without determining, as appropriate, whether items manufactured in the United States or a qualifying country were available, as required by the Buy American Act, or items manufactured in the United States were available, as required by the Berry Amendment. As a result, the contracting officers awarded 16 contracts valued at $1.4 million to contractors supplying items manufactured abroad that may have been available from contractors supplying items manufactured in the United States. The Air Force, in a separate review, identified an additional 27 contracts for items valued at about $0.2 million manufactured in a non qualifying country. A total of 151 of 256 contracts (59 percent) did not include the appropriate contract clause to implement the Buy American Act or the Berry Amendment. The noncompliance with the Buy American Act and the Berry Amendment resulted in 43 potential violations of the Anti deficiency Act.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 29, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA367735
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense