Contracts for Professional, Administrative, and Management Support Services

Abstract

The audit was initiated because of problems recently identified by previous audits and the increasing significance of contracts for services in the DoD. From 1992 through 1999, DoD procurement of services increased from $39.9 billion to $51.8 billion. Procurement of goods during that same time period decreased from $59.8 billion to $53.5 billion. The largest sub-category of contracts for services was for professional, administrative, and management support services, valued at $10.3 billion. Spending in this sub-category increased 54 percent between 1992 and 1999. Our review from this sub-category of 46 contracts valued at $6.6 billion and 59 task orders (105 actions) valued at $142 million included anticipated services of more than 104 million labor hours, which equate to 50,230 staff years. The primary objective was to evaluate procurement procedures for professional, administrative, and management support services. We also evaluated the management control programs as they applied to the objective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 2000
Accession Number
ADA374499

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Procurement
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Fixed Price Contracts
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.