Acquisition: Contract Number N00024-02-C-6165 for Consulting Services at the Naval Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair Facility
Abstract
The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded contract N00024-02-C-6165 to DeWolff, Boberg, and Associates on May 22, 2002, for an initial award amount of $1,309,000. The current value of the contract, after nine modifications, is $22,181,200. The Naval Sea Systems Command issued and administered modifications to this contract to conduct efficiency management and productivity improvement consulting services at the Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion, and Repair Facility, Newport News, Virginia. The statement of work for this effort required the contractor to identify and analyze the causes of organizational and operational issues that were restricting the Newport News repair facility from achieving better productivity at an accelerated pace. During October 2003, Representative Jo Ann Davis and Senator George Allen requested that we review the concerns of a constituent. The complainant questioned how the contractor was uniquely qualified to justify a sole-source procurement, why the initial appropriated funding for this contract was changed, why the contractor was paid a generous contract price, and why the negative impact caused by contractor performance was not addressed. The complainant also alleged non-responsiveness by the Naval Sea Systems Command Inspector General and possible unnecessary access to proprietary data by the contractor. In January 2004, we received a separate complaint involving the same contract. The complaint was provided by the Defense Hotline and addressed the justification of unusual and compelling urgency for a sole-source contract. In addition, the complainant alleged that the contractor failed to remit taxes and secure appropriate business licenses with the Commonwealth of Virginia and municipal authorities. Overall, the complainant(s) raised 10 allegations (7 in the Congressional Request and 3 in the Defense Hotline complaint) addressing the contract for efficiency management and productivity improvement consulting service.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 02, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA432736
Entities
People
- David K. Steensma
- Julie Yerkes
- Nick Como
- Stacie Rimmer
- Terry L. Mckinney
- Theresa Tameris
- Tracy Smelley
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense