FY 2006 DoD Purchases Made Through the National Institutes of Health
Abstract
This report discusses problems we found when either DoD organizations made purchases using the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Electronic Commodities Store III (ECS III) contracts or NIH contracting personnel made purchases on behalf of DoD using the NIH Chief Information Officer-Solutions and Partners 2 Innovations (CIO-SP2i) contracts. Furthermore, this report discusses 43 potential Antideficiency Act violations related to the purchases reviewed and internal control deficiencies on interagency acquisitions. DoD program and contracting officials and NIH contracting officials did not comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement when making purchases through the ECS III and CIO-SP2i multiple-award contracts. Specifically, for direct acquisitions, DoD contracting officials did not provide fair opportunity to all eligible contractors for 95 orders and did not document the basis for the award for 31 orders. As a result, competition was limited, and DoD did not have assurance it received the best value when procuring goods (finding A). The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics should disseminate a memorandum to all DoD contracting offices to re-emphasize that contracting officials must adhere to the competition and documentation requirements for multiple-award contracts as stated in Recommendation 2.a. of DoD Office of Inspector General Report No. D-2007-023, FY 2005 DoD Purchases Made Through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, November 13, 2006; and should require contracting officers to use the NIH quoting system when requesting quotes through the ECS III multiple-award contracts vehicle.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 15, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA474769
Entities
People
- Bruce A. Burton
- Courtney V. Biggs
- David P. Goodykoontz
- Jennifer M. Principe
- John A. Seger
- Jonathan Kohut
- Marcie A. Mcisaac
- Phillip M. Faller
- Richard B. Jolliffe
- Terry L. Mckinney