Defense-Wide Research and Development Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies Projects
Abstract
We reviewed the planning, funding, contracting, and initial execution of 15 Defense-wide Near Term Energy-Efficient Technologies (NTEET) program research and development projects, valued at $72.94 million, implemented by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Army, Navy, and Air Force. We reviewed the projects to ensure that the contracting efforts of DLA and the Military Departments complied with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) requirements, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and DoD implementing guidance including the DoD NTEET Program Plan of May 15, 2009. DLA and the Military Departments properly justified and adequately planned and funded the NTEET projects. In addition, DLA and Military Department officials generally used solicitation techniques such as Broad Agency Announcements and Requests for Proposals to solicit and award contract actions, with 69 percent of the actions using full and open competition. However, DLA and the Military Departments could have improved NTEET project contracting and public notification processes. DLA and the Military Departments did not include Recovery Act clauses, properly describe work to be performed, and maintain OMB-required public notification and awareness for the NTEET projects due to a lack of consistent contract implementation and oversight. As a result, DLA and the Military Departments did not achieve the Recovery Act objective of transparency in implementing Defense-wide NTEET actions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 18, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA547019
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense