DOD contracts for services

GAO finds shortcomings

      An audit of the Defense Dept.’s reliance on service-based contracts found that while DOD has taken steps to improve management, there are shortcomings in planning.

      The audit by the Government Accountability Office reviewed a report by DOD on its service contract issues that it submitted to Congress in October.

      The GAO’s audit found that while DOD outlined specific actions it had taken to address concerns about service contracts, it did not give a comprehensive view of planning.

      “DOD’s report does not address our open 2016 recommendations intended to better position DOD to make informed decisions regarding the volume and type of services that should be acquired over the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP),” the GAO wrote in its audit.

      DOD obligated about $190 billion on service acquisitions in fiscal 2019, about half its total acquisitions.

More information:
GAO audit: https://www.gao.gov/assets/720/712495.pdf

Small business GSA Schedules sales increased from 2017-2020

Small biz gets PPP window

Bibi Hidalgo is now SBA’s gov’t contracting associate administrator

EEOC reports to resume

DOD contracts for services

$50B in aid for small biz

E-Commerce concerns aired

Column: Defective Pricing Audits

Washington Insider:

Coronavirus Update