TDR lacks value: audit

      The General Services Administration’s Transactional Data Reporting (TDR) pilot has been in effect within GSA’s Schedules for over four years--but “it is not meeting its intended purpose of improving taxpayer value,” according to a new audit by the GSA’s Office of Inspector General.

      The June 24 audit found that the Federal Acquisition Service’s collection of TDR data is not being used to make decisions that affect pricing.

      That is due to TDR data being “inaccurate and unreliable” and to Federal Acquisition Service contracting personnel not using the data, the auditors said.

      The OIG recommended that GSA stop adding contractors to the TDR pilot, restrict access to TDR data, and develop a plan to end the TDR pilot and remove contractors from the TDR pilot. The FAS Commissioner disagreed with the recommendations.

      The audit report contrasts with the GSA’s most recent TDR evaluation in April 2021, which touted “great success in reducing pricing for our federal partners” and “steady progress.” However, GSA also acknowledged that “data remained questionable.”

      GSA began developing the TDR pilot in 2014 and published the final rule in 2016. Under the final rule, contractors who participate in the TDR pilot must report monthly sales data from schedules contracts.

More information:
June 24 audit: https://bit.ly/36eoZZ2
April 29 TDR evaluation: https://bit.ly/3AylsT9

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