IG says cancel the contract

McKinsey & Co. scrutinized

      An audit by the General Services Administration’s Office of Inspector General concluded that a McKinsey & Co. professional services GSA Schedules contract was awarded with invalid price comparisons, higher pricing and improper conduct by a GSA division director.

      The OIG’s proposed solution? Cancel the contract.

      That advice is now being questioned as possibly too harsh.

      Industry sources reportedly are very surprised by the OIG’s recommendation. “It is not a common recommendation,” said Trey Hodgkins, CEO of Hodgkins Consulting and a former senior vice president of IT Alliance for Public Sector, told Federal News Network. “Usually the IG tells the agency to take some other remedial action.

More information:
OIG report: https://bit.ly/2OrhrvK
FedNewsNetwork story: https://bit.ly/2GANy69

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