An audit has found that all but one of 22 sole-source Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) IT were properly justified.
The audit, by the Department of Defense Inspector General, found that 21 of the contracts were adequately justified as sole-source awards. The contracts were valued at $505.8 million, including options.
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The remaining contract, valued at $151 million, was found faulty “because the contracting officer inappropriately included equipment on a sole-source contract for the convenience of the customers,” according to the audit report.
However, DISA failed to properly summarize 12 of the 22 proposed contract actions, failing to follow the Federal Acquisition Regulation, according to the audit. “This occurred because DISA contracting personnel said they thought the correct exception was used, made mistakes when posting synopses, and could not find synopses or explain why they did not post synopses. As a result, for each of the proposed contract actions not properly synopsized, contracting personnel potentially excluded sources,” the audit report reads.
Another 33 sole-source contracts that the IG examined, in a more limited way, to determine whether they were properly awarded under a valid statutory requirement, all passed muster.
This was the fourth in an ongoing series of audits of sole-source contracts.
