Report on Hotline Complaint Regarding the Actions by a Contracting Officer at the Defense Contract Management Agency, East Hartford Office.

摘要

We conducted this review to determine the validity of a complaint received by the Defense Hotline regarding the actions that a contracting officer took in response to audit reports addressed to the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) East Hartford office. We substantiated the allegations contained in the DoD Hotline complaint. In seven instances, actions taken by the contracting officer on contract audit reports were untimely. In one instance, the contracting officer failed to take any action on one significant estimating system deficiency that the auditor reported. In three instances, the contracting officer did not prepare an adequate negotiation memorandum. In seven instances, the contracting officer had not demonstrated a sufficient understanding of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, or DoD Directive 7640.2 (Policy for Follow-up of Contract Audit Reports). The contracting officer's insufficient knowledge of processing cost accounting standard noncompliances resulted in a failure to assess approximately $466,000 in interest that was due to the Government.