FAA'S Administration and Oversight of Regionally Issued Contracts

摘要

This report presents the results of our audit of service contracts issued by the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) regions. Throughout the audit, we periodically met with FAA officials to discuss our findings, conclusions, and recommendations. FAA's regions rely heavily on support services contracts to procure a wide range of services, from relatively simple services such as janitorial, clerical, administrative, and groundskeeping support to highly complex ones such as architectural, engineering, environmental, and installation support. Responsibility for the majority of FAA's contracting functions lies within two organizations. The Air Traffic Organization's Office of Acquisition and Business Services administers all contracts and interagency agreements awarded by FAA Headquarters. FAA's Office of the Assistant Administrator for Region and Center Operations (ARC Organization) has responsibility for contracting services in FAA's nine regions and the FAA Aeronautical Center. The focus of this audit was the contracting services provided by FAA's nine regions. As of September 30, 2003, the total dollar value obligated on active service contracts issued by FAAs nine regions was approximately $600 million. Our objectives were to determine whether FAA regional offices are (1) implementing adequate contract administration procedures, and (2) providing proper management oversight of contracts for services, such as engineering, environmental, and installation support.