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Civil Agencies Can Improve the Performance of Technical Evaluations

PSAD-81-9 Published: Nov 10, 1980. Publicly Released: Nov 10, 1980.
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A review was made of the technical evaluations of 18 noncompetitive contract proposals. The objective of the review was to determine if technical evaluations were adequately performed and reported to the contracting officers for use in negotiating the noncompetitive contract prices.

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Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Commerce The Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Commerce, and Energy, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs should periodically determine compliance with the requirement to perform technical evaluations and evaluate the adequacy of those evaluations.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.
Department of Energy The Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Commerce, and Energy, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs should periodically determine compliance with the requirement to perform technical evaluations and evaluate the adequacy of those evaluations.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.
Department of Health and Human Services The Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Commerce, and Energy, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs should periodically determine compliance with the requirement to perform technical evaluations and evaluate the adequacy of those evaluations.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.
Veterans Administration The Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Commerce, and Energy, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs should periodically determine compliance with the requirement to perform technical evaluations and evaluate the adequacy of those evaluations.
Closed
GAO has no information on the actions taken in response to this recommendation.

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Contract costsContract negotiationsCost analysisFederal procurement policyPrice adjustmentsProcurement practicesSole source procurementTechnical proposal evaluationContracting officersGovernment procurement