Contract Pricing: DOD's Competition Reports to the Congress Could Be More Clear
NSIAD-91-232
Published: Jul 23, 1991. Publicly Released: Aug 23, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) evaluated the accuracy of competition statistics the Department of Defense (DOD) included in reports to Congress to determine whether the statistics properly showed the extent of competition in defense procurement; and (2) provided information on contracting officers' use of noncompetitive pricing safeguards to negotiate contracts that DOD reported as competitive.
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