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Tax Systems Modernization: IRS Award to MITRE Corporation Violated the Competition in Contracting Act

IMTEC-92-28 Published: Mar 12, 1992. Publicly Released: Apr 06, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) May 1990 $4.5 million contract award for engineering services to design the Tax Systems Modernization (TSM) Program, focusing on whether the noncompetitive award complied with Competition in Contracting Act (CICA) requirements concerning contracts awarded with less than full and open competition.

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Computer services contractsContract extensionsFederal procurementImproper award of contractIrregular procurementNoncomplianceProcurement regulationsSole source procurementEngineeringProcurement