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Procurement: Department of Defense Quality Assurance Efforts

NSIAD-89-28FS Published: Nov 02, 1988. Publicly Released: Nov 16, 1988.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) quality assurance activities to determine: (1) how much nonconforming materiel the DOD inventory contained; (2) how DOD used its quality deficiency reporting system to identify contractors that repetitively sold nonconforming materiel; and (3) if DOD took actions to stop purchasing from those contractors.

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Bidder responsibilityContract performanceDepartment of Defense contractorsInteragency relationsInventory controlManagement information systemsMilitary inventoriesProcurement practicesQuality assuranceSpare parts