Contracting Out of Laundry Services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Based on its cost comparison which showed that contracting out for laundry services would result in a 3-year cost savings of about $30,000, the Air Force awarded two contracts on August 10, 1979, to provide laundry services for the base medical center and other base activities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. An investigation was made of an allegation that the contracting out of these services might not be cost effective. In addition, an investigation of the use of handicapped and hard-to-employ personnel in the base laundry was made.