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Accession Number:
AD1157940
Title:
Contract Pricing: Defense Subcontract Cost-Estimating Problems Are Chronic and Widespread
Descriptive Note:
[Technical Report, Other]
Corporate Author:
United States General Accounting Office
Report Date:
1991-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
20
Abstract:
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Defense Contract Audit Agencys DCAA assessments of contractor estimating systems, focusing on 1 subcontractor cost estimates 2 corrections to subcontract estimating deficiencies and 3 Department of Defense DOD administrative contracting officers enforcement against contractors that did not comply with the revised cost-estimating regulation. GAO also conducted a case study on DOD vulnerability to excessive costs due to subcontract estimating problems
Distribution Statement:
[A, Approved For Public Release]