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

Personal Author(s):

• Cooper, David E
• Carter, John L
• Lynard, Louis G
• Swick, William R
• Asaba, Neil T
• Jacobsen, Daniel C
• Sisson, John W
• Stenersen, Stanley G
• Aiken, Robert J

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

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]