Procurement of Beef By the Department of Defense--Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?

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Abstract:

Improvement is needed in the Department of Defense's procurement of beef for feeding military personnel. Department specifications for beef are costly, complex, and possibly more stringent than required to meet the needs of military services. As a consequence, there is a limited number of meat processors that are willing or able to sell beef to the Department. Further, it has been demonstrated in fiscal year 1975that much of the beef accepted from contractors did not meet the specifications. Thus Department specifications for beef are not achieving the purposes for which they were designated. (See chs. 2 and 4.) Department inspections made in contractors' plants have not insured that the beef delivered meets specifications. The principal cause was a lack of sufficiently trained and experienced inspection personnel. (See ch. 5.)

Author(s):
Staats, Elmer B.
Author Organization(s):
United States General Accounting Office
Funding Organization(s):
United States General Accounting Office , Washington , DC
Document Type:
Technical Report/Research Report
Publication Date:
1976 May 25
Pagination:
41

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A - Approved For Public Release
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Collection: TRECMS
Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
personnel management, united states, commerce, contracts, government procurement, health services, military personnel, air force, department of defense, procurement, governments, training, acceptability, air force personnel, contract administration, contractors, new england
Subject Categories:
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Creation Date:
2022 Jun 07
Update Date:
2022 Jul 20