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Report Fraud, Waste and Abuse
  • Recommendation Number: 2017-BO-0001-001-A
  • Status: Closed
  • Date Issued: March 22, 2017
Closed Date:
August 20, 2018

Provide adequate documentation to support the $21,373,462 in unreasonable and unnecessary obligated funds.

Publication Report

2017-BO-0001 | March 22, 2017

HUD’s OCPO Did Not Always Comply With Acquisition Requirements When Planning and Monitoring Service Contracts

We audited the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) procurement of major service contracts by the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer (OCPO) as part of our fiscal year 2016 audit plan and due to a hotline complaint regarding a… more

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Chief Procurement Officer

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-BO-0001-001-B
    Closed on July 12, 2019
    $23,041,819.00
    Funds Put to Better Use

    Recommendations that funds be put to better use estimate funds that could be used more efficiently. For example, recommendations that funds be put to better use could result in reductions in spending, deobligation of funds, or avoidance of unnecessary spending.

    Strengthen and implement acquisition controls to ensure that proper cost and price documentation is obtained, adequate monitoring is conducted, adequate market research is conducted and that contractors are evaluated to assess their capability to perform work, and required contract documentation is maintained in the file to ensure that $9,645,864 that is yet to be used will not be spent for unreasonable and unnecessary costs.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2017-BO-0001-001-C
    Closed on January 26, 2018
    $179,031.00
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A] resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B] that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost]; or (C] that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Seek reimbursement for $161,718 in ineligible funds disbursed for equipment and support services not specified in a scanning services contract.