Audit of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Enterprise Standard Architecture Task Order V Awarded to Leidos, Inc.

Submitting OIG:

Department of Justice OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Justice

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

23-103

Component, if applicable:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

External entity, if applicable:

Leidos, Inc.

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

Report updated under NDAA 5274:

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Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Involve all participating federal components in a review of its KPIs, revise those KPIs that need clarification, include disincentives where appropriate, retain supporting documentation on the development of the performance measures, and work with Leidos to modify the contract.
2	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Implement procedures to conduct periodic assessments to determine how current KPIs could be modified and whether new KPIs should be added to adequately address the government’s need.
3	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Develop procedures for future acquisitions that fully engage federal components in ensuring their concerns are adequately addressed prior to contract award and that includes controls to review and ensure the contract structure meets participating components’ mission requirements.
4	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Work with the participating components on evaluating options in modifying the option years of the ESA V task order to ensure the available CLINs and PWS interpretations are aligned and fully documented to minimize scope contentions and risk to component missions and objectives.
5	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Work with Leidos to ensure its monthly status reports accurately summarize its performance, technical progress, and challenges, as required.
6	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Implement procedures to ensure federal components review and identify inaccuracies and incompleteness in Leidos’ monthly status reports.
7	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Update their SOPs for security patch implementation to ensure reports and records are retained that track remediation efforts from start to finish.
8	Open	No	https://oig.justice.gov/reports
Implement procedures to perform forecasting and risk assessments with the program owners during the acquisition planning phase and throughout the task order performance, in compliance with the FAR.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Involve all participating federal components in a review of its KPIs, revise those KPIs that need clarification, include disincentives where appropriate, retain supporting documentation on the development of the performance measures, and work with Leidos to modify the contract.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports

Implement procedures to conduct periodic assessments to determine how current KPIs could be modified and whether new KPIs should be added to adequately address the government’s need.

Open

https://oig.justice.gov/reports