Audit of PBS Basic Repairs and Alterations Project: William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse

Submitting OIG:

General Services Administration OIG

Date Issued:

Friday, September 29, 2023

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

General Services Administration

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

A210076P4R23009

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

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
1	Open	Yes
We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current and pending 8(a) program contracts to ensure contractor pricing is justified, and renegotiate when appropriate.
2	Open	Yes
We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current and pending 8(a) program contracts to ensure certified cost or pricing data is received when applicable.
3	Open	Yes
We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current repairs and alterations contracts to ensure that contracting officers incorporate design changes into the contract and perform appropriate cost analyses. Contracting officers should also determine whether ratifications are required for changes in scope that were inappropriately authorized.
4	Open	Yes
We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current and planned repairs and alterations contracts and take steps to ensure that PBS personnel adhere to existing PBS policy that prohibits the practice of splitting projects to circumvent the prospectus process.
5	Open	Yes
We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current repairs and alterations contracts to ensure contractor and subcontractor employees possess appropriate security clearances to comply with the contract and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 requirements.
6	Open	Yes
We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current repairs and alterations contracts and ensure that CORs review certified payroll records and perform labor interviews, as appropriate, prior to approval of invoices to verify that contractor and subcontractor employees are paid in accordance with Construction Wage Rate Requirements.
7	Open	Yes
We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review the performance of PBS personnel involved in the award and administration of the Bootle Building HVAC modernization contract, including their supervisory chains of command, and take appropriate action to address deficiencies identified in this report.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Yes

We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current and pending 8(a) program contracts to ensure contractor pricing is justified, and renegotiate when appropriate.

Open

Yes

We recommend that the PBS Region 4 Regional Commissioner: Review current and pending 8(a) program contracts to ensure certified cost or pricing data is received when applicable.

Open

Yes