America Fujikura Ltd. dba AFL Telecommunications LLC - Contract Nos. 12674 and 15270

As part of our annual audit plan, we performed an audit of costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by America Fujikura Ltd. dba AFL Telecommunications LLC (AFL) for optical ground wire cable (OPGW) and hardware under Contract Nos. 12674 & 15270. Our audit objective was to determine if costs were billed in accordance with the terms of the contracts. Our audit scope included approximately $29.5 million in costs billed to TVA from March 19, 2018, through August 31, 2022. In summary, we determined: AFL did not provide credits totaling $307,320 for returned steel reels. AFL overbilled TVA $72,025, including (1) $43,903 because AFL did not always use the most cost-effective unit rate available and (2) $28,122 because AFL sometimes used unit rates that were in excess of the contracts' pricing schedules. (Summary Only)