Williams Plant Services, LLC - Contract No. 10728

As part of our annual audit plan, we audited costs billed to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Williams Plant Services, LLC (Williams) under Contract No. 10728 for managed task construction and modification work at TVA's nuclear facilities. The contract provided for TVA to compensate Williams for these services on either a time and materials or fixed price basis. Our objective was to determine if costs billed to TVA were in accordance with the contract's terms. Our audit scope included approximately $34.1 million in costs billed to TVA from January 1, 2019, through September 18, 2020. In summary, we determined Williams overbilled TVA $549,911, including (1) $359,753 in unapproved subcontractor costs, (2) $30,802 in excessive and ineligible fee applied to subcontractor costs, (3) $107,080 in ineligible temporary living allowance and travel costs, (4) $29,840 in unsupported and ineligible labor costs, (5) $14,209 in ineligible material costs, and (6) $8,227 in credits not received by TVA (which have since been recovered by TVA). In addition, we noted several opportunities to improve contract administration by TVA. Specifically, (1) TVA approved and implemented a contract rate attachment that contained incorrect craft labor rates, (2) TVA paid invoices under an incorrect contract, and (3) the contract contained inconsistent compensation terms for nonmanual labor. (Summary Only)