Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization's Control Over the Eligibility of Contract Recipients

Submitting OIG:

Report Description:

OIG reviewed how USDA awards contracts to small and disadvantaged businesses to ensure only eligible businesses receive contracts.

Date Issued:

Friday, September 28, 2018

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

50601-0003-23

Location(s):

United States

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

$11,389,509

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

View Document:

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50601-0003-23.pdf	8.07 MB

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	Yes	https://www.usda.gov/oig/audit-reports/office-small-and-disadvantaged-business-u…
Inform GSA and SBA officials of the issues OIG found during this audit, including details on the specific contracts.
2	Open	Yes	https://www.usda.gov/oig/audit-reports/office-small-and-disadvantaged-business-u…
Work with the USDA agencies to determine what actions need to be taken against the four businesses that could not support their disadvantaged status. Consider taking suspension and debarment actions to prevent other USDA agencies and other Federal Departments from contracting with those businesses.
3	Open	Yes	https://www.usda.gov/oig/audit-reports/office-small-and-disadvantaged-business-u…
Develop and implement a process to review a sample of contracts at least annually to see if there is documentation to support small business and disadvantaged business status. Also, develop a process to periodically notify GSA and SBA officials regarding any businesses that USDA finds with inaccurate status information in SAM, or when information in FPDS and SAM does not match.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

Yes

Open

Yes