Monday, February 11, 2008

New GAO Reports

Increased Focus on Requirements and Oversight Needed to Improve DOD’s Acquisition Environment and Weapon System Quality


DOD’s Practices and Processes for Multiyear Procurement Should Be Improved

Global Computer Enterprises, Inc.

1. Protest challenging the issuance of modifications to a task order under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract as being beyond the scope of the task order is dismissed; Government Accountability Office lacks jurisdiction to consider whether a modification is beyond the scope of the task order.

2. Protest that the agency improperly bundled work requirements previously performed by separate small businesses by means of the modification of an ID/IQ task order being performed by a small business is dismissed given the statutory bar on protests concerning the issuance of task orders.

Protest Dismissed