United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-12-20 monographic deposited born digital 30 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-73 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73 P0b002ee18038c9f5 f:d0573 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73 GAO-05-73 Accountability Contract administration Contract oversight Department of Defense contractors Prime contractors Quality assurance Reporting requirements Subcontractors Spare parts Other Written Product A14658 In the 2004 Defense Appropriations Act, Congress mandated that GAO examine and report on the oversight of prime contractors by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the oversight of subcontractors by the prime contractors. Contract quality assurance oversight is intended to assess whether contractors are capable of and are providing supplies or services that meet contract quality and technical requirements. Providing effective oversight is challenging. DCMA recognizes that the risk of nonconforming parts reaching end users exists, given the diversity of contracts, parts, and products used to meet weapon systems requirements and uses a risk management process to guide its efforts. For fiscal year 2003, government quality assurance oversight was required for approximately 273,000 contracts. GAO determined (1) whether DOD provided quality assurance oversight and enforcement over its spare parts prime contractors, (2) if prime contractors provided quality assurance oversight over their subcontractors, and (3) how DOD held prime contractors accountable for overseeing the subcontractors' work. To address these objectives, GAO judgmentally selected and reviewed 15 contracts awarded to 11 prime contractors by the services and the Defense Logistics Agency. In commenting on a draft of this report, DOD provided one technical comment, which GAO incorporated as appropriate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73.pdf GAO-05-73 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-73 Other Written Product GAO-05-73; Defense Inventory: DOD and Prime Contractors Adhered to Requirements in Selected Contracts for Overseeing Spare Parts Quality; Accountability Contract administration Contract oversight Department of Defense contractors Prime contractors Quality assurance Reporting requirements Subcontractors Spare parts Public Law 108-87