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 2007-07-31 monographic deposited born digital 41 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-839 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839 P0b002ee18039daa3 f:d07839 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839 GAO-07-839 Audit reports Contract administration Contract negotiations Contractor payments Cost plus award fee contracts Defense audits Defense procurement Department of Defense contractors Evaluation criteria Internal audits Questionable procurement charges Requirements definition Other Written Product A73751 The Department of Defense's (DOD) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) awarded the $2.5 billion Restore Iraqi Oil (RIO I) contract to Kellogg Brown & Root in March 2003 in an effort to reestablish Iraq's oil infrastructure. The contract was also used to ensure adequate fuel supplies inside Iraq. RIO I was a cost-plus-award-fee type contract that provided for payment of the contractor's costs, a fixed fee determined at inception of the contract, and a potential award fee. The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) reviewed the 10 RIO I task orders and questioned $221 million in contractor costs. We were asked to determine (1) how DOD addressed DCAA's RIO I audit findings and what factors contributed to DOD's decision and (2) the extent to which DOD paid award fees for RIO I and followed the planned process for making that decision. To accomplish this, we reviewed DOD and DCAA documents related to RIO I and interviewed Corps, DCAA, and other officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839.pdf GAO-07-839 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-839 Other Written Product GAO-07-839; Defense Contract Management: DOD's Lack of Adherence to Key Contracting Principles on Iraq Oil Contract Put Government Interests at Risk; Audit reports Contract administration Contract negotiations Contractor payments Cost plus award fee contracts Defense audits Defense procurement Department of Defense contractors Evaluation criteria Internal audits Questionable procurement charges Requirements definition