United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-09-30 monographic deposited born digital 33 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-98-215 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215 P0b002ee1803848e3 f:ns98215 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215 NSIAD-98-215 Sole source procurement Procurement practices Small business contractors Interagency relations Federal procurement Cost control Letter Report NSIAD Concerned that federal agencies were avoiding competitive requirements when ordering under task- or delivery-order contracts, Congress passed the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. The act directs agencies to consider awarding multiple contracts, rather than a single contract, when a task- or delivery-order contract format was planned. This report discusses (1) whether federal agencies provided a fair opportunity for contractors to receive orders under multiple-award contracts, (2) how service fees assessed on interagency orders compared with agencies' costs to process such orders, and (3) if multiple-award contracts affected federal contracting opportunities for small businesses. GAO examines multiple-award contracts administered by six organizations--the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Department of Transportation, the General Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center's Hanscom Air Force Base operations and its Standard Systems Group. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215.pdf GAO/NSIAD-98-215 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-215 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-98-215; Acquisition Reform: Multiple-award Contracting at Six Federal Organizations; Sole source procurement Procurement practices Small business contractors Interagency relations Federal procurement Cost control Public Law 103-355