DOD OIG Critical of DCMA Followup on CAS Violations

https://media.defense.gov/2016/Dec/08/2001714299/-1/-1/1/DODIG-2017-032.pdf

“For the 27 DCAA CAS reports we selected, we identified several instances in which contracting officers did not comply with FAR, DoD Instruction 7640.02, or agency instructions. We found:

    • 12 instances in which contracting officers did not issue a Notice of Potential Noncompliance within 15 days, as FAR 30.605(b)(1) requires;     • 16 instances when contracting officers failed to complete all actions on the reported noncompliances within 12 months, as DoD Instruction 7640.02    requires;     • 3 instances in which contracting officers did not have adequate documentation or rationale for determining that the DCAA-reported noncompliance    was immaterial, contrary to FAR 30.602; and     • 8 instances in which contracting officers did not obtain a legal review of their CAS determination, as Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA),   Instruction 108 requires.

As a result, correction of the reported CAS noncompliances was delayed. In addition, contractors may have been inappropriately reimbursed contractors additional costs resulting from the noncompliance.”