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Audit Report: Oversight and Monitoring of Peace Corps’ Domestic Awarded Contracts Audit

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
IG-24-01-A
Report Type
Audit
Component
Agency-wide
Description
Our audit determined that while the Peace Corps does have an established framework to oversee and monitor domestic awarded contracts, it can improve its management of the following: • Contract oversight including contract modifications, documentation, and guidance for Contract Officer Representatives and Technical Points of Contact; and • Contract completion, including performance assessments and closeout.
Participating OIG
Peace Corps OIG
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$530,472
View report on Oversight.gov

Recommendations

Disclaimer: Open/Closed recommendations are updated semiannually.

We recommend that the Director of Acquisition and Contract Management develops standard operating procedures for issuing contract modifications.

We recommend that the Director of Acquisition and Contract Management provides training on the updated contracting procedures.

We recommend that the Director of Acquisition and Contract Management develops a contracting officer representative handbook that alights with the contracting officer representative designation memo and includes policies, standard operating procedures, and best practices to assist the contracting officer representative with contract oversight.

We recommend that the Director of Acquisition and Contract Management defines and communicates the roles, responsibilities, and standard operating procedures for the technical point of contact to ensure efficiency in executing the contract activities.

We recommend that the Director of Acquisition and Contract Management develops a centralized system for maintaining contract files to ensure that contracting officer representatives are compliant with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and record retention requirements.