Report: EPA Can Achieve Better Value by Complying With Performance-Based Contract Requirements
Report #18-P-0089, February 20, 2018
What Was Found
Over $290 million awarded in performance-based contracts could have been put to better use if the EPA had not granted award terms for less-than-superior service. Over $75 million could be put to better use if the EPA required superior service in its award term contract language.
Report Materials
- Report at a Glance (pdf)
- Full Report (pdf)
- Update: EPA Response to Report (pdf)
- Update: IG Comment on EPA Response (pdf)
OIG Independence of EPA
The EPA's Office of Inspector General is a part of the EPA, although Congress provides our funding separate from the agency, to ensure our independence. We were created pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended.
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