Recommendation Contents
OIG recommends that the Bureau of African Affairs establish and implement a process to (a) analyze all Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership projects for which it assigns Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) and determine the appropriate level of technical subject matter expertise needed for each, (b) document the analyses and determinations, (c) nominate only those CORs with the necessary technical expertise to prepare performance work statements and oversee the contract, and (d) verify that all COR written nomination letters presented to the Contracting Officer include the COR nominees’ technical expertise, as required by the Foreign Affairs Handbook, 14 FAH-2 H-143.2, “COR Appointment Procedures.”
