Recommendation Contents
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs implement the guidance provided in the Department’s Procurement Information Bulletin 2013-03 and the Contracting Officer’s Handbook or the as-yet unissued Procurement Information Bulletin on nonacquisition interagency agreements when issued, and the Department’s Foreign Affairs Handbook, as appropriate, to develop evaluative factors to identify interagency agreements that may merit closer coordination and require interagency agreement monitoring personnel to perform site visits for each interagency agreement recipient at least once during the life of the agreement or more frequently depending on the assessment of evaluative factors.
