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OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, determine whether the questioned costs of $140,627 pertaining to flight labor hours and base operations identified by OIG under contracts SAQMPD05C1103 and SAQMMA12C1103, Task Orders 3616 and 2643, are allowable and recover any costs determined to be unallowable from DynCorp International.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, determine whether the questioned costs of $789,416 pertaining to flight labor hours and base operations and the potentially misapplied costs of $2,601 pertaining to materials identified by OIG under contracts SAQMPD05C1103 and SAQMMA12C1103, Task Orders 3616 and 2643, are allowable and supportable and recover any costs determined to be unsupported or misapplied from DynCorp International.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, conduct a comprehensive review of all cost reimbursable contractor invoices related to Embassy Air-Iraq to determine whether the charges were allocable, allowable, and supportable.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, in coordination with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation, require DynCorp International to provide documentation to INL that clearly, accurately, and completely supports all costs submitted on its invoices.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation, modify its invoice review process to trace requested reimbursements to supporting documentation to ensure that all costs submitted on an invoice are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and supportable.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation (INL/A), assess its staffing level to ensure a more rigorous invoice review. If no changes in the staffing level are made, INL/A should provide a description of how it intends to increase the invoice reviews.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, in coordination with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation, develop a contract definitization process that identifies all scope of work requirements in advance of the period of performance and ensures that the contractor submits accurate price and technical proposals that incorporate the requirements in advance of the period of performance.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management, modify Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation’s worldwide aviation contract so it conforms to the requirements within the Department’s Procurement Information Bulletin No. 2011-09, Combating Trafficking in Persons, and Procurement Information Bulletin No. 2012-10, Contractor Recruitment of Third Country Nationals, to ensure that the contractor is fully aware that it is obliged to meet the requirements as stated.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management provide to the OIG its rationale and all documentation (e.g., written legal opinions, written business cases, emails, meeting minutes, and decision papers and memos) used to support the decisions to authorize and obligate $25,886,861 for reimbursements to DynCorp International (DynCorp) for (1) the payment of DynCorp’s employees’ personal income and Social Security tax liabilities to the Government of Iraq and (2) DynCorp’s employer contributions to Iraq Social Security.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of Administration, Office of Logistics Management, Office of Acquisitions Management ensure that contract files contain documentation that supports how reimbursements associated with contractors’ payments of foreign taxes are allowable, allocable, and reasonable, as required by Federal Acquisition Regulation 31.201.
OIG recommends that the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Office of Aviation, ensure that its spare parts inventory and process support its mission capable aircraft requirements.