Inspection of the Bureau of Information Resource Management, Operations, Vendor Management Office

The Bureau of Information Resource Management, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should complete the 1 Foreign Affairs Manual directives on the roles and responsibilities of the Bureau of Information Resource Management, Operations, Vendor Management Office.

The Bureau of Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Information Resource Management, should delegate the Bureau of Information Resource Management, Operations, Vendor Management Office as a contract administration office and specify the contract administration duties that the office should perform.

The Bureau of Administration, in coordination with the Bureau of Information Resource Management, should require that Vanguard contracting officer’s representatives and government technical monitors validate all performance metrics.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management, in coordination with the Bureau of Administration, should update quality assurance surveillance plans for Vanguard contracts in accordance with the Bureau of Information Resource Management, Operations, Vendor Management Office policy.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management should conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether it should continue to use its current performance metric database system or develop and implement a new structured language query database management system to meet the office’s requirements and implement the result.

The Bureau of Information Resource Management should require the use of a Bureau of Information Resource Management-wide project/portfolio management system and incorporate it into the Foreign Affairs Manual.