Pursuit's Take
In 2009, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) developed a small business procurement vehicle known as Electronic FAA Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST), which offers a broad range of professional and support services. As of December 2016, more than 520 small businesses have been prequalified and hold agreements under eFAST to potentially provide prime contractor services in one or more of eight functional areas. The total maximum value of these agreements is $7.4 billion over a 15-year period.
FAA’s processes for awarding eFAST procurements have areas for improvement. Specifically, FAA does not apply its own requirement to verify prospective contractor eligibility when it makes most eFAST awards. As a result, we found that 7 of 40 sample eFAST procurements—totaling over $67 million—had been awarded to firms whose small/disadvantaged eligibility status had expired. Based on this finding, we estimate that $314 million could have been put to better use by awarding those dollars to firms whose eligibility had been verified at the time of the award.
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