LANL subject to another IG report
INSPECTION REPORT: DOE/IG-0889
June 7, 2013
Concerns with Consulting Contract Administration at Various Department Sites
The
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) requested that we
conduct a review to determine whether a consulting agreement awarded to
Heather Wilson and Company, LLC (HWC), by Los Alamos National Laboratory
(Los Alamos) was appropriately administered and managed. Specifically,
we were asked to determine whether: (1) work products (deliverables)
were produced in return for monthly payments to HWC of $10,000; (2)
invoices included itemized charges, as required by the agreement; (3)
there was overlap between the services provided and work products
produced by HWC on consulting agreements awarded by Sandia National
Laboratories, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Nevada
National Security Site; and (4) an NNSA Contracting Officer was
subjected to "pressure" when Los Alamos National Security, LLC, the
Management and Operating contractor for Los Alamos, requested
authorization to enter into an agreement with HWC.
Our inspection
identified serious concerns with the administration and management of
agreements with HWC for advice and consultation provided to senior
managers at four Department contractor-operated sites. Specifically,
our testing revealed that the four facility contractors paid
approximately $450,000 to HWC even though they did not receive evidence
that work performed under the agreements had been completed. These
payments were fully reimbursed by the Government.
The issues
identified in this report occurred because contractor officials
responsible for crafting and administering the consulting agreements
either did not incorporate, or failed to enforce, the requirements of
the Federal Acquisition Regulation into the agreements with HWC.
Management generally agreed with our findings and recommendations and
indicated it was in the process of implementing or completing corrective
actions. Management indicated that the Department has already
recovered $442,877 from its contractors of the approximately $464,203
paid to HWC, and is reviewing the allowability of the additional
amounts.
8 comments:
Just another corrupt politician, just like St. Pete a bunch of hypocrites!
Crooked. Politicians, Labs, LANL, Sandia, all of them. Hey atleast LLNL didn't write a contract to HWC.
The same Heather Wilson, has a seat, at the table regarding the future of NNSA? Say it ani't so Joe!!
When will all of this corruption stop! Our own Congress-women lobbying for the labs, and being paid to do nothing.SHAME on her!
The lab failed to document the supposed "Work" performed by Congress-woman Heather Wilson, but paid her almost one half million dollars? Then when confronted by an IG audit the Labs paid the money back, but Heather kept her money!
Anonymous said...
Crooked. Politicians, Labs, LANL, Sandia, all of them. Hey at least LLNL didn't write a contract to HWC.
Sandia is crooked, stupid, and wasteful. A previous post:
http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5936951073896589340&postID=8323656670930047689
At least we should thank the IG for having the courage to publish a report on this.
It sure looks like LANL had a personal services contract for her to escort senior leaders of the Lab around and introduce them to people that they otherwise would not meet. Perhaps an audit of her trips is the next step in getting to the end of this story.
LLNL would have bribed CA politicians, but they just don't have the money to spare, and also people like Swalwell are ineffective and/or rookies with no power whatsoever.
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