DOD IG: Officials failed to comply with standards for assessing contractors' past performance

By Jordana Mishory / February 3, 2017 at 3:07 PM
Officials at four defense contracting organizations failed to consistently comply with standards for assessing contractors' past performance, the Defense Department inspector general's office found in a new report. According to the Feb. 1 DOD IG report , a majority of the performance assessment reports examined failed to "include sufficient written narratives to justify the ratings given, ratings for all required evaluation factors or sufficient descriptions of the contract purpose." The study examined 53 performance assessment reports (PARs), with a total...

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