Reports

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Acquisition and Assistance implement procedures to remind personnel of the requirement to send pertinent documents relating to utilization of the Expedited Procedures Package for Infectious Disease Outbreaks to designated USAID mailboxes and maintain those documents in ASIST, the official award file.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Acquisition and Assistance implement procedures to require personnel to maintain documentation of required postings to SAM.gov in ASIST, the official award file.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Acquisition and Assistance implement procedures to strengthen training on use of noncompetitive action codes in the Global Acquisition and Assistance System to ensure consistent reporting of use of other than full and open competition for new and modified awards in the Global Acquisition and Assistance System and the Federal Procurement Data System and track use of the Expedited Procedures Package for Infectious Disease Outbreaks.

We recommend that the Director of the Office of Acquisition and Assistance implement a process to periodically reassess the needs of each disease outbreak under the Expedited Procedures Package for Infectious Disease Outbreaks, including factors for deciding whether those expedited procedures still meet an urgent foreign assistance need for each disease, and make appropriate recommendations to the Administrator.