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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Noncompliance With Cost Accounting Standards
In 1991, the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) found that United Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney unit had not complied with various cost accounting standards on its jet engine contracts. DCAA found that Pratt had not included any costs associated with its collaboration agreements with foreign parts suppliers in the allocation bases it used to allocate indirect costs, general and administrative expenses, and the cost of independent research and development and bid and proposal costs. In 1996, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) issued a demand for payment to Pratt in the amount of $260 million to recover the costs paid by the government to Pratt from 1984 through 1995. That demand was increased to $754.7 million in 2003 to recover costs through 2002. In 2006, Pratt paid $283 million to settle the matter.
- Misconduct Type
- Cost/Labor Mischarge
- Enforcement Agency
- Defense – General
- Contracting Party
- Defense - General
- Court Type
- N/A
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Settlement
- 6/5/2006