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Emergency Response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Audit of Program Support Center's Award Process for a Contract With CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital

Issued on  | Posted on  | Report number: A-03-06-00506

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The audit is one of several reviews of procurements by the Program Support Center (PSC) and other components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. 

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) provide, among other things, that HHS agencies award each contract to a responsible party and document compliance with requirements for full and open competition and the determination that the price was fair and reasonable. 

As part of HHS's hurricane relief operations, PSC awarded and subsequently modified a letter contract to CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital (the Hospital) to provide facilities support to a Federal medical shelter. Our objective was to determine whether PSC complied with FAR and HHSAR requirements during the award process involving the Hospital. PSC complied with the requirements.

Report Type
Audit
HHS Agencies
Office of the Secretary
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Notice

This report may be subject to section 5274 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2023, 117 Pub. L. 263.