GAO CED-79-96: Audit of the Virgin Islands Procurement of Desalination Plants
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 b B-191654 MAY 30, 1979 The Honorable Jacob R. Javits The Honorable Daniel P. Moynihan United States Senate At your request, we reviewed the U.S. Virgin Islands Comptroller's audit of the procurement actions for three desalination plants costing $15 million to provide needed freshwater to the Islands. On May 8, 1979, the Virgin Islands Legislature passed a bill appropriating $15.1 mil- lion to the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority for the plants. The bill became law on May 18, 1979. In his December 1978 report, the Virgin Islands z)~~~~,# Comptroller concluded that the Water and Power Authority, an agency of the Virgin Islands government, had not fol- lowed sound procurement procedures in awarding the contract to Israel Desalination Engineering, Ltd. H,e therefore recom- mended that the contract not be funded and that the procure- ment be rebid, using all appropriate procurement procedures and the assistance of a qualified independent engineering firm. …
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