Renovate Building Number 10 Veterans Benefits Administration Office Space, West Palm Beach, FL. 3

Awarded 2021-09-17 — 13 days before fiscal year end (Sep 30). End-of-year awards often have compressed timelines and reduced oversight.

Contract duration is 2.6 standard deviations below the average for similar contracts. Unusually long or short durations may indicate scope issues.

This agency's spending on this type of work increased significantly vs prior years. Rapid spending increases often outpace oversight capacity.

The Government Accountability Office has identified contract management challenges in this agency's operational area, recommending strengthened management controls. This is a systemic observation about the procurement environment, not a reflection on any individual contract or contractor.