Screening Partnership Program, TSA can benefit from improved cost estimates : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Transportation Security Administration--Procurement--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Transportation Security Administration.

Public contracts--United States--Costs--Evaluation.

Public contracts.

Airports--Security measures--United States--Costs--Evaluation.

Airports.

Airline passenger security screening--United States--Costs--Evaluation.

Airline passenger security screening.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 53 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

TSA can benefit from improved cost estimates

Screening Partnership Program, Transportation Security Administration can benefit from improved cost estimates

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2015.

Summary:

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screens approximately 1.8 million passengers and their property at our nation's airports every day to ensure, among other things, that persons do not carry prohibited items into airport boarding areas or on flights. In 2004, TSA created the Screening Partnership Program (SPP), allowing TSA-regulated airports to apply to have screening of passengers and property performed by private contractors. TSA develops cost estimates to determine what its costs would be to perform screening services at SPP airports. These estimates provide a basis of comparison for program and procurement decisions. GAO was asked to review the SPP. This report addresses: (1) the extent to which TSA developed and reported reliable cost estimates for providing screening services at SPP airports; and (2) how TSA uses cost estimates in selecting SPP contractors and the extent to which TSA monitors contract values relative to its cost estimates. GAO compared TSA's cost estimates to best practices for developing federal cost estimates, analyzed selection and monitoring in the 13 contracts in which estimates were used, and interviewed TSA and contractor officials. GAO recommends that TSA: (1) revise it's 2013 cost estimating methodology to conform to best practices; (2) provide cost comparisons to Congress on a regular basis; and (3) compare and update estimates when major changes to contract values occur.

Notes:

"November 2015."

"GAO-16-19."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO web site, viewed Mar. 6, 2017).

OCLC:

929879627