GAO sees flaws in VA eyeglasses contract.(General Accounting Office; Veterans Administration)(Brief Article) From: Set-Aside Alert | Date: August 22, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Business Research Services, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In a ruling that exposed the apparent incompetence of a contracting officer, the General Accounting Office faulted the Veterans Affairs Department for its decision not to compete a procurement for eyeglasses as a small business set-aside.

In its decision released Aug. 8, GAO said VA's procedures in the case were "seriously flawed."

The contract, to provide eyeglasses for VA facilities in Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, was solicited as a full and open ...

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