Army Procurement

Water Purification Equipment May Not Meet All Performance Requirements Gao ID: NSIAD-89-200 September 11, 1989

GAO reviewed an Army procurement for design and development of a reverse osmosis water purification unit.

GAO found that the Army: (1) awarded two full-scale engineering and development contracts to design, develop, and fabricate three prototype units; (2) awarded a production contract to one contractor but discovered during testing that the contractor's prototype design did not meet some critical performance requirements; (3) planned to rely on first-article testing under the production contract to determine whether the contractor's modified design would meet performance requirements; and (4) had limited assurance that the contractor would produce a unit that would meet all the operational requirements.

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