11-08 - SBA's Procurement of Information Technology Hardware and Software through Isika Technologies, Inc.

This report presents the results of our audit of SBA' s procurement of information technology (IT) hardware and software through Isika Technologies, Inc. (iTechnologies). The objective of this audit was to determine whether SBA officials: (1) properly planned and awarded contracts to iTechnologies for the procurement of manufactured IT hardware and software; and (2) accurately reported contract data for these awards to the Federal Procurement Data System -Next Generation (FPDS-NG).

To achieve the first audit objective, we reviewed pertinent Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), SBA's Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) 00 11 IH, Annual Acquisition Strategy and Procurement Planning, and iTechnologies contract files. We also interviewed personnel from the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the Office of Business Operations, and the contractor. To address the second audit objective, we compared data in the contract files to a limited number of data fields reported by SBA to FPDS-NG. We conducted our review between August 2010 and November 2010 in accordance with Government Auditing Standards prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States.