# Observations: Fiscal Year 2020 COVID-19 Federal Contracting
> **Inspection / Evaluation** by Pandemic Response Accountability Committee · 2021-08-04
> *About: Multiple Agencies*
## Report
- **Title:** Observations: Fiscal Year 2020 COVID-19 Federal Contracting
- **Submitting OIG:** Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
- **Component agency:** Multiple Agencies
- **Type:** Inspection / Evaluation
- **Publication date:** 2021-08-04

## Summary

The PRAC’s objective was to review pandemic-related federal contracts and identify first-time contractors and contracts awarded without competitive bidding. We found that first-time federal contractors received $4.4 billion worth of pandemic contracts in Fiscal Year 2020 and that $128 million was deobligated from contracts with first-time federal contractors during the same period. Additionally, we identified the four most common flexibilities identified to justify limited competition were urgency, only one source, simplified acquisition procedures, and authorized by statute.

## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/observations-fiscal-year-2020-covid-19-federal-contracting)
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