急于建立莫re than 450 miles of barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expedited construction using a contracting approach that boosted the risk of higher project costs, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
在前总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）在2019年的“边境紧急紧急情况”命令之后加速建设，军团利用各种当局快速开始，包括授予工作“没有充分和公开的竞争，并授权承包商在定义关键要求之前开始工作”说。
联邦监管机构代理商进行了分析在2017年10月至2020年9月期间，使用美国国防部和国土安全部的资金授予了39份建筑合同，价值106亿美元。
GAO称，一些国防部资金仅在短时间内可用，在到期之前，使军团的合同奖励计划紧缩，使其脱离了计划的收购方法。
The Corps had plans to award $11 billion in border construction contracts over five years. But about $9 billion worth was awarded after the Trump order, leading to the $10.6-billion total by September 2020.
The Corps awarded $4.3 billion in noncompetitive contracts and structured many awards to make sure that bollard wall panels were installed in the ground rather than requiring a full barrier system that included certain technology and electric components to be completed, the report says. Overall, by the end of 2020, there were about 69 miles of completed wall systems, GAO says.
According to Corps and Homeland Security Dept. statistics released in January, of the 453 miles of walls constructed, 351 miles were replacement structures, 55 miles were “secondary” structures and only 47 miles were new barriers where none had existed.
该军团授予了四项称为“不确定合同诉讼”的非竞争合同，这些合同允许承包商在谈判范围，条款和价格时开始工作。GAO称，在奖励之前完成谈判不允许承包商满足该机构的18个月交货时间表。
Gao说，使用此类合同是有风险的，因为“承包商几乎没有动力控制成本”。18luck.cub
有争议的合同的定义价值为25亿美元，但最终耗资43亿美元。Under one contract, the Corps determined that while the contractor’s profit rate was 2.5% higher than the rate calculated based on regulations and guidance, it was fair given the wall panel delivery deadline of Dec. 31, 2020, GAO says it was told by a Corps official.
2018年至2020年签发的边境墙合同中约有88％授予了四个承包商，西南谷建筑商（Kiewit子公司）；获得总数的26％；Slsco Ltd.和Fisher Sand和Gravel均获得21％；巴纳德建筑部门BFBC授予19％。其他十家公司被授予剩余的12％。
Gao说，该军团放弃了多种环境保护要求，以加快基于国防部长的指示，以“不考虑法律规定”开始建设的指示，加快两项非竞争合同的裁决。该监督机构审查的其他六笔合同还放弃了环境和房地产法。
截至2019年2月，只要提案在技术上可以接受，兵团就不再要求承包商在无限期交付量合同下竞争项目时提交成本建议。18luck官网
高recommended that the Corps reassess its acquisition strategy going forward. The Corps concurred with the recommendation and plans to conduct an after-action review to identify other approaches to respond to a national emergency.
罗伯特·梅塞利（Robert Miceli），兵团副局长和陆军布里格（Army Brig）。副司令理查德·海特坎普（Richard Heitkamp）将军告诉GAO，该机构“正在考虑”为“不可预测的”和“在很大程度上不确定的“紧急情况”中添加的紧急响应合同机制，这些紧急情况“更难以介绍合同具有响应能力的能力和专业知识。透明
白宫于6月11日发布了一项计划，该计划使用未承定的国防部边界墙资金来修复障碍造成的损害，其余约20亿美元将其归还给军队，以最初打算建造项目。18luck官网拜登政府还将要求国会取消墙壁建设的剩余国土安全部资金，并利用这笔资金进行更有效的边境管理，例如在墨西哥与美国之间的入口处改善基础设施以及增加了增强技术。
大约100个环境团体have asked国会拨款委员会负责在明年的联邦预算中资助的资金，以减轻墙壁建设损失。
In a June 15 ruling, GAO said that the administration’s decision to halt border wall construction using Homeland Security funds appropriated by Congress to alter project scope in order to mitigate environmental damage and minimize effects on border communities is not illegal. “Delays in spending these funds in order to satisfy applicable statutory requirements are programmatic delays, not impoundments,” the agency said.
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he has committed $250 million from the state's budget to launch a state-run border wall construction program and directed the Texas Facilities Commission on June 18 to hire a program management firm to determine location and cost.
The effort also may involve private donations of funding and land that Abbott contends could allow construction of hundreds of miles of border wall.
