We persuaded the contracting officer to reject SIGAR’s recommendation that the agency recoup $8.7 million paid to our client.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) selected two task orders awarded to our client for an incurred cost audit. At the conclusion of the audit, SIGAR questioned a total of $8,765,541 of incurred costs and recommended that the contracting officer recoup that amount from our client.
We demonstrated that the labor records available met the standards established by FAR 32.201(d) and FAR 52.215-2(b). We also demonstrated that the auditors retained by SIGAR did not understand post hardship differential or danger pay allowances, as well as what constituted a normal work week in Afghanistan. As a result of the analysis we provided, the parties settled the matter with our client agreeing to repay less than $200,000 of the $8,765,541 recommended by SIGAR.
