Audit of FDIC's Food Services Contract with Aramark Services,

AUDIT OF FDIC'S FOOD SERVICES CONTRACT WITHARAMARK SERVICES, INC.Audit Report No. 99-009February 5, 1999OFFICE OF AUDITSOFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WFebruary 5, 1999MEMORANDUM TO: Michael J. Rubino, Associate DirectorFROM:SUBJECT: Audit of FDIC's Food Services Contract with Aramark Services, Inc.(Audit Report No. 99-009)contract with Aramark Services, Inc. (Aramark). The earned by the contractor. The Associate Director, Acquisition Services Branch (ASB), requestedthat the OIG audit this contract because of a concern over the contract pricing arrangement.of pricing arrangement under consideration as well as suggestions to modify the contractrequirements. ASB subsequently issued an amendment to the replacement contract’s Request forto Aramark.Proposal and incorporated most of our recommendations. The FDIC awarded the new contractother agencies, which ASB had already gathered. We provided ASB with alternatives to the typeOIG reviewed the statement of work and compared it to contracts providing similar services athis office’s efforts to refine a statement of work for a replacement food services contract. TheWhen he requested this audit, the Associate Director, ASB, also asked that the OIG assist withsuch as banquet waiters, who are hired on a temporary basis.Metropolitan area. The catering and banquet functions sometimes require additional personnel,banquet and vending machine services for FDIC-occupied buildings in the ...