§ 970.0901 - Management controls.

(a) As a management and operating contractor, the contractor shall develop and maintain systems of management and quality control to discourage waste, abuse, and fraud; and to ensure components, products, and services provided DOE meet's the specifications.

(b) As a part of the required overall management structure, the contractor must maintain management control systems which:

(1) Are documented and satisfactory to DOE;

(2) Ensure that all levels of management are accountable for effective management systems and internal controls within their areas of assigned responsibility;

(3) Cover both programmatic and administrative functions;

(4) Provide reasonable assurance that Government resources are safeguarded against theft, fraud, waste, and unauthorized use;

(5) Promote efficient and effective operations;

(6) Ensure that all obligations and costs incurred are in compliance with the contract's terms and conditions and intended purposes;

(7) Properly record, manage, and report all revenues, expenditures, transactions and assets;

(8) Maintain financial, statistical and other reports necessary to maintain accurate, reliable, and timely accountability and management controls;

(9) Are periodically reviewed to ensure they are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of the system are being accomplished and that these controls are working effectively;

(10) Are in accordance with the Comptroller General's standards for internal controls, as set forth in the General Accounting Office Policy and Procedures Manual For Guidance To Federal Agencies, chapter 3 of title 2 (Oct 1984), as amended.

(c) As a management and operating contractor, the contractor shall also develop and maintain a baseline program of quality assurance that will implement documented performance and quality standards, and management controls and assessment techniques to ensure components, services, and products meet DOE's, design agency and other governing and applicable specifications.