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PLRD-82-124 1 (1982-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmrm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROCUREMENT, LOGISTICS. AND READINESS DIVISION B-208657 September 29, 1982 The Honorable Arlen Specter III 1111I United States Senate The Honorable Charles F. Dougherty 119806 House of Representatives Subjects Disposal of Department of Defense Properties in Philadelphia (GAO/PLRD-82-124) Your February 9, 1982, letter asked us to review how real property disposal policies and procedures may have delayed the disposal of three properties in Philadelphia--the Marine Corps Supply Center, the United States Naval Home, and the Frankford Arsenal. Included in your letter was information from the Department of Defense indicating that protection and maintenance costs for these properties exceeded $12 million while awaiting disposal. As agreed with your Office, we reviewed the disposal process and the causes for the delays in disposing of the properties. We did not, however, evaluate the protection and maintenance costs. We reviewed the disposal history records on the three facil- ities. We interviewed General Services Administration (GSA) offi- cials, examined GSA's files and records, and reviewed the basic laws and regulations that governed GSA's actions in disposing of the properties. SUMMARY OF REVIEW Four principal factors delayed disposal of the properties. --Priority given to transfers within the Federal Government. --Competing interests among organizations attempting to obtain surplus Federal real property. --Failure to achieve price agreement in negotiated sales. -The need to decontaminate property to a degree that will allow unrestricted use after disposal. (945712) (>2 Cj C