Subcontracted Services for Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1 Construction

September 1, 2009

2007-001C-01

Audit

We audited $2.8 million in subcontractor costs billed to TVA by a contractor for work related to the restart of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Unit 1. Our preliminary review of the costs billed by the subcontractors caused us to have concerns that certain costs that were billed may have also been billed to TVA under other contracts. We identified two direct contracts TVA had with the companies and expanded our review to include $985,984 TVA had paid to the companies under these contracts.In summary, we found TVA had been overbilled $1,075,020 including (1) $174,912 of unsupported and ineligible labor and per diem costs, (2) $621,428 of unsupported and ineligible equipment costs, (3) $199,180 of unsupported material costs, and (4) $79,500 of overstated task costs. Summary Only

Yes

Yes (agency-wide)

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