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Lawmakers press VA on slow construction, project costs and contract oversight; VA cites duplication and vows reforms
Summary
Committee members raised longstanding concerns about VA construction delays, cost overruns and contract duplication. Secretary Collins said the department is reviewing contracts, pointed to examples of duplication, and promised to renegotiate third-party administrator contracts and address procurement and project-management weaknesses.
House members pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs on long-running construction delays and contract management problems, citing examples of projects years behind schedule and major cost overruns.
Representative Escobar and other members cited the William Beaumont Army Medical Center delay and the Bakersfield community-based outpatient clinic, raising concerns that procurement protests, litigation and contracting…
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