During this phase, the contracting parties fulfil their respective duties through the
performance of their contractual obligations.
Activities that occur during this phase include contract modifications (i.e., change orders); review of completed portions and release of monies; and assessment of deliverables for compliance with the contract terms, including quality control.
The following flowchart shows the types of procurement fraud schemes that occur during the post-award and administration phase.
Schemes involving collusion among contractors seek to circumvent the competitive bidding process. In these schemes, competitors in the same market collude to defeat competition or to inflate the prices of goods and services artificially.
When competitors commit such schemes, the procuring entity is cheated out of its right to the benefits of free and open competition.
The most common forms of collusion between competitors involve the following types of schemes:
