A Survey of State Practices for Protecting Transportation Agencies Against Construction and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Including Use of Contractor Suspension and Debarment Procedures

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/23133

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A Survey of State Practices for Protecting Transportation Agencies Against Construction and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Including Use of Contractor Suspension and Debarment Procedures

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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 120: A Survey of State Practices for Protecting Transportation Agencies Against Construction and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Including Use of Contractor Suspension and Debarment Procedures explors state department of transportation practices involving the areas of highway construction contracting, including false claims, disadvantaged business enterprise fraud, and contractor suspension and debarment. The report is designed to provide a broad assessment of the magnitude of false claims and disadvantaged business fraud and the steps that states are taking to detect and protect against such practices. The report also examines whether states are using the contractor suspension and debarment procedures effectively as a tool for protection from unscrupulous contractors.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2007. A Survey of State Practices for Protecting Transportation Agencies Against Construction and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Including Use of Contractor Suspension and Debarment Procedures. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23133.

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Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-iv
I. Introduction	1-3
II. Construction Contract Fraud	4-19
III. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud	20-30
IV. Federal and State Investigation, Suspension, and Debarment	31-35
V. Conclusion	36-37
Appendix: A False Claims Survey	38-43
Appendix: B Examples of Applicable State False Claim Statutes	44-47
Appendix: C Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Survey	48-53
Appendix: D 49 CFR PART 29- Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters - Primary Covered Transactions	54-55
Appendix: E Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions	56-57
Appendix: F Contractor Suspension and Debarment Survey	58-64

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