Defense contracting, factors DOD considers when choosing best value processes are consistent with guidance for selected acquisitions : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Procurement--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

United States. Department of Defense.

Contracting out--United States--Evaluation.

Contracting out.

Defense contracts--United States--Evaluation.

Defense contracts.

Armed Forces--Procurement--Evaluation.

Contracting out--Evaluation.

Defense contracts--Evaluation.

Genre:

Internet resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 30 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Factors DOD considers when choosing best value processes are consistent with guidance for selected acquisitions

Best value contracting

Defense contracting, factors United States Department of Defense considers when choosing best value processes are consistent with guidance for selected acquisitions

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

Summary:

DOD obligated about $310 billion in fiscal year 2013 for products and services needed to support its mission. To competitively acquire what is needed, DOD may use best value processes -- including tradeoff and lowest price technically acceptable -- to evaluate vendors' proposals. When using the tradeoff process, DOD weighs the relative importance of price against non-cost factors. By contrast, DOD may use the LPTA process and award the contract based on lowest price once technical requirements are met. Congress mandated GAO to review DOD's use of best value processes. GAO identified, among other things, (1) the extent to which DOD used best value processes in fiscal year 2013, (2) the factors DOD considers when choosing a source selection process, and (3) training DOD provides to its acquisition personnel on source selection processes.

Contents:

Background

DOD predominately used best value processes in Fiscal Year 2013, but increased its use of LPTA for higher dollar contracts since Fiscal Year 2009

Knowledge of requirements and potential vendors underpin decisions about source selection process

DOD provides online and classroom training on source selection processes, but on-the-job training considered essential for making sound source selection decisions

Concluding observations.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on September 20, 2016).

"GAO-14-584."

"July 2014."

"Report to Congressional committees."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed August 8, 2014).

OCLC:

885536977