Getting the Best Value in a Source Selection

Abstract

Competition in acquisition is an important topic and has been since the Department of Defense (DoD) started acquiring systems from the defense industry. The key premise is that DoD will get greater value for the price paid as a result of competition. Some studies suggest savings in the 15 percent to 25 percent range and even greater undersome conditions as a result of competition. However, greater value is not always tied to lower prices or cost savings. Greater value can be realized through a superior technical solution as part of a trade-off of price and other factors in a source selection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1016282

Entities

People

  • Brian Schultz
  • David L Dotson

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Commerce
  • Competition
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Risk Management

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design