ADP Procurement: DOD's Approach to Providing Logistics Data on Compact Disk is Justified

Abstract

In November 1989, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) initiated a competitive procurement to publish and distribute the federal supply catalog using compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM) technology. You expressed concern about whether DLA had followed federal laws and regulations in conducting this procurement. As agreed with your offices, our report focuses on whether DLA followed the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation (FIRMR) and the General Services Administration's (GSA) guidance in conducting its requirements analysis and in analyzing the alternatives to satisfy those requirements. In addition, we agreed to determine whether DLA developed its requirements so as to encourage the use of nondevelopmental items to the maximum extent practicable, as required by 10 USC. Sec. 2325.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
AD1170045

Entities

People

  • Gwendolyn A. Dittmer
  • James R. Watts
  • John A. Carter
  • Patricia A. Daly
  • Ralph V. Carlone
  • Robert P. Cavanaugh
  • Rona B. Stillman
  • Teresa M. Schlee

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Compact Disks
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Federal Law
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Hard Copy
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Market Research
  • Nato
  • Procurement
  • Prototypes
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.