Establishing Competitive Production Sources. A Handbook for Program Managers
Abstract
The laws and regulations which guide the weapons acquisition process require every program manager to use competition whenever it is feasible and effective to do so. Although the emphasis historically has been on competition during the early phases of the acquisition cycle, the Department of Defense also stresses the importance of competition in production. The program manager must assess the feasibility and effectiveness of production competition in a highly detailed, rigorous, and quantitative way. These circumstances have led to the development of a production competition handbook. The purpose of this handbook is to provide the program manager and other acquisition official's with a systematic guide to the assessment, implementation, and execution of production competition. The various techniques for establishing competitive production sources are described along with two models to aid the manager in deciding whether or not to pursue production competition on a specific program. Author- supplied keywords include: second sourcing, dual sourcing, Form-fit-and function, Technical Data Package, Leader-Follower, Licensing, Contractor Teaming, and Joint-Venture.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA146006
Entities
People
- J. R. Hiller
- J. W. Drinnon
- L. A. Kratz