Contract Award on Initial Proposals
Abstract
The award of contracts on the basis of initial proposals, without holding discussions is a technique of negotiated procurement which is used all too infrequently. When one offeror's proposal is so clearly superior to those of the other offerors, the government should seriously consider making the contract award without holding discussions if the conditions required by statute and regulation exist. By making award on the basis of initial proposals, the amount of time necessary to award a contract is reduced. In addition, the government's administrative costs are lower because it is unnecessary to conduct rounds of discussions and to evaluate updated proposals, while offerors' costs are reduced because they do not have to prepare updated proposals. Making award without conducting discussions is also fairer to the offerors because if they have no realistic opportunity to be selected for the award, the government should not needlessly keep them in the competition. Theses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA213645
Entities
People
- Michael I. Mark
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology