Some New Approaches to 'Reward' Contracting.

Abstract

This report addresses some suggestions made by Dr. Paul Kaminski, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, and Colleen Preston, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform, concerning incentivizing change away from the one-size-fits-all mode of contracting, and providing more information to the source selection authority for cost tradeoffs. Three types of award contracts are discussed (i.e., Incentive, Award Fee, and Research Tournaments), and suggestions are made on what might be done to improve them. A new approach called 'Research Tournaments' is presented, which seems to have merit in providing more contract vehicles for consideration in the contracting process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA309785

Entities

People

  • William N. Washington

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Army Procurement
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Incentive Contracts
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History