DOD's Acquisition Revolution: Impact on Minority Business Contracting.

Abstract

Three recent events have prompted the Department of Defense to significantly revise its acquisition procedures in a process now being called the Acquisition Revolution. These changes have caused great concern in the small and disadvantaged business community because of their potential for significant negative impact on that particular group of businesses. The initial review shows there has been some impact in preferential and set-aside categories, but overall DoD had a slight increase in contracts awarded to small disadvantaged businesses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1997
Accession Number
ADA327974

Entities

People

  • Marcia R. Morgan

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Employment
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Policy
  • Small Business
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.