Incentive Strategies for Defense Acquisitions

Abstract

Incentives exist in every business arrangement. The effective application of incentives is key to building successful business arrangements that jointly maximize value for all parties. It is essential that the Department adopt incentive strategies to successfully attract, motivate and reward traditional and nontraditional contractors, thus ensuring successful performance. Incentive strategies must also maximize the use of commercial practices to enhance our ability to attract nontraditional contractors. Incentives can be monetary or nonmonetary, and should be positive but balanced, when necessary, with remedies for missing specific program targets or objectives. They can be based on price, cost, schedule and/or performance. Regardless of the final composition and structure of the incentive(s), the goal is to encourage and motivate optimal performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397701

Entities

People

  • J. S. Gansler

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Reductions
  • Economic Analysis
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • Supply Chain
  • Systems Engineering
  • Teamwork
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Naval Personnel Management