DOD'S STANDARD PROCUREMENT SYSTEM: Continued Investment Has Yet to Be Justified

Abstract

I am pleased to be here today to discuss the Department of Defense's (DOD)management of its investment in the Standard Procurement System or SPS program. The department launched this program a little more than 7 years ago with the laudable goal of replacing 76 existing procurement systems with a single departmentwide system to more effectively support divergent contracting processes and procedures across its component organizations. Through SPS, the department expected to improve efficiency and effectiveness in how it awarded and managed contracts, and,at that time, estimated life-cycle costs to be approximately $3 billion over a 10-year period.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2002
Accession Number
ADA398833

Entities

People

  • Joel C. Willemssen

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Economic Analysis
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.