The Integration of Decision Support Technologies to Support Consistent Government Evaluation of Contract Proposals
Abstract
Within federal government contracting, contracting officers are empowered to evaluate proposals and determination which contractor should be awarded the contract. With multiple variables to consider, managing tradeoffs is an important aspect of the evaluation process. As such, there is room for a large amount of subjectivity in the evaluation process. Since multiple contracting officers can arrive at different conclusions when evaluating the same proposals, there are instances when the wrong contractor is awarded a contract, as only one contractor can offer the true best value. Thus, the subjectivity in the process needs to be reduced so the contractor offering the best value is awarded the contract a higher percentage of the time. This thesis examines how the application of existing decision support technologies can assist contracting personnel in determining which proposal offers the best value to the government. The intent is to establish a model that, when implemented, will ensure contracting officers evaluate proposals both consistently and fairly. The proposed system integrates several decision support technologies. The overall concept is designed using a weight-based ranking model, enabled by a multi-criteria decision analysis software system. Supporting decision support software packages include an expert system and a data warehouse.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA479927
Entities
People
- Roy M. Garrison
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School