Safeguarding Against Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) on the Future Combat Systems (FCS) Program
Abstract
The impact of a conflict of interest is significant. Whether we view ourselves as shareholders, citizens, or casual observers, the mere appearance of impropriety is enough to undermine our confidence in individuals, corporations, and the reputations of entire professions. Government employees are all too aware of the public scrutiny placed on the acquisition process in an attempt to ensure prudent expenditure of precious taxpayer dollars. To provide the best-value product or service to meet customer needs, each member of an acquisition team has the responsibility to exercise sound business judgment in selecting a prime contractor. The FCS program expands this responsibility by having established competitive trade-off source selection procedures and processes used by the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI), the Boeing Co., in selecting subcontractors representing the best of industry to develop the FCS System-of-Systems (SoS). The LSI used the Army Source Selection Guide and the trade-off source selection procedures of "Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 15," as the model for establishing its generic source selection evaluation plan and processes to support competitive trade-off source selections during the FCS program's System Development and Demonstration (SDD) Phase. The LSI has successfully implemented this plan leading to the selection and awarding of more than 20 major/critical subcontracts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA490464
Entities
People
- Sandra T. Toenjes