Contracting by Competitive Negotiations in Support of FMS
Abstract
Security Assistance is an important tool of U.S. national security and foreign policy. An element of security assistance, the foreign military sales (FMS) process, is used to transfer by sale, lease, loan, or grant a wide range of defense articles, and services to allied or friendly governments. For example, sales may include major weapon systems such as aircraft or tanks, and the necessary initial and follow-on logistics support; and other types of military equipment and associated spares and repair parts, publications, training, and so on. Many of these products and services must be procured by the U.S. Government for sale to FMS nations/customers. Contracting is a vital, on-going function of global as well as national importance. For example, there were 4,518,168 ($61.5 billion) U.S. Government procurement actions during just the first half of FY 1993, of which 68,336 ($4.9 billion) actions were in support of the FMS program and "intragovernmental" activities (Similar data are not gathered on awards in support of the FMS program alone, except that $3.7 billion of the $4.9 billion was in the first half of FY93.) Out of the 4.5 million procurement actions, 66 percent were spent on contracts supporting FMS alone, 8.2 percent were follow-on actions, and 25.8 percent were not2 (Similar percent data are not collected on awards in support of FMS.3) However, since DoD acquisition for FMS is conducted consistent with DoD procurement regulations and procedures, it should be safe to conclude that most FMS-related procurements are competed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA500615
Entities
People
- Charles B. Barry
Organizations
- Defense Security Cooperation Agency