A Case History of the Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Proposed Uniform Federal Procurement System,

Abstract

At the request of Congress, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy of the Office of Management and Budget proposed a new uniform federal procurement system (UFPS) designed to improve the efficiency and economy of government procurement and, consequently, government operations. The potential impact of the proposed system could be enormous: federal procurement involves more than $134 billion and 18 million procurement actions each year. The proposed system has seven primary features that were expected to make it superior to the present system (status quo). These features were: improved competition; simplification; commercialization; uniform policy; system standards and control; integrated management system; and procurement executive supported by professional workforce.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP001223

Entities

People

  • Earl H. Langenbeck
  • Joseph L. Hood
  • Kenneth H. Borchers

Organizations

  • Booz Allen Hamilton

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contract Administration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Procurement
  • Public Administration

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design