Download or read book A Review of the Literature Competition Versus Sole Source Procurements written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On what criteria should the decision to pursue competitive or sole-source procurement be based? A review of the literature brings several points to the fore. First, there is some rationale for supporting competitive over sole-source procurements, but not all competitive procurements produce savings; and the savings associated with going competitive are far less than the 25 percent cited by former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. Next, several factors should be considered prior to a decision to go competitive, such as production quantity, complexity of the item, capacity utilization of the industry involved, special skills, and sufficient data on the item. In addition, a cost-benefit analysis should probably be performed to determine the possible savings as a result of competition. Further, low-dollar-value spare parts, required in considerable quantity, or component parts and systems that are jointly used extensively by private industry, would seem to be the best places to implement competitive procurements. The previous research work in this area has seemed to follow a sequence, from more-or-less brief, rapidly compiled studies to more detailed and objective research over time. The author thus reviewed the literature with the thought not only to compare the contract vehicles, but to consider the evolution of the studies, placing more weight on the later study efforts.
Download or read book Literature Review on Competition Versus Sole Source Procurements written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a review of the literature on the topic of competition versus sole source procurements, several points emerge. First, there is probably some rationale for supporting competitive over sole source procurements, but it should be recognized that not all competitive procurements produce savings; and the savings associated with going competitive are probably far less than the old 25 percent savings number used by Defense Secretary McNamara. Next, there are several factors that should be considered prior to a decision to go competitive, such as production quantity, complexity of the item, capacity utilization of the industry involved, special skills, and sufficient data on the item. In addition, a cost benefit analysis should probably be performed to determine the possible savings as a result of competition. Further, low dollar value spare parts, required in considerable quantity, or component parts/systems that are jointly used extensively by private industry, would seem to be the best places to implement competitive procurements.
Download or read book Public Procurement and the EU Competition Rules written by Albert Sánchez Graells and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public procurement and competition law are both important fields of EU law and policy, intimately intertwined in the creation of the internal market. Hitherto their close connection has been noted, but not closely examined. This work is the most comprehensive attempt to date to explain the many ways in which these fields, often considered independent of one another, interact and overlap in the creation of the internal market. This process of convergence between competition and public procurement law is particularly apparent in the 2014 Directives on public procurement, which consolidate the principle of competition in terms very close to those advanced by the author in the first edition. This second edition builds upon this approach and continues to ask how competition law principles inform and condition public procurement rules, and whether the latter (in their revised form) are adequate to ensure that competition is not distorted. The second edition also deepens the analysis of the market behaviour of the public buyer from a competition perspective. Proceeding through a careful assessment of the general rules of competition and public procurement, the book constantly tests the efficacy of these rules against a standard of the proper functioning of undistorted competition in the market for public procurement. It also traces the increasing relevance of competition considerations in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and sets out criteria and recommendations to continue influencing the development of EU Economic Law.
Download or read book Competition and Innovation in the U S Fixed Wing Military Aircraft Industry written by John Birkler and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2003-11-07 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assess prospects for innovation and competition in the military combat-aircraft industry. o
Download or read book Getting Up to Speed written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supercomputers play a significant and growing role in a variety of areas important to the nation. They are used to address challenging science and technology problems. In recent years, however, progress in supercomputing in the United States has slowed. The development of the Earth Simulator supercomputer by Japan that the United States could lose its competitive advantage and, more importantly, the national competence needed to achieve national goals. In the wake of this development, the Department of Energy asked the NRC to assess the state of U.S. supercomputing capabilities and relevant R&D. Subsequently, the Senate directed DOE in S. Rpt. 107-220 to ask the NRC to evaluate the Advanced Simulation and Computing program of the National Nuclear Security Administration at DOE in light of the development of the Earth Simulator. This report provides an assessment of the current status of supercomputing in the United States including a review of current demand and technology, infrastructure and institutions, and international activities. The report also presents a number of recommendations to enable the United States to meet current and future needs for capability supercomputers.
Download or read book Coordinating Requirements Budgets and Acquisition written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The General Advantages of Competitive Procurement Over Sole Source Negotiation in the Defense Department written by Larry Yuspeh and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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