{"id":11809,"date":"2016-03-09T13:39:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexingtoninstitute.org\/?p=11809"},"modified":"2016-03-09T13:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T18:40:15","slug":"best-value-general-dynamics-protest-casts-doubt-on-pentagons-prized-acquisition-concept-from-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtoninstitute.org\/best-value-general-dynamics-protest-casts-doubt-on-pentagons-prized-acquisition-concept-from-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Value? General Dynamics Protest Casts Doubt On Pentagon’s Prized Acquisition Concept (From Forbes)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent years, the Pentagon’s top acquisition officials have lauded the concept of “best value” as a way of selecting the contractors who will supply combat systems and services.\u00a0 Simply stated, best value allows contracting personnel to pay more for a proposal when it offers a superior solution.\u00a0 Just being the “lowest-price, technically-acceptable” offeror isn’t enough.\u00a0 But there’s a problem with best value: it\u00a0can give\u00a0source-selection authorities too much latitude to deviate from the rules set forth in solicitations.\u00a0 Offerors who prepared their proposals according to what they thought the selection criteria would be find themselves losing to\u00a0companies that bid higher — even if their proposal meet all government requirements.\u00a0 That is precisely what General Dynamics is alleging in a protest of the Marine Corps decision to select SAIC as one of the two companies that will develop prototypes of its future Amphibious Combat Vehicle.\u00a0 The company says if the Marine Corps had made clear up front what the selection criteria would be, it would have submitted a different proposal.\u00a0 In other words, GD was treated unfairly — the main reason the Government Accountability Office sustains protests.\u00a0 I have written a commentary for Forbes\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent years, the Pentagon’s top acquisition officials have lauded the concept of “best value” as a way of selecting the contractors who will supply combat systems and services.\u00a0 Simply stated, best value allows contracting personnel to pay more for a proposal when it offers a superior solution.\u00a0 Just being the “lowest-price, technically-acceptable” offeror isn’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBest Value? 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