Small Business: Trends in Federal Procurement in the 1990s : Report to Congressional Requesters

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Página 11 - The term bundled requirement or bundling refers to the consolidation of two or more procurement requirements for goods or services previously provided or performed under separate smaller contracts into a solicitation of offers for a single contract that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business concern...
Página 24 - We performed our investigative work in accordance with standards prescribed by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. A detailed discussion of our objectives, scope, and methodology is presented in appendix II.
Página 26 - General. A blanket purchase agreement is a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for small quantities of supplies or services by establishing "charge accounts...
Página 11 - ... for a single contract that is likely to be unsuitable for award to a small business concern due...
Página 7 - Act of 1994 authorized federal agencies to enter into multiple award, task- and delivery-order contracts for goods and services. These contracts provide agencies with a great deal of flexibility in buying goods or services while minimizing the burden on government contracting personnel to negotiate and administer contracts. The Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 authorized...
Página 4 - ... assistance services are necessarily incident to, and not a significant component of, the contract. [48 FR 42219. Sept. 19. 1983. as amended at 56 FR 15150. Apr. 15. 1991: 60 FR 49725. Sept. 26. 1995] 16.504 Indefinite-quantity contracts. (a) Description. An indefinite-quantity contract provides for an indefinite quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services during a fixed period. The Government places orders for individual requirements. Quantity limits may be stated as number of units...
Página 8 - US$100,000 be reserved exclusively for small business concerns unless the contracting officer is unable to obtain offers from two or more small businesses that are competitive with market prices and with the quality of the goods or services to be purchased.
Página 26 - Supply Schedules 8.401 General. (a) The Federal Supply Schedule program, directed and managed by the General Services Administration (GSA), provides Federal agencies with a simplified process for obtaining commonly used commercial supplies and services at prices associated with volume buying (also see 8.001).
Página 6 - Each agency provided technical comments that have been incorporated into the report as appropriate.
Página 27 - Subpart 13.5 is $5 million ($10 million for acquisitions as described in 13.500(e)). (c) The existence of a BPA does not justify purchasing from only one source or avoiding small business setasides. The requirements of 13.003(b) and subpart 19.5 also apply to each order. (d) If, for a particular purchase greater than the micro-purchase threshold, there is an insufficient number of BPAs to ensure maximum practicable competition, the contracting officer shall — (1) Solicit quotations...

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