Acquisition of engineering services
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Authors
Mallow, Carol A.
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Tudor, Ron B.
Heatherman, Joe
Date of Issue
2001-12
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
The acquisition workforce has undergone tremendous downsizing in recent years. Agenciesα workforces have likewise reduced in numbers but the numbers of programs they support have increased. The majority of the Navy Material Support Officeαs acquisitions are for acquiring engineering services from several different sponsors with varying types of funding. Currently the majority of our contractual actions are placed through Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts, with Task Orders (TOs) issued as work materializes. But the administration of awarding these TOs, is very labor intensive. An alternative contract with Technical Direction Letters (TDLs) was recommended. However, the type of engineering services procured may not be compatible with TDLs. Therefore, this thesis will thoroughly investigate both types of contracts. A survey of six Navy organizations will look at their processes to investigate how each agency handles the issue of varying sources of funding, sponsors, and urgency of tasks.
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Thesis
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Contract Management
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xiv, 97 p. ;
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.