Contracting with NATO industry: U.S. or foreign procurement regulations?
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Authors
Bell, William Robert
Subjects
NATO rationalization, standardization and interoperability
Codevelopment
Coproduction
International contracting
International acquistion
Codevelopment
Coproduction
International contracting
International acquistion
Advisors
Laurence, E.J.
Cullen, William H.
Date of Issue
1981-09
Date
September 1981
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Defense policy on NATO standardization requires all major defense procurement be reviewed for standardization with NATO and whenever possible codevelopment/coproduction programs be initiated with NATO nations. Presently, U.S. procurement regulations dominate these joint efforts. However, existing international programs have experienced an increasing reluctance on the part of participating NATO nations to accept U.S. procurement regulations. Instead, these nations desire to apply their own procurement regulations to their domestic industries. This study identifies the problems experienced by the acquisition manager and U.S. industry on multinational programs resulting from the use of foreign procurement regulations and examines their implications for the Department of Defense's future acquisition policy. The study concludes that when the United States is the contracting nation, U.S. procurement regulations should be applicable to both domestic and foreign contractors.
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Department of Administrative Sciences
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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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.