Affect of contractor's estimating system deficiencies and disapprovals on DoD procuring contracting officers
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Authors
Crow, Dwin Charles
Subjects
Cost estimating systems
Procuring contracting officer
Estimating
Procuring contracting officer
Estimating
Advisors
Shockley, Danny A.
Lamm, David V.
Date of Issue
1996-12
Date
December 1996
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Contractor estimating systems that produce reliable proposals are a key safeguard for the Government to obtain fair and reasonable contract prices for goods and services. Government Administrative Contracting Officers (ACO), with the help of the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), are responsible for determining the adequacy of contractor's estimating systems. If a DCAA audit finds estimating systems deficiencies, the ACO may take several actions including disapproving the contractor's system, in part or in whole. The process of formal disapproval and deficiencies resolution is a series of contractor written responses, corrective action plans and ACO evaluations. This process can take years before a final determination is made. This thesis will focus on how the Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) obtains the information about deficiencies or disapproval and what actions he/she takes to insure the Government is receiving a fair and reasonable price for the goods and services it buys.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Department of Systems Management
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
ix, 95 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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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.