Government acquisition of commercial products what is the policy?.

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Kirtley, Richard W.
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1979-12Advisor
Lamm, David V.
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Sneiderman, M.L.
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The development of the current policy within the
Department of Defense regarding the acquisition of commercial
products is traced from its roots within the Report of
the Commission on Government Procurement through present
attempts to implement the Acquisition and Distribution of
Commercial Products Program. Pending publication of the
proposed Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) , there is no
official separate policy in this area except a brief statement
issued by memorandum from the Office of Federal
Procurement Policy and repeated in a Department of Defense
Directive. However, based on the potential savings of time
and money exhibited in numerous test acquisitions ,' it is
the conclusion of the researcher that official policy is
necessary, but that it should be implemented with far more
flexibility than proposed in the draft implementation
documents reviewed. Acquisition personnel should not be
constrained by exacting definitions and clauses addressing
such areas as "commercial market acceptability", but should
work within general guidelines allowing subjective evaluation
of alternatives.
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