Separate OMB guidance follows up on March 4 Presidential memo calling on federal agencies to examine their use of noncompetitive and cost-reimbursement contracting as one of several key actions to improve results achieved from government contractors.
In July OMB also called on agencies to reduce by at least 10 percent the combined share of dollars obligated through new contracts in fiscal 2010 that are awarded non-competitively and/or receive only one bid in response to a solicitation or a request for cost-reimbursement contracts, or T&M/LH contracts.
Now the Office of Federal Procurement Policy has established guidelines to help chief acquisition officers and senior procurement executives evaluate the effectiveness of their agency’s competition practices and processes for selecting contract types.
The guidelines focus on the use of competition and contract types, risk mitigation strategies, and opportunities to transition to more competitive and lower risk contracts.