NNSA OFFICIAL LISTS NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH DOE SMALL BIZ CONTRACTING

摘要

A National Nuclear Security Administration official last week outlined a host of concerns with the way NNSA andrnDepartment of Energy small business contracting is impacting industry, including in the list reverse auctions,rnrestrictive size standards, acquisition strategies and underutilization of contract vehicles. One big concern is thernconsequence of using reverse auctions for small business procurements. “Who in the world thought that was arngood idea? Everybody knows why,” NNSA Albuquerque Complex Small Business Program Manager GregrnGonzales said to applause at the 2014 Waste Management Symposium, held in Phoenix, Ariz. “It’s a good dealrnfor the government, because we drive costs down to the bone. But whoever wins on a reverse auction has nornmoney to invest in their own company for growth. I’m not sure why the contracting officers don’t understand that,rnbut it’s because most of them have never been in industry. The same thing on lowest price technically acceptablernversus the best value. You get the same kind of result. I think it’s bad for the government and bad for industry.”