Marginal Cost of Soliciting Automated Data Processing Equipment.

摘要

The Defense Logistics Agency Automated Data Processing (ADP) Contracting Office (DLA-DACO) is responsible for procuring ADP equipment which can be acquired in two ways: (1) through the General Services Administration (GSA) ADP schedule; or (2) off-schedule through normal solicitation channels by way of a request for proposal (RFP). ADP equipment ordered via RFP has an administrative cost added for comparison purposes to the vendor's quote that includes the additional quantifiable costs of going off-schedule. This is permitted under the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation and provides for a more realistic comparison between an off-schedule bid and the GSA schedule price. In December 1985, DACO estimated this marginal cost to be $40,000 and has been adding this cost to vendor's bids for comparison purposes. On 16 February 1990 the GSA Board of Contract Appeals judged the $40,000 amount to be excessive. This study was conducted to determine the marginal cost which accurately reflects the additional cost of soliciting via a RFP instead of ordering from the GSA ADP schedule. Keywords: Procurements, Automated data processing, Cost, Data processing, Economics, Acquisitions. (rwj)