Procurement of Evaluation Systems: A Case Study of the Parametric Factor Evaluation Approach to Source Selection

摘要

The document is a case study of the use of a system contractor source selection process by a federal program. Its primary research value is as a bench mark for future case studies on source selection techniques in general and for future research on the specific source selection process reported on here. Its primary administrative value is to those responsible for procuring systems (and other complex and uncertain products, e.g., large evaluations) as an evaluation of the outcome of the use of the specific technique in terms of the issues critical to effective source selection. The specific problem for which the technique was used was the selection of two contractors to develop an ongoing capability to evaluate the results (agency and commercial impacts) of experimental modifications in procurement procedures by selected federal, state, and local government agencies. These evaluation systems were to be implemented by organizations outside of the developing organization.