Considerations in Providing Services Directly or By Contract: An Information Bulletin of the Management, Finance and Personnel Task Force of the Urban Consortium

摘要

The report is one of five information bulletins developed by the Urban Consortium, a coalition of 34 major urban governments working together with Federal officials and private industry to encourage the development and transfer of products and systems addressing urban needs. The report recognizes that many services provided by urban city and county governments are available for contractual purchase from the private sector. Criteria are offered for making the decision whether to provide the service with in-house forces, whether to contract the service in its entirety, or whether to consider a combination of both. For those having made the decision to contract, there is a brief section on the steps necessary to effect the contract. An extensive catalogue of resource persons experienced in contracting for particular services was viewed as useful to its colleagues by the Task Force.