Contract Management: Commercial Use of Share-in-Savings Contracting

摘要

The Congress and federal agencies are increasingly turning to performance-based contracting methods as a way to enhance the delivery of government services. You requested that we determine how Share-in- Savings (SIS) contracting, one performance-based technique, is used in the commercial sector. This report responds to your request by examining four commercial SIS contracts and identifying common characteristics that made them successful. For the purposes of this report, we have defined SIS contracting as an agreement in which a client compensates a contractor from the financial benefits derived as a result of contract performance. Financial benefits can come from either contractorgenerated savings or revenues.