Information Technology Services: Agencies Complying with Revision to Federal Acquisition Regulation

摘要

Concerned that minimum personnel experience or education requirements in agency solicitations for information technology (IT) services were contributing to worker shortages, Congress included a provision in the fiscal year 2001 Defense authorization act requiring that the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) be amended to limit the use of such requirements. Specifically, agencies are not to include these requirements in solicitations for IT services that result in performancebased contracts-those with performance work statements that set forth contract requirements in clear, specific, and objective terms with measurable outcomes-unless the contracting officer determines that agency needs cannot be met without them.