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• catalog abstract ""An organization "bundles" the services that it purchases when it consolidates activities previously provided by separate sources and purchases the services through a single contract from a single provider. The Department of Defense is giving increasing attention to this practice because commercial firms report that bundling offers the potential for significant performance and cost benefits. However, the goals of the federal government differ from those of commercial firms in that federal regulations commit the Air Force and other federal organizations to place "a fair proportion" of purchases and contracts with small business enterprises and to maintain free and open competition among prospective providers of services to the federal government. Small businesses typically do not have the scale of operation or scope of expertise to provide bundles of services as prime contractors. The authors of this report discuss recent legislation designed to protect small businesses by ensuring that bundling occurs only when it is likely to generate "measurably substantial" increases in performance or reductions in cost to the federal buyer. After reviewing potential sources of such benefits, the authors propose a methodology that buying agencies could use to gather information on when and how to bundle the services they buy and justify those decisions in a way that satisfies the legislative requirements."--Rand abstracts.".
• catalog contributor b12197699.
• catalog contributor b12197700.
• catalog contributor b12197701.
• catalog contributor b12197702.
• catalog created "2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
• catalog description ""An organization "bundles" the services that it purchases when it consolidates activities previously provided by separate sources and purchases the services through a single contract from a single provider. The Department of Defense is giving increasing attention to this practice because commercial firms report that bundling offers the potential for significant performance and cost benefits. However, the goals of the federal government differ from those of commercial firms in that federal regulations commit the Air Force and other federal organizations to place "a fair proportion" of purchases and contracts with small business enterprises and to maintain free and open competition among prospective providers of services to the federal government. Small businesses typically do not have the scale of operation or scope of expertise to provide bundles of services as prime contractors. The authors of this report discuss recent legislation designed to protect small businesses by ensuring that bundling occurs only when it is likely to generate "measurably substantial" increases in performance or reductions in cost to the federal buyer. After reviewing potential sources of such benefits, the authors propose a methodology that buying agencies could use to gather information on when and how to bundle the services they buy and justify those decisions in a way that satisfies the legislative requirements."--Rand abstracts.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Why is the Air Force Interested in Bundling Services into Larger Contracts? -- Ch. 3. Relevant Legislation and Skills -- Ch. 4. Findings -- Ch. 5. Potential Benefits and Risks Associated with Bundled Service Contracts -- Ch. 6. Bundling Methodology for Recontracting Activities -- Ch. 7. Conclusions -- App. A. General Background on Developing and Using Information About "Best Commercial Practices" -- App. B. Examples of Strategic Supply-Base Reduction -- App. C. Industry Consolidation Trends -- App. D. SBA Final Rule -- A Derived Decision Tree for Bundling -- App. E. Assigning Monetary Values to Performance Improvements.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog extent "xxiv, 121 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0833029452".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Santa Monica, CA : Rand,".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "358.416/213/0973 21".
• catalog subject "AS36 .R4 MR-1224".
• catalog subject "Contract bundling United States.".
• catalog subject "Contracting out United States.".
• catalog subject "Defense contracts United States.".
• catalog subject "United States. Air Force Procurement.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Why is the Air Force Interested in Bundling Services into Larger Contracts? -- Ch. 3. Relevant Legislation and Skills -- Ch. 4. Findings -- Ch. 5. Potential Benefits and Risks Associated with Bundled Service Contracts -- Ch. 6. Bundling Methodology for Recontracting Activities -- Ch. 7. Conclusions -- App. A. General Background on Developing and Using Information About "Best Commercial Practices" -- App. B. Examples of Strategic Supply-Base Reduction -- App. C. Industry Consolidation Trends -- App. D. SBA Final Rule -- A Derived Decision Tree for Bundling -- App. E. Assigning Monetary Values to Performance Improvements.".
• catalog title "Federal contract bundling : a framework for making and justifying decisions for purchased services / Laura H. Baldwin, Frank Camm, Nancy Y. Moore.".
• catalog type "text".