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November 16, 2012 By AMK

Contract competition increasing at DHS, think tank says

Contract competition at the Homeland Security Department has increased significantly, according to a new report that still warns inadequate spending on research and development may hinder DHS down the road.

The paper published Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies found that the majority of contracts that DHS has issued since 2006 were subject to some form of competition during the bidding process. The scholars studied this by looking at data from the Federal Procurement Data System and analyzing the number of offers the department received from bidders, the contract’s funding mechanism and the type of contract vehicle used.

“Both total dollars and the share of DHS contracts awarded under competition with multiple offers increased significantly in 2010 and continued to increase in 2011, rising to a 51 percent share of overall DHS contract obligations,” the report said.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2012/11/contract-competition-increasing-dhs-think-tank-says/59493/.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: competition, DHS, OMB, R&D, research, SBA

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