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December 13, 2016 By AMK

2017 NDAA restricts DoD’s use of LPTA procedures

The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is full of important changes that will affect federal contracting going forward.

lpta-out-best-value-inOne of these important changes severely limits the use of lowest-price technically-acceptable (LPTA) evaluations in Department of Defense (DoD) procurements. Following the change, “best value” tradeoffs will be prioritized for DoD acquisitions. This post briefly examines when LPTA procurements will and won’t be allowed under the 2017 NDAA.

The 2017 NDAA sets a new DoD policy: To avoid using LPTA evaluations when doing so would deny DoD with the benefits of cost and technical tradeoffs.  

Keep reading this article at: http://smallgovcon.com/statutes-and-regulations/2017-ndaa-restricts-dods-use-of-lpta-procedures/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: acquisition workforce, best value, cost, DoD, LPTA, NDAA, trade off

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