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October 11, 2017 By AMK

Procurement may be trending toward value over price

The number of times federal agencies have requested lowest-price, technically acceptable (LPTA) bids in contract solicitations has shot up over the past decade, an examination of Bloomberg Government data shows.

Federal contract solicitations stating that awards will be made on the basis of LPTA source-selection procedures have steadily grown, from 920 in fiscal year 2008 to more than 12,000 in each of the past two fiscal years, according to Bloomberg Government data.

But contracting industry groups and, increasingly, members of Congress have been agitating for a best-value purchasing approach in more cases, taking into account other factors, including whether the benefits of higher-priced proposals are worth the extra cost.

This renewed priority for best-value procurements has been reflected in the fiscal 2017 and 2018 defense authorization bills in Congress, which significantly narrow the range of types of procurements in which the Defense Department can use LPTA as a guiding philosophy.

Keep reading this article at: https://about.bgov.com/blog/procurement-may-trending-toward-value-price/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: best value, cost benefit, lowest price technically acceptable, LPTA, NDAA, OFPP, quality, source selection, trade off

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