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May 10, 2016 By AMK

Contracting groups blast ‘flawed’ approach to $17.5 billion Pentagon contract

Two industry groups who together represent a multitude of defense and IT contractors have taken issue with the Pentagon’s choice to source its $17.5 billion Encore III contract through the “lowest price, technically acceptable” selection process.

pentagon-sealThe Professional Services Council and the IT Alliance for the Public Sector outlined their concerns in a letter last week to Undersecretary of Defense Frank Kendall. The letter urged the Pentagon and its IT arm – the Defense Information Systems Agency – to change the procurement, which went out to bid in March.

The contract aims to deliver a slew of high-end IT services, including application development, cybersecurity and business process reengineering, which – as the letter notes – appears to contradict a memo Kendall released last March dictating proper use of LPTA.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2016/05/contracting-groups-lpta-poor-choice-pentagons-175b-contract/128003

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: cybersecurity, DISA, DoD, Encore III, IT, lowest price technically acceptable, LPTA, Pentagon, price, Promoting Value-Based Defense Procurement Act, technology

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