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July 26, 2012 By AMK

Growth in federal contracts called unsustainable

Federal and industry officials questioned Wednesday whether changes are needed to rein in the growth of multiple award contracts, especially those run by individual agencies.

In the years since a series of acquisition reforms were enacted starting in the mid-1990s, multiple award contracts have proliferated. Under such arrangements, vendors are chosen to provide a set of goods or services and then compete among themselves for individual orders from federal agencies.

According to a Bloomberg Government analysis, the amount of contract dollars obligated under multiple award contracts has doubled since fiscal 2006 to more than $83 billion in 2011. In 2006, 427 such contracts existed across government. As of last year, the number had risen to 1,182. The biggest growth area is in agency-specific contracts.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.govexec.com/contracting/2012/07/growth-federal-contracts-called-unsustainable/56857/?oref=govexec_today_nl.

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: budget, budget cuts, DoD, duplication of effort, GWAC, multiple award, NASA, Schedules, SeaPort, sequestration, SEWP

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