Authors:Thor Hogan, Donna Fossum, Dana J. Johnson, Lawren
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: procurement, federal, tracking, aerospace, scoping
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833038567
ISBN-13: 9780833038562

Assesses the scope of external federal spending in the aerospace industry from 1993 to 2003 by tracking all government aerospace procurement and research and development (R

Author: Elaine Reardon Nancy Y. Moore
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: industry, analysis, economic, businesses, defense, small, department
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833038737
ISBN-13: 9780833038739

Congress has directed that 23 percent of direct federal purchases come from small businesses. As the largest purchaser in the federal government, the Department of Defense (DoD) is key to achieving this policy objective. The impetus for this research was to suggest industries that DoD could target for outreach to small firms. This briefing compares DoD procurement from small businesses with non-DoD federal procurement from small businesses, and it documents the prevalence of small businesses in industries DoD relies upon. The analysis suggests industries for possible outreach efforts and concl

Authors:Mark V. Arena, John Birkler, John F. Schank, Jess
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: progress, agency, accurately, monitor, procurement, defence, shipbuilding, programmes, monitoring
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833036602
ISBN-13: 9780833036605

As part of the annual assessment of its large projects, the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, measures

Authors:John A. Ausink, Laura H. Baldwin, Christopher Pau
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: lessons, commercial, sector, transformation, workforce, force, procurement, air
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833036483
ISBN-13: 9780833036483

The Air Force is in the process of significantly changing the way it purchases goods and services, with the goals of reducing costs and increasing performance to better support its missions. A procurement transformation division was created to lead these implementation efforts, and the new division highlighted two related areas for particular emphasis: (1) implementation of cross-functional teams (commodity councils) to develop strategies for individual commodity groups and (2) procurement workforce development to support implementation. This monograph reviews commercial-sector commodity counc

Authors:Obaid Younossi, Mark V. Arena, Kevin Brancato, Jo
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: assessment, cost, savings, program, procurement, multi, year, 22a
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833041967
ISBN-13: 9780833041968

Buying defense weapon systems under multi-year contracts rather than a series of single-year contracts can save costs because contractors can buy materials in more economic quantities, schedule workers and facilities more efficiently, and reduce the burden of preparing multiple proposals. The U.S. Air Force is in the process of awarding multi-year contracts for 60 F-22A aircraft over three years. Congress wants to assure itself that the proposed contract will yield the promised savings and asked RAND for an independent review of the estimated savings. Researchers found that a multi-year procur

Authors:Mark A. Lorell, John C. Graser, Cynthia R. Cook
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: department, procurement, weapon, systems, defense, challenges, based, acquisition, issues, price
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037889
ISBN-13: 9780833037886

Price-based acquisition (PBA) is a major acquisition reform measure being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) in an effort to reduce costs and enhance acquisition efficiency. The essence of PBA is the simple but radical notion that DoD should establish

Authors:Laura H. Baldwin, John A. Ausink, Nancy Nicosia
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: measurement, management, approaches, procurement, force, service, air
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037145
ISBN-13: 9780833037145

This research is based on a series of interviews with commercial sector purchasing professionals who are respected by their peers for their successful creation and implementation of what are widely accepted as best purchasing and supply management practices, particularly in the area of service acquisitions. The authors also examine such practices through conference participation and a review of the business literature. They find that commercial firms rely on results-oriented metrics that focus on how acquisition activities support corporate objectives to manage their service acquisition activi