NASA Procurement: Planning for Pilot Test of New Procurement Procedures
Is Adequate (Letter Report, 11/04/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-67).

GAO reviewed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA)
plans to pilot test new procedures for procurements with annual values
between $25,000 and $500,000 and total five-year values up to $2.5
million.  The pilot test seeks to determine whether the new procedure
will reduce the time and effort needed to solicit offers and award
contracts in this price range. As now designed, each midrange
acquisition of supplies or services is reserved exclusively for small
businesses.  GAO reviewed (1) the extent to which the pilot test
procurement procedures differ from the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
(2) the development of key features of the pilot project, including the
financial impact of using an electronic commerce system on those wanting
to do business with NASA and how such a system would accommodate the
amending of solicitations; and (3) NASA's plans for assessing the
results of the pilot project.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-67
     TITLE:  NASA Procurement: Planning for Pilot Test of New 
             Procurement Procedures Is Adequate
      DATE:  11/04/93
   SUBJECT:  Procurement procedures
             Procurement regulation
             Competition
             Small business contractors
             Aerospace contracts
             Documentation
             Contractor selection
             Planning
             Testing
IDENTIFIER:  Government Acquisition Through Electronic Commerce System
             Commerce Business Daily
             
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