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Evolution of the Status Quo

The Procurement School

Decision-making using Choosing by Advantages (CBA) and that incorporates Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) principals provides customer-centric solutions that pay dividends far beyond initial construction. Collaborative project delivery provides a multi-party planning environment that allows for the most relevant equipment selections.

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Navigating the 5 Steps of the Procurement Journey Part 1

The Procurement School

Areas to consider include objectives, background, scope, constraints, deliverables, timing, approvals, policy and legislative requirements, evaluation criteria and methodology and contract management including KPIs. It is important that key subject matter experts (SMEs) are involved with the planning of the project.

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Navy’s journey to new procurement system remains in peril

Federal News Network

Further analysis should be performed to determine the true ‘total cost of ownership’ of including CON-IT and utilizing a system-of-systems approach and determine if the benefits outweigh the cost,” the authors wrote. These procurement systems write and manage most DON contracts under 10 heads of contracting activity (HCA).