SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Executive Office of the President, Office of Procurement, Office of Procurement, 725 17th Street, NW, Room 5002, Washington, District of Columbia, 20503
- ZIP Code
- 20503
- Solicitation Number
- OAS-OFPP-8-0001
- Response Due
- 12/15/2008 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- Susan Truslow,, Phone: 202-395-6810
- E-Mail Address
-
struslow@omb.eop.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget, Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), established an interagency working group to develop best practices, guidance, and templates regarding use of incentives and awards in federal contracting. This notice asks for information that can be used by that group. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Truslow at (202) 395-6810. DATES: Comments should be received by December 15, 2008 ADDRESSES: All comments should be submitted electronically to: struslow@omb.eop.gov. Comments submitted via regular mail or fax will not be accepted. We do not intend to post comments received publicly. However, we request that any business confidential information be redacted from any material submitted. PURPOSE: The purpose of this RFI is to develop best practices for incentive and award fee contracting and enhance collaboration between government and industry. BACKGROUND: Incentive contracts, including award fee and award term, are used throughout the Federal Government and contribute to a substantial portion of federal contracting dollars spent. These types of contracts are intended to motivate excellent contractor performance while obtaining best value. By their very nature, incentive contracts are varied in scope and approach. Although they share a common basic structure defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 16.4), incentive contracts can be designed and applied in many ways which can result in some incentive contracts not producing their intended objectives. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published reports and identified programs and contracts in which incentive and award fee practices did not result in achievement of contract objectives. GAO also identified practices that reduce the effectiveness of fees as a motivational tool. As a result, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy published “Appropriate Use of Incentive Contracts” December 4, 2007; from which an interagency working group was established and several pieces of legislation on incentive and award fee contracting have been initiated. DESCRIPTION: The incentive contracting working group (ICWG) requests discussions and examples of successful uses of incentive and award fees under federal contracts from government and industry that it can use when developing best practices. Information sought includes a copy of a successful incentive arrangement from a contract (suitably redacted if necessary), along with a discussion of how the incentives were developed, how they were applied, and why they were successful. Also needed are examples of incentives that did not produce their intended results. These examples should include the same types of information along with a discussion of why they did not succeed as intended. The working group hopes to obtain examples from more than just Government sources. Examples discussed from the point of view of a contractor or an industry association will be very useful in helping to promote successful incentive arrangements. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE REQUESTED INFORMATION, PLEASE ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 1.What improvements can we make in how we manage our incentive contracts? 2.Which incentive type is the most attractive to you and why? 3.How many evaluation periods are typically in your contract? a.Has this been successful? b.Would you like more frequent periods or less? 4.Are there contractual practices that could improve cost effectiveness? Consider business arrangements, contract types, incentive/fee strategies, and contract clauses. If applicable, address funding strategies. 5.Are we incentivizing contractor cost efficiency & effective cost/performance trade-offs? DESIRED FORMAT: In order for the ICWG to may make the most efficient use of comments, we request that they be submitted by e-mail in an electronic format that permits text and illustrations to be used readily in the production of other material. Also, please try to limit discussions to 20 pages, exclusive of examples.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20503, United States
- Zip Code: 20503
- Zip Code: 20503
- Record
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