| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship
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Business issues, competition and entrepreneurship series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface; Federal Contracting: Monitoring; and Oversight of Tribal 8(a) Firms Need Attention*; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Abbreviations; Background; Obligations to Tribal 8(a) Firms Have; Grown Steadily, with Most under Sole-Source Contracts; Sole-Source Contracts to Tribal 8(a) Firms Viewed as Expedient, but Could Lead to Missed Opportunities for Savings; Tribal 8(a) Sole-Source Contracts Viewed as Quick and Easy and Contributing to Small Business Goals |
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Award of Sole-Source Tribal 8(a) Contracts Allows Expedited Acquisition Planning and Market ResearchReduced Likelihood That Tribal 8(a) Sole-Source Contracts Will Be Protested; Sole-Source Tribal 8(a) Contracts Can Help Agencies Meet Small Business Goals; Officials Also Award Sole- Source Contracts to Tribal 8(a) Firms; for Continuity; Potential Impact of New Sole- Source Justification Requirement Unclear; Various Methods Used to Negotiate Prices for Sole-Source Awards, and Some Savings Realized through Subsequent Competition; Comparison to Historical Pricing or Published Price Lists |
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Independent Government Cost Estimates Are Another Tool to Assess Price ReasonablenessContracting Officers May Use Audits to Negotiate Lower Overall Prices; Some Contracting Officers Used Alpha Negotiation Procedures; With Focus on Competition, Some Estimate That Savings Occurred; Agency Oversight of Subcontracting under Tribal 8(a) Contracts Continues to be Lacking; Confusion Remains about Accountability for Monitoring Subcontracting Limitations; Contracting Officers Unclear about How to Monitor Subcontracting Limitations |
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SBA's New Regulations Will be Difficult to Implement, and Other Problems and Practices Have Not Been AddressedSBA Lacks Data to Implement and Enforce Some of the New Regulations; SBA Will Have Difficulty Tracking Sole-Source Follow-on Contracts with Sister Subsidiaries; SBA Cannot Implement New Rules Intended to Strengthen 8(a) Role in Joint Ventures with Current Information; SBA Has Not Addressed Previously Identified Issues; SBA Still Has Not Addressed Need to Track Revenue Generators |
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SBA Has Not Articulated a Process for Addressing the Statutory Requirement to Determine Unfair Competitive AdvantageSBA Has Not Considered Whether Tribal 8(a) Firms' Large Business-Like Practices Are Consistent with the Business Development Purpose of the 8(a) Program; Common Management of Sister Subsidiaries; Using Sister Subsidiaries for Subcontracting and Past Performance; Capitalizing on Corporate Resources and "Brand" to Promote Business; Tribal 8(a) Firms Can Quickly Outgrow the 8(a) Program; Conclusions; Recommendations for Executive Action; Agency Comments and Our Evaluation |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public contracts -- United States.
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Public contracts. |
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United States. |
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Public contracts -- Alaska.
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Alaska. |
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Alaska Native corporations.
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Alaska Native corporations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, Gail (Editor), editor.
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| Other Form: |
Original 1536103675 9781536103670 (OCoLC)960031467 |
| ISBN |
9781536103687 (electronic book) |
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1536103683 (electronic book) |
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9781536103670 |
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1536103675 |
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