Accession Number:

AD1158074

Title:

Best Practices: Improved Knowledge of DOD Service Contracts Could Reveal Significant Savings

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

United States General Accounting Office

Personal Author(s):

• Brock, Jack L. Jr
• Chin, Lily
• Dawn, Ralph
• Kirby, Carolyn
• Shivers, Nicole
• Simpson, Shannon
• Smith, Cordell
• Swierczek, Bob
• White, Ralph
• Yee, Dorothy

Report Date:

2003-06-09

Pagination or Media Count:

49

Abstract:

Department of Defense DOD spending on service contracts approaches 100 billion annually, but DODs management of services procurement is inefficient and ineffective and the dollars are not always well spent. Recent legislation requires DOD to improve procurement practices to achieve savings. Many private companies changed management practices based on analyzing spending patterns and coordinating procurement in order to achieve major savings. This report evaluates five companies best practices and their conduct and use of spend analysis and the extent that DOD can pursue similar practices.

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]