Thread Subject: Re: Subpart A- Draft Document- Reviewand Comments Requested

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From: Gregg Vanderheiden
Date: Mon, Mar 19 2007 7:55 PM

Hi Robert

Hi Robert,



My concern with this new language is that it sounds very loose and open to
interpretation. Maybe I'm just not familiar with the terminology.





What does ?agency?s identified business and technical requirements? mean?
Is this the specs in the RFP? Or a broader ?value? list?





Are these documented somewhere? It sounds pretty open ended. Agencies may
apply required and generally accepted procurement procedures in accordance
with governing procurement regulations to procurement decision-making
regarding such products.







If we move to the FAR and to generally accepted practices ? isn't that less
than what the old standards called for?



Thanks




Gregg
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Recommendation:



(b) When procuring a product, each agency shall procure products, which
comply with the provisions in this part when such products are available in
the commercial marketplace, and the product?s utility and performance meet
the agency?s identified business and technical requirements. Agencies may
apply required and generally accepted procurement procedures in accordance
with governing procurement regulations to procurement decision-making
regarding such products.

Explanation: Deleted "two or more" . This statement applies even if only
one product is available that meet's the agency's identified business and
technical requirements. Open competition does not guarantee that there are
more than one products available that address the agency's business and
technical needs - when described in conformance to FAR standards.



(c) Agencies cannot claim a product, as a whole is not commercially
available because no product in the marketplace meets all the standards. If
products are commercially available that meet some but not all of the
standards, the agency must select the product that best meets the agency's
business and technical needs as well as all the applicable Section 509
standards.



Explanation: This is the only definition that is consistent with the FAR.



Thanks,
Robert

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