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3 "[FASA] was designed to increase contracting efficiency -- faster, better, cheaper -- by reducing bureaucracy and giving contracting officers more flexibility." (Couture 2005)
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4 SYNTHESIS OBJECTIVE The objective of this report is to identify and synthesize cur rent effective practices that comprise the state of the practice related to the use of IDIQ contracting by public transporta tion agencies for highway construction and maintenance con tracts. It covers multiple aspects of IDIQ practice, including contracting techniques, terminology in use by transportation agencies, contract advertising and award practices, success ful contracting procedures, pricing methods, risk manage ment issues, and effective contract administration practices.
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5 Even though DBB contracts are usually awarded to the lowbid responsive contractor, they can also be awarded on a bestvalue or negotiated basis in order to mitigate risks related to the selection of a contractor who has submitted a low price proposal inconsistent with the construction docu ments (Scott et al. 2006; Gransberg and Shane 2010)
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6 to cost overruns and construction delays to the CMGC, own ers see in this delivery method an opportunity to enhance "constructability, realtime construction pricing capability, and speed of implementation" (Gransberg and Shane 2010)
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7 Table 2 contains a number of terms used by the authors throughout this synthesis report and the definition given to them in this document. These definitions were either pro posed by the authors or repeatedly encountered while con ducting this study.
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8 to execute this type of contract, to the maximum extent pos sible, instead of single award IDIQ contracts (FAR 2005)
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9 industry. A look at federal contracting practices was primar ily required to document the state of practice of this con tracting approach at different levels and sectors to permit a comparison with state policies.
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10 ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT The remainder of the report is organized as follows: • Chapter two -- Legal and Contractual Issues Associated with IDIQ Contracting • Chapter three -- Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Procurement Policies, Procedures, and Programs • Chapter four -- Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract Administration Procedures • Chapter five -- Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract Examples • Chapter six -- Conclusions The next chapter will set the legal foundation for under standing the details contained in subsequent chapters. It consists of survey results regarding statutory authority and limita tions and a formal content analysis of 76 specific legal case studies associated with IDIQ procurement.
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