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... 4 The 1972 Brooks Act (Public Law 92-582) mandated the qualifications-based selection (QBS)
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... Introduction to Qualifications-Based Selection 5 BV award algorithms. One called "fixed price–best proposal" in federal acquisition regulation (FAR)
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... 6 Value, Benefits, and Limitations of Qualifications-Based Selection for Airport Project Delivery permit the owner to use a routine design–bid–build (DBB) procurement with an unlimited competition.
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... Introduction to Qualifications-Based Selection 7 of innovation, and minimize unforeseen delays and cost overruns. These options include design–build (DB)
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... 8 Value, Benefits, and Limitations of Qualifications-Based Selection for Airport Project Delivery based on the foundational principle that QBS does not include cost/price factors in the selection decision. Therefore, the operating principle is a selection process that does not include pricing factors when the QBS contract is awarded and does not exclude procurement processes with sealed pricing information might be submitted at the same time as the statement of qualifications, as long as the award decision is made without reference to the submitted pricing information.
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... Introduction to Qualifications-Based Selection 9 Methodological Approach Information used for the elaboration of this report was gathered using the following instruments: • Literature review • Survey of airports • Survey directed to members of the Airport Consultants Council (ACC) • Structured interviews with airports known to have QBS contracting programs • Content analysis of QBS-related ACM solicitation documents Literature Review The synthesis team conducted a comprehensive literature review supplemented by a content analysis of QBS procurement documents, policy and procedure manuals, and other sources of written information about QBS practices implemented by different airports using the protocol proposed by Neuendorf (2002)
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... 10 Value, Benefits, and Limitations of Qualifications-Based Selection for Airport Project Delivery The cases were collected using Yin's (2008) methodology for case study data collection.
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... Introduction to Qualifications-Based Selection 11 Protocols to Develop Conclusions and Identify Gaps in the Body of Knowledge for Future Study Information collected through each survey instrument was individually analyzed, and intersections of trends found in two or more of these tools were used as the major factor to develop conclusions. Concurrent trends observed in more than one data set were significantly important to identify effective QBS practices when the observations came from different contract participants.

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