The U.S. Army Contracting Policy.

The U.S. Army Contracting Policy

The United States Government uses contractors to take care of most of its high dollar requirements and purchases. The governments' thoughts are that this process is actually saving money for them. At times this is true, but many times it is not. Many times the process of finding and investigating contractors turns out to be more expensive than if the government still had their own employees doing this work.

One of the requirements when choosing contractors is that there has to be more than one bidder. The one of the reasons for this is so that the Army does not appear to favor one company, spread the wealth. The process for this is a long one. Contractors must submit bids and contracts stating the actual cost at which the project can be accomplished. Before this happens though the government has to notify contractors that the need for a contract is there.

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