Administracja i zamówienia · 21.07.2004

Federal Acquisition Regulation; Performance-Based Service Acquisition

The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by: changing the terms "performance-based contracting (PBC) and performance-based service contracting (PBSC)" to "performance-based acquisition (PBA) or performance-based service acquisition (PBSA)" in areas of the FAR where appropriate; adding applicable PBSA definitions clarifying the order of precedence for requirements; modifying the regulation to broaden the scope of PBA and give agencies more flexibility in applying PBSA methods to contracts and orders of varying complexity and reduce the burden of force-fitting contracts and orders into PBA, when it is not appropriate.