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To deliver best value products or services to the customer while maintaining the public's trust and fulfilling public policy objectives.
Satisfy the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness; minimize administrative operating costs; conduct business with integrity, fairness, and openness; and fulfill public policy objectives.
Acquisition includes the process of acquiring supplies or services with appropriated funds, beginning when agency needs are established and ending with contract completion and closeout.
Contracting officers shall promote and provide for full and open competition in soliciting offers and awarding Government contracts unless an exception applies.
Agencies must perform acquisition planning and conduct market research for all acquisitions to promote full and open competition and ensure the Government meets its needs effectively, economically, and timely.
Market research helps agencies determine whether commercial products, commercial services, or nondevelopmental items can meet agency needs before developing new specifications or solicitations.
Best value means the expected outcome of an acquisition that provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirement, using an appropriate source selection approach.
Discussions are exchanges with offerors in the competitive range that are tailored to each offeror and, at a minimum, address deficiencies, significant weaknesses, and adverse past performance information to which the offeror has not yet had an opportunity to respond.