Source Selection Step by Step

CHAPTER 2THE SOURCE SELECTION PROCESSES

Source selection is the term used to describe the processes through which the government selects a contractor—a source—to furnish goods or services.

Many acquisition officials consider the selection of a contractor to be the most crucial of all the elements in the acquisition cycle. After all, they point out, it is usually far less difficult and far less expensive to change the terms of a contract than it is to terminate a contractor for default and go through the tedious and expensive process of reprocurement. If an agency selects the wrong contractor, even the most carefully crafted contract will not compensate ...