Source Selection Step by Step

CHAPTER 40STREAMLINING THE SOURCE SELECTION PROCESS

Procurement administrative lead time (PALT) is usually defined as the time that elapses from receipt of a proper and complete procurement request at the contracting office until a contract is signed. Total acquisition lead time is much longer because it includes all the planning processes discussed in Part II of this book.

It often appears to government contracting officers that program managers and others on the acquisition team focus too much on PALT as the culprit when they miss projected program target dates. Not that PALT isn’t extensive. Most contracting offices estimate that it will take ...