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Tham khảo sách 'information technology statistical study of acquisition time', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, kĩ thuật viễn thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | United States General Accounting Office___ Report to the Ranking Minority Member Committee on Governmental Affairs U.S. Senate INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY A Statistical Study of Acquisition Time I VO AIMD-95-65 í GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington. D.c. 20548 Accounting and Information Management Division B-258954 March 13 1995 The Honorable John Glenn Ranking Minority Member Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Senator Glenn At your request we examined federal information technology ri acquisitions to determine how various factors such as procurement dollar size contract type and bid protests affect the length of time to award a contract- While considerable anecdotal data exist on how long the procurement process takes very little validated and projectable data have been available on a govenunentwide basis. To develop such data we drew a statistically valid sample of all contract award notices published over a 2-year period in the Commerce Business Daily and sent detailed questionníóres to the relevant contracting officers. We received an 81 percent response rate which represents 2 720 contracts worth almost 16 billion and stratified the sample by the six agencies with the most contract award notices and by four different dollar ranges 25 000 to 250 000 250 000 to 2.5 million 2.5 million to 25 million and 25 million and more. W e used the data obtained to answer frequently asked questions about IT acquisitions Details of our objectives scope and methodology are contained in appendix I. Statistics for individual agencies are presented in appendix n and our questionnaire is reprinted in appendix HL The federal government spends at least 25 billion annually on IT. As documented in numerous GAO reports the government often receives too little in improved service increased efficiency or lower costs as a result of this investment While the acquisition process is the focus of much of the concern and frustration with government s poor