Government Acquisition is a complex process guided by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and a variety of agency specific Supplemental Regulations, and various others designed to ensure consistent, effective, and fair opportunities for all companies eligible to sell products and services to the U.S. Government.

The FAR provides latitude to Contracting Officers and Program Management professionals and is based on decades of evolving interactions between government and industry. Even so, it is not rooted in modern business concepts and at times acquisition strategies can make government procurement challenging for both industry and government stakeholders. 

White Papers addressing various contracting and acquisition approaches can be an effective way to communicate ideas and concepts to government officials which can benefit both the government and their contracting partners. 

At Acquisition Concepts, we think about acquisition challenges based on decades of contracting and acquisition experience and prepare White Papers to convey alternatives to typical approaches used for government procurement. 

While usually helpful to potential industry partners, an effective White Paper always advocates for a particular approach from the perspective of how it benefits the government in each situation. Ideally, the benefits will help ensure that a given acquisition strategy is:

• More efficient for the government,
• Reduces procurement or contracting risk
• Results in cost savings over a given life cycle
• Increases competition or interest from Industry