Issues associated with second-source procurement decisions / (Record no. 598654)
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| LC control number | 91126826 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0833010972 |
| 027 ## - STANDARD TECHNICAL REPORT NUMBER | |
| Standard technical report number | RAND/R-3996-RC |
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| System control number | (Sirsi) a189014 |
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| Terms of availability | $25.00 |
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| Original cataloging agency | CstmoR |
| Transcribing agency | CstmoR |
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| Geographic area code | n-us--- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | UC263 |
| Item number | .B57 1990 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Birkler, J. L., |
| Dates associated with a name | 1944- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Issues associated with second-source procurement decisions / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | J.L. Birkler, E. Dews, J.P. Large. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Santa Monica, CA : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | RAND, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 1990. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xv, 67 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm |
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| Content Type Term | text |
| Content Type Code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media Type Term | computer |
| Media Type Code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Media Type Term | unmediated |
| Media Type Code | n |
| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier Type Term | online resource |
| Carrier Type Code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
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| Carrier Type Term | volume |
| Carrier Type Code | nc |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "December 1990." |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The basic argument for competition in Department of Defense (DoD) procurement is that it is believed to reduce the government's cost of purchasing goods and services. Nonetheless, in some cases it may be actually less costly for the government to forgo competition and rely on a single supplier. The DoD's program manager must determine whether competition is likely to result in savings or losses for the government; if competition is indicated, he must then decide on what specific form it should take. This report focuses on one of the DOD's strategies for establishing competitive production sources--"second-source" procurement, in which two firms produce a single design. Such an arrangement does not meet the requirements of traditional economic theory for the forces of competition to operate with full effectiveness. Only one buyer and only two sellers exist; demand is inelastic but uncertain. The authors describe five methods of estimating single-source cost, analyze the effect of competition, and discuss the breakeven method, which deduces the magnitude of pure savings needed to compensate for the cost to the government of introducing a second source. Finally, they analyze the Tomahawk project as an example of second-source procurement, and consider the quality of the resulting product. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. |
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| -- | Description based on print version record. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Armed Forces |
| -- | Procurement. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Armed Forces |
| -- | Weapons systems. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dews, Edmund, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1921- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Large, Joseph P. |
| Relator term | author. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Rand Corporation. |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Link text | Online Access |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3996/">http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3996/</a> |
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