ML20006B521

Forwards Annual Rept to Congress on Competition Under Section 21 of Public Law 98-369, Competition in Contracting

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Issue date:	01/30/1990
From:	Carr K NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
To:	Foley T, Quayle D HOUSE OF REP., SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SENATE, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20066 January 30, 1990 CHAIRMAN The Honorable, Dan-Quayle.

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Dear Mr-. President:

I am enclosing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's -(NRC's)

" Annual Report on Competition," as' required.-by Section 21 of j

.i Public Law 98-369.- Section I of the report' describes the Commission's planned. actions during Fiscal 1 Year 1990 to increase 1

competition for contracts, entered into by the NRC on the basis of. cost'and other.significant factors, and-to. reduce the number and dollar value of. noncompetitive contracts enteredLinto by the_

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NRC, Section IIfprovides a__ summary of the_ activities?and

-i accomplishments of-NRC's Competition Advocate (CA) during Fiscal Year 1989, and Section III provides a~ summary of-NRC's procure-q ment actions for FiscaltYear-1989.

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- i ANNUAL REPORT'T0 THE CONCRESS ON COMPETITION UNDER SECTION 21, PUBLIC LAW 98-369, COMPETiTTION IN CONTRACTING.ACT (CICA)

SECTION I - ACTION TO BE TAKEN:IN FISCAL YEAR 90 TO:-

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INCREASE COMPETITION FOR CONTRACTS WITH THE. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) ON THE BASIS OF COST AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTORS:-

(1) The Competition 'Adyncate (CA)'will arrange for early involvementL j

of procurement = personnel with program officials.in planning' major acquisii. ions. ' A member of the Division of Contractsiand Property Management (DCPM) staff will continue to serve on the Office' for l

Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (AE0D) Working Group.

This early involvement is expected to allow time for project officers to consider alternative-sources-and reduce " urgent" procurements due.'

to inadequate planning. ' It will also-help minimize premature decisions to limit competition by reducing inappropriate program 4

office contacts with individual vendors prior to DCPM involvement.-

(2) As a companion action to (1) above,: the system of recognition and '

awards to motivate program managers, contracting officers, and others to promote-competition.will be continued. 'The CA will'make awards to deserving program managers and contracting-officers, and will prov_ide letters of recognition to deserving officials for their efforts in promoting competition.

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L (3) DCPM will promote greater advance ~plarning of proposed agreements-i with the Department of Energy-(DOE) National Laboratories in order to.

identify those projects that would be candidates' for competition-among prospective commercial contractors. The CA will perform a review of each NRC program office's advance procurement plan to track i

and encourage progress towards greater competition.. Associate' Competition Advocates will have an active role in reviewing the-advance procurement plan for their offices.

They will also: review.

justifications for the placement of Work with DOE National Laboratories to ensure-that competition.is not an alternative.

(4) With the concurrence of the.CA and the affected. program offices.

DCPM will publish advance notices in the Commerce Business Daily.

(CBD) seeking new sources for DOE National Laboratory projects' identified by the Associate' Competition Advocate as candidates for possible competition in the commercial sector.- To further.

encourage the use of this' process, the CA-will offer DCPM's.assis--

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senior management will be continued.

This course includes emph6 sis on the importance of promoting competition and will be attended by all NRC managers who h(ve responsibilities under

'tRC's agreements with DOE National Laboratories or commercial contracts. The Project _ Managers' Acouisition Training course will also continue to be held at regular intervals.

l (6) DCPM will implement in internal _ agency manual chapters new formats

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and procedures for documenting negotiations and tracking contractor -

cost and perfomance schedules for DOE. National Laboratory agree '

ments. Such documentation will promote careful scrutiny-of the projects and create better records for future acquisition planning..

1 To achieve broader commercial contracts competition.. the CA will continue to promote greater use of the agency's-Solicitation Mailing

-i List and of program office-suggested source lists of potential contractors, i

(7) The DCPM Contract Information System (CIS) will be used to produce

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Quarterly Progress Reports, which will permit the-CA to track agency progress in reducing noncompetitive procurements.

The CA will send letters to each Region' to compliment-increases in competition or to offer assistance in ensuring that competition is.used to the greatest 1

extent possible.

(8) NRC will implement the Government Bankcard program during FY 1990 pursuant to Presidential Executive Order 12352.

In addition to streamlining small purchase procedures, use of the Bankcard will increase competition-by permitting NRC to make purchases from small businesses that would not previously accept purchase orders.

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REDUCE THE NUMBER AND DOLLAR VALUE OF NONCOMPETITIVE CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE NRC.

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FY 1990 and work with the contracting staff to develop alternatives

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-to proposed noncompetitive actions. To assist in this area, the CA.

will continue to publish " sources sought" notices at the earliest possible time to identify commercial sources.

(2) The_CA will continue to meet with the' cognizant contracting officer to assess. the validity of each' justification for other than full and open competition. The CA will also continue to approve all justi-

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,k-(3) The CA will continue to serve as a member of the NRC, Senior Contract i

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.all. agency projects with estimated, nnual obligations of- $500.000 or a

more, or estimated triennial obligations of $I million or more for-the agency's-agreements with DOE National Labnratories, or estimated-triennial obligations of $750,000 or more for all commercial projects.

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progress in reducing the' number of noncompetitive. procurements-and

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increasing competition--through the use of data reports and contactsi with Regional Office personnel.-'On-site reviews of Regions I. III, y

IV, and V will be< conducted in(FY 1990.-

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SUMMARY

OF THE. ACTIVITIES AND: ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF-THE I

ADVOCATE FOR COMPETITION'DURING FISCAL YEAR 89:-

l (1) A DCPM contracting officer (CO) on the ' Competition Advocate's staff has served as a member ~ of the AEOD Working Group since the first; quarter of Fiscal Year 1989. When this group meets:every two weeksito discuss NRC.

users' needs, the CO has provided advice on advance procurement planning.

and competition.. He has also served as the Office of-Information-Resources Management (IRM) Acquisition Coordinator for.DCPM.

In monthly-meetings, he discussed planned acquisitions.and competition issues:with--

t IRM. His participation in these meetings has~'resulted. in' the flanned' conversion of a local area network (LAN) installation project-from a sole' l

source or limited source brand name buy to an 8(a) competition. -This' J

early involvement 'has also prevented delays which might have occurred -.

after the Request for Procurement Action was received and has_resulted in smoother and more timely ' competition.- 'These efficiencies, in turn, have increased the requesting office's receptivity,to competitive procure--

ments.

(2) The CA has developed a formal system of recognition and awards.to promote competition and has identified our initial recipient for management-approval.

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(3)OnDecember 27,.1988, guidance developed'by the CA for publishing notices of sources sought to identify alternative commercial sources for DOE-National Laboratories agreements was issued to major NRC. programs-offices. This guidance was later reflected in proposed revisions to NRC Manual Chapter 1102 and Bulletin 1401-1.

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j (4) The annual Advance Procurement Plan. guidance issued in' August 1989'by I

the Procurement Executive incorporated a requirement to report all planned DOE Hational Laboratory agreements. This reporting will. serve as an. incentive to plan for competitionst~ In addition, the data would -

' provide the CA and other Associate Competition Advocates with another j

L tool for promoting competition. Although the collection effort was' not completed, this step led to NRC management's endorsement of this procedure for FY.1990.

(S)' The first one-day procurement overview course for NRC senior managers,

" Acquisition for Supervisors and Managers of Project Officers," was held several times in FY 1989. Advance procurement planning is the first of:

eight key steps in the NRC acquisition process discussed in the. course,.

which emphasizes competition.

(6) On December 27, 1988, guidance prepared by the CA on procurement pro-cesses for the DOE National Laboratory agreements was issued.to NRC's' major orogram offices. These processes included formats for documenting the completion of each step in awarding agreements, evaluating proposals, and preparingL for and documenting negotiations. Meetings with the four affected program offices were chaired by the Competition Advocate's staff to finalize the' guidance. The ED0 approved the concepts on December 18, 1989, and directed the CA'to begin immediate implementation.,

-(7) The CA's staff developed plans to increase the use of the agency's-Solicitation Mailing. List particularly with contract specialists -involved-in competitive procurements. The proposal includes greater use of l-automation, screening existing records, and improved readability.

7 (8) The CA assessed the degree to which competitive procurements are utilized in NRC Regional offices. The data for this effort was derived from information contained in DCPM's Contracts Information System.

(9) Proposed procedures for implementing the Government Bankcard program were' developed. Preliminary steps were also takenLto develop.a handbook for. credit card users. Major issues explored included the cost. of. the.

system and who within the NRC staff should receive. cards.-

e (10) The CA's staff reviewed CA activities at other agencies to determine if there are innovative approaches ' developed atsother agencies which are -

applicable to NRC. After examining various means of automation supporting CA efforts in other agencies, the. CA staff concluded that NRC's existing automated procurement system is currently: adequate for the NRC's needs. ~

. 3 The CA's staff reconnended to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.

that a meeting of all CAs should be scheduled to discuss innovations.

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! (11) Advance Procurement. Plans were reviewed by the'CA in both incoming and' automated spreadsheet format. The CA retains these' documents as desk-

• eference material.

j (12) Three Broad Agency Announcements (BAAS) were issued in-FY 1989, _ These I

I announcements provided for an alternative to otherwise noncomnetitive i

research contracts. The success of the program is-demonstrated by the l

issuance of a BAA which could potentially lead to awards totaling

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$20,000,000. All previous BAAS have been issued _for no more than several' million dollars each.

(13) The CA met with the cognizant-contracting officers to assess the validity.

of each justification for other than full.and open= competition and' to approve each written-justification before a CBD synopsis.was issued t

announcing the agency's intent to procure goods and services on other than a full and open competitive basis.. The CA also approved all justifica-tions for exemption from CBD notice' requirements prior to solit.itation issuance.

4 (14) The CA has continued to serve as an NRC Senior Contract Review Board (SCRB) member. The SCRB meetings are used by the CA as a mechanism to promote competition in procurements.

(15) The procurement activities of Region II-were the subject of a management -

I review by the CA's staff during FY 1989.

Competition was a major subject of the review, resulting'in several recomendations for improvement.

(16) All offices now include an element on sound acquisition management as a standard in their FY 1990 performance plans.' Competition in procurement is a key element of such management.-

SECTION III -

SUMMARY

OF PROCUREMENT ACTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 89 -

Attached is a summary of NRC'procurements for FY 1989.- The information con--

tained in the sumary and the format of the report-are in compliance with guidelines contained -in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy memorandum dated December 9, 1985.

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s REPORT ON COMPETITION ADVOCACY FY 1989 PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE i

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NUMBER OF DOLLAR OF ACTIONS OF AVAILABLE OBLIGATIONS AVAILABLE l

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I. Actions Available l-For Competition A. Actions Competed'

'163 63.42%

$32,779 71.58%

j B. Follow-on To Competed Actions" C. Actions Not 94 36.58%

$13,016 28.'42%

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0. Total Available 257 100.00%

$45.795 100.00%

II. Actions Excluded 8 38 XXX

$8,352 XXX 1

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Total Actions 295 XXX

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A. Actions Competed' 794 33.29%

$3,410 54.69%

B. Actions Not 1,591 66.71%

$2,825 45.31%

Competed C. Total Available 2.385 100.00%

$6.235-100.00%

II. Actions Excluded

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Total Actions 2,395 XXX

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NOTE 1.

Includes the following three categories of competed actions under CICA:

a) Full and Open Competition; b) Less than Full and Open Competition - more than one offer / bid received; and c) Full and Open Competition only one responsible i'

offer / bid received..It also includes the pre CICA categories of competition:

(1) Two-step Formal Advertising, (ii) Other Formal Advertising, and (iii) Negotiated Competitive.

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If not applicable, may be deleted from form.

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Agencies including "other" exclusions (see para. 4(b)(6) of 0FPP letter) should list each category separately as subelements in this item II.

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Dear Mr. Speaker:

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.I am _ enclosing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.'s (NRC's)

" Annual Report on Competition," as requi. red by.Section 211of.

t Public Law 98-369... Section I~ofothe report describes ~the-1 Commission's planned ~ actions during' Fiscal Year 1990fto increase competition for contracts entered into by the NRC<on'the' basis of cost and other significant factors, and ~ to reduce :the number _

7 and. dollar value of noncompetitive contracts entered into by'thet NRC.. Section Il provides a summary of the activities and accomplishments of NRC's Competition Advocate'(CA)'during Fiscal-Year 1989, and Section III'provides a summary of NRC's' procure--

.i ment actions for Fiscal Year-1989.-

. Sincerely, m1M.

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INCREASE COMPETITION FOR. CONTRACTS WITH THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) ON THE BASIS OF COST AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTORS.

n (1) The. Competition Advocate (CA) will arrange for_ early. involvement of procurement personnel wi*h program officials in planning major, 1

acquisitions..A member of'the Division of Contracts and Property.-

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This early involvement is expected to allow time forf project officers to consider alternative' sources and. reduce " urgent" procurements' due to inadequate planning.

It will also help minimize premature.

. decisions to limit competition by reducing: inappropriate program office contacts with 1ndividual vendors. prior to DCPM involvement.

(2) As a compani'on action to (1) ab' ve, the system of recognition and i

o awards to motivate program managers, contracting officers, and;others to promote competition will be continued. The CA'will make awards to deserving program managers and contracting officers, Land will provide letters of recognition to: deserving officials for their efforts lin promoting competition.

(3) DCPM will promote greater advance planning' of proposed agreements

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with the Department' of Energy (DOE) NationalLaboratories in order to identify those projects that would be candidates for competition

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(4) With the concurrence of the CA and the affected program offices, DCPM will publish advance notices in the. Commerce Business Daily (CBD) seeking.new sources for DOE National. Laboratory projects identified by the Associate Competition Advocate as candidates-for.possible competition in the commercial sector. To further encourage the use of this. process, the CA will offer DCPM's.assis-tance during NRC' Senior Contract Review Board meetings, as appro--

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1 senior management will be continued. This course includes emphasis on the importance of promoting competition.and will be' attended by all NRC managers who h' ave responsibilities under NRC's agreements with DOE National Laboratories-or commercial l

contracts.: The Project Managers' Acquisition-Training-course-will also continue to be-held.at regular intervals; (6) DCPM will implement:in internal agency manual: chapters new fomats i

and procedures for documenting negotiations and tracking contractor-f cost and pe-formance. schedules. for DOE National ' Laboratory agree-ments. Such documentation will-promote careful scrutiny. of the-j

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projects and create better records for. futurenacquisition planning;-

To achieve broader comercial contracts competition, the CA.will.

continue to promote greater.use of;the agency's. Solicitation Mailingf List and of program office-suggested. source lists-of potential:

contractors.

(7) The DCPM Contract Information System (CIS) will-be used to produce.

Quarterly Progress Reports, which will permit the.CA to track agency _

progress in-reducing noncompetitive procurements. The CA will send-letters to each Region to compliment-increases 11n competition or to offer assistance'in ensuring that competition is used to the greatest extent possible.-

(8) NRC will implement the Government Bankcard program.d'uring FY:1990 pursuant to Presidential ~' Executive Order.12352,. In addition to streamlining small purchase procedures, use of' the Bankcard _will-l s

increase competition by permitting NRC to make purchases from small i

businesses that would not previously accept purchase orders.:

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REDUCE THE NUMBER AND DOLLAR VALUE -0F NONCOMPETITIVE CONTRACTS -

ENTERED INTO BY THE NRC.

(1) The CA will continue to monitor all Advance Procurement Plans for FY 1990 and work with the contracting staff to develop alternatives to proposed noncompetitive actions. To assist in this area, the CA will continue to putlish " sources sought" notices at the earliest possible time'to identify commercial sources.

(2) The:CA will continue to meet with the cognizant' contracting officer to assess the validity of each justification for other than full and open competition. The CA will also continue to approve all justi 1 ficatiens for exemption from CBD notice.. requirements prior to solicitation issuance.

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(3) The CA will continue to serve as a member of the NRC Senior Contract Review Board (SCR3), which is responsible for review and approval of all agency projects with estimated annual obligations of $500,000 or more, or estimated triennial obligations of $1 million or more for the agency's agreements with DOE National Laboratories, or estimated triennial obligations of $750,000 or more for all comercial

projects, 1

i (4) Assessments will continue to be made of NRC Regional Offices' progress in reducing the number of noncompetitive procurements and i

increasing competition through the use of data reports and contacts with Regional Office personnel. On-site reviews of Regions.I, III, IV, and V will be conducted in FY 1990.

SECTION II -

SUMMARY

OF THE ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE ADVOC. ATE FOR COMPETITION ~DURING FISCAL YEt,R 89:

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(1) A DCPM contracting officer (CO) on the Competition Advocate's staff has served as a member of the AEOD Working Group.since the first quarter of Fiscal Year 1989. When this group meets every two weeks to discuss NRC users' needs, the CO has provided advice on advance procurement planning and competition. He has also served as the Office of Information Resources Nanagement (IRM) Acquisition Coordinator for DCPM.

In monthly meetings, he discussed planned acquisitions and competition issues with '

IRM. His participation in these meetings has resulted in the planned conversion of a local area network (LAN)' installation project from a sole source or limited source brand name buy to.an 8(a) competition. This early involvement has also prevented delays which might have occurred after the Request for Procurement Action was received and.has resulted in smoother and more timely competition. These efficiencies, in turn, have increased the requesting office's receptivity to competitive procure-s ments.

a (2) The CA has developed a formal system-of recognition and awards to prcmote competition and has identified our initial recipient for management l

approval.

l (3) On December.27, 1988, guidance developed by the CA for publishing notices of sources sought to identify alternative comercial' sources for DOE Netional Laboratories agreements was issued to major NRC programs.

offices. This guidance was later reflected in proposed revisions to NRC Manual Chapter 1102 and Bulletin 1401-1.

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(4)TheannualAdvanceProcurementPlanguidanceissuedinAugust1989by the Procurement Executive incorporated a requirement to report all planned DOE National Laboratory acreements. This reporting will serve as an incentive to plan for cowpetitions.

In addition, the data would provide the CA and other Associate Competition Advocates with another tool for prometir.g competition. Although the collection effort was not completed, this step led to NRC management's endorsement of this procedure for FY 1990.

(5) The first one-day procurement overview course for NRC senior' managers,

" Acquisition for Supervisors and Managers of Project Officers," was held several times in FY 1989. Advance procurement planning is the first of.

eight key steps in the NRC acquisition process discussed in the course, which emphasizes competition.

(6)OnDecember 27, 1988, guidance prepared by the CA on procurement pro-cesses for the DOE National laboratory agreements was issued to NRC's major program offices. These processes included fonnats for documenting the completion of each step in' awarding agreements, evaluating proposals, and preparing for and documenting negotiations. Meetings wi O the four i

affected program offices were chaired by the Competition Advocate's staff to finalize the # dance. The EDO approved the concepts on December 18, 1989, and direct # '.he CA to begin inanediate implementation.

i (7) The CA's staff developed plans to increase the use of the agency's Solicitation Mailing List particularly with contract specialists involved in competitive procurements. The proposal includes greater use of automation, screening existing records, and improved readability.

(8) The CA assessed the degree to which competitive procurements are utilized in NRC. Regional offices. The data for this effort was derived from information contained in DCPM's Contracts Information System.

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(9) Proposed procedures for implementing the Government Bankcard program were developed. Preliminary steps were also taken to develop.e handbook for credit card users. Major issues explored included the cost of the system and who within the NRC staff should receive cards.

(10) The CA's staff reviewed CA activities at other agencies to determine if there are innovative approaches developed at other agencies which are 1

applicable to NRC. Af ter examining various means of automation supporting CA efforts in other agencies, the CA staff. concluded that NRC's existing 7

automated procurement system-is currently adequate for the NRC's needs.

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(11) Advance Procurement Plans were reviewed by the CA in both incoming and automated spreadsheet format. The CA retains these documents as desk reference material.

c (12) Three Broad Agency Announcements (BAAS) were issued in FY 1989. These announcements provided for_ an alternative to otherwise noncompetitive' i

research contracts. The success of'the program is demonstrated by.the issuance of a BAA which could potentially lead to awards totaling

$20,000,000. All previous BAAS have been issued for no more than several l

million dollars each, l

l (13) The CA met with the cognizant contractino officers to essess the: validity.

of each justification for other than-full and open competition and to approve each written justification before a CBD synopsis was issued announcing the agency's intent to procure goods and services on other than t

a full and open competitive basis. The CA also approved all justifica-tions for exemption from CBD notice requirements prior to solicitation issuance.

(14) The CA has continued to serve as an NRC Senior Contract Review Board (SCRB) member. The SCRB meetings are used by the CA as a mechanism to promote competition in procurements.

(15) The procurement activities of Region II were the subject of a management review by the CA's staff during FY 1989. Competition was a major, subject.

of the review, resulting in several recommendations 1 for improvement.

(16) All offices now include an element on sound acquisition management as i

a standard in their FY 1990 performance plans.

Competition in procurement is a key element of such management.

SECTION III -

SUMMARY

OF PROCUREMENT ACTIONS IN FISCAL YEAR 89 Attached is a summary of NRC procurements for FY ~1989. The information con-tained in the summary and the format of the report.are in compliance'with guidelines contained in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy memorandum dated December 9,1985.

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REPORT ON COMPETITION ADVOCACY FY 1989 PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE i

PROCUREMENT NUMBER OF DOLLAR-0F ACTIONS OF AVAILABLE OBLIGATIONS AVAILABLE OVER $25,000 ACTIONS ACTIONS (000)

DOLLARS I. Actions Available For Competition

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A. Actions Competed' 163 63.42%

$32,779 71.58%

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$13,016 28.42%

Competed D. Total Available 257 100.00%

$45.795 100.00%

II. Actions Excluded 8 38 XXX

$8,352 XXX III.

Total Actions 295 XXX

$54,147 XXX PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE PROCUREMENT NUMBER OF DOLLAR OF ACTIONS OF AVAILABLE OBLIGATIONS AVAILABLE UNDER $25,000 ACTIONS ACTIONS (000)

DOLLARS I. Actions Available For Competition A. Actions Competed' 794 33.29%

$3,410 54.69%

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$2,825 45.31%

Competed C. Total Available 2.385 100.00%

$6.235 100.00%

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Total Actions 2,395 XXX

$6,346 XXX t

NOTE 1.

Includes the following three categories of competed actions under CICA:

i a) Full and Open Competition; b) Less than Full and Open Competition - more than one offer / bid received; and c) Full and Open Competition - only one responsible-offer / bid received.

It also includes the pre CICA categories of competition:

(i) Two-step Formal Advertising, (ii) Other Formal Advertising, and (iii) Negotiated Competitive.

NOTE 2.

If not applicable, may be deleted from form.

NOTE 3.

Agencies including "other" exclusions (see para. '4(b)(6) of 0FPP letter) should list each category separately as subelements in this item II.

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