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• Training and Information Sharing. This category covers observations related to how the workforce is educated on the CSO solicitation technique. The findings under this category are provided in Table 1. • Internal Agency Processes. The research team defined this category as how individual DoD agencies facilitate their evaluation and award of contracts because of the CSO solicitation technique. The findings under this category are provided in Table 2. • Solicitation Definition. This category lists findings about how various contracting officers draft individual CSO solicitations. The findings under this category are provided in Table 3. • Industry Interaction. The last category captures how the government advertises to and receives information from potential offerors under CSO solicitations. The findings under this category are provided in Table 4.
It may appear easy for one to predict potential strengths, weaknesses, and best practices of any new technique based on its developer’s intention or motivation, but having the firsthand experience to back up those findings and open oneself up to questions about them is another matter entirely.
Through this analysis, we captured the strengths, weaknesses, and best practices in Tables 1, 2, 3, and 4 using the identifiers “S”, “W”, and “BP”, respectively. The individual observations are not listed in priority order. Moreover, some findings indicate “BP” (followed by “S” or “W” in parentheses) to note that this is a best practice based on, or that resulted in, an observed strength or weakness.
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