Commercial Solutions Opening: An Innovative, Competitive Process to Solve Slow
Government Procurement Eric W. Washburn, Mary Beth Colavito, CDR E. Cory Yoder, USN (Ret.), and Rene G. Rendon
This research identifies the strengths, weaknesses, and best practices of the Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) as a solicitation technique leading to contract award. It further details how CSO was first legislated in 2016 and is now a rapidly evolving competitive solicitation technique to achieve innovation throughout the defense contracting community.
Distribution Comparisons of EAC Cost Growth for Aircraft Work Breakdown Structure Elements Capt Kyle P. Marquis, USAF, Edward D. White, Brandon M. Lucas, Robert D. Fass, Jonathan D. Ritschel, and Shawn M. Valentine In this study, the authors analyze probability distributional fits to Estimate at Completion cost growth for various Work Breakdown Structure elements. Results suggest either the lognormal or Weibull as best fits and a possible underestimating of the Coefficients of Variance and 85th percentiles in a program’s budget. Analyzing Stability of Estimates at Completion for Long Duration Development Efforts Bradley Vuu, Jonathan D. Ritschel, Brandon M. Lucas, and Edward D. White The article provides empirical evidence that long duration programs behave differently than short duration programs. Program managers are cautioned to consider the length of duration when estimating cost at completion up to and slightly beyond the 70% completion point.
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