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Assessing the Use of Other Transactions Authority for Prototype Projects
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"Other Transactions" authority provides the Department of Defense with the latest commercial market technologies while reducing the burden of an extensive procurement process to the contractor. An extensive set of laws, regulations, and mandated procedures govern the procurement of new weapon systems and ensure that the Department of Defense receives good value for the money spent and that government interests are protected. Some firms, especially those developing innovative technologies for the commercial market, find those rules burdensome and often refuse to work for the government. This prevents government access to the latest advances in key technologies. Congress authorized use of Other Transactions (OT) in 1994 for the development of prototypes "directly relevant to weapons or weapon systems" so that contractors are not required to comply with procurement-specific laws and regulations. DoD asked RAND to assess the experience of such OT projects (started between 1994 and 1998), which yielded three conclusions: new industrial resources are now participating in DoD prototype projects; benefits of OT are broad; and some risks to the government are incurred.RAND researchers believe the immediate rewards substantially outweigh the risks and if the OT authority flexibility is removed, most if not all of the benefits observed would again become unavailable to DoD.
RAND Corporation; January 2002
51 pages; ISBN 9781598750645
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51 pages; ISBN 9781598750645
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