The Government’s use of LPTA (lowest price technically acceptable) as a source selection technique has been very popular. It certainly drives prices down as bidders compete only on price and contracting officers like it because its less work for them. They don’t have to consider the relative merits of benefits in excess of the basic requirements offered by competing proposals.
SOURCE: 2018 NDAA – New Prohibitions on Use of LPTA as a Basis for Contract Award
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’
