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Acquisition Reform: Classes of Contracts Not Suitable for the Federal Acquisition Computer Network

NSIAD-97-232 Published: Sep 17, 1997. Publicly Released: Sep 17, 1997.
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Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on the classes of contracts in amounts greater than the micro-purchase threshold and not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold that are not suitable for acquisition through a system with full Federal Acquisition Computer Network (FACNET) capability, focusing on: (1) characteristics of contract actions that agencies found not suitable for FACNET processing and evaluated the reasonableness and consistency of agencies' explanations why they were unsuitable for FACNET; and (2) governmentwide electronic commerce (EC) statistics to determine agencies' use of FACNET and other EC purchasing methods.

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