251. Pentagon pumps up performance
- Author
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Winston, Sherie
- Subjects
United States. Department of Defense -- Buildings and facilities ,Pentagon (Building) -- Maintenance and repair ,Government contractors -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals ,Government purchasing -- Methods ,Business ,Construction and materials industries ,Engineering and manufacturing industries - Abstract
Pentagon is boosting its performance with the use of a novel procurement approach initiated by an innovative program manager, Walker Lee Evey. The multi-staged rehabilitation of Pentagon's 56-year-old building is the testing ground for the new procurement method, which does not involved bidding. Instead, 'best-value selection' process is used to choose contractors for the construction project. Levey hopes that the new approach will help eliminate the problems often associated with using the traditional design-bid-build approach.
- Published
- 1999