I just know that in the competition requirements, in the contracting requirements, they have eliminated the competition requirements. They have eliminated four pages. At the end of that they say standards for determining when the competitive procedure is not feasible or appropriate shall be set forth in the Federal acquisition regulation. In other words, the bureaucrats decide what is feasible and what is appropriate, and that is what scares small business.
Jan Meyers: “I just know that in the competition requirements, in the contracting requirements, they have eliminated the competition…”
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Discussing concerns about changes to competition requirements in federal contracting.
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