Technique to reduce the number of procurements and streamline the process by incorporating requirements into a single solicitation.
This technique fuses or brings together multiple requirements into a single solicitation from what would normally be multiple separate solicitations for each specific requirement. The varying requirements could be the same, similar, or completely different documents combined into the single solicitation. Prior to issuing the solicitation, the acquisition team would determine the evaluation strategy for each requirement outlined. The team can use the same or different evaluation approach to evaluate responses to the solicitation for each requirement, as established in the single solicitation. After evaluations are complete, the contracting officer issues separate awards for each requirement to the respective successful offeror. The Fusion Procurements technique does not refer to the process of issuing a single solicitation for a multiple award contract or agreement.
- The government can streamline the review process by submitting one solicitation package for review rather than multiple solicitation packages. This enables only needing one solicitation or acquisition strategy to be reviewed by legal advisors, solicitation review boards, or other reviewers such as source selection teams rather than multiple reviews.
- If teams keep the evaluation process the same for the multiple requirements, then all parties (government and industry) can get through the evaluation process more efficiently.
- Streamlines the review and approval processes for government teams.
- Provides teams a method to issue solicitations concurrently rather than separately.
- Streamlines the evaluation process for government and vendors when using the same evaluation criteria for each anticipated award on the solicitation.
- Streamlines buying for same or similar requirements.
- Supports portfolio management, regardless of scope, across programs or agency requirements.
- SMALL BUSINESS BENEFIT: Includes multiple requirements into one solicitation, thus reducing the probability of missing a requirement issued by the government and increasing strategic participation in the acquisition by the small business community.
