A concise award decision document focuses on the material elements of the award decision rather than an exhaustive history or duplication of other documents.
Nowhere does the FAR require that a tradeoff analysis or decision document be exhaustive or be a certain prescribed length or page count. Lets focus on the actual decision to be made instead of incorporating an exhaustive history of other documents again into the decision document or duplicating findings that may be merely be referenced by the selection official.
- Selection documents that are too long are problematic in several ways
- They take too long to write
- They take too long in the review process
- They have to be re-written too many times
- They contain inconsistencies that cause problems later, such as in reviews or in protests
- They distract from the real assignment of writing a concise decision document
- Is easier for the drafter to write, easier for the selecting official to read and understand, and easier for reviewers to review
- May be re-written fewer times
- Focuses on what is really important (the selection decision)
- May be easier to defend in a protest.
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