The proposed changes will require agencies to complete A-76 competitions within 12 months with the threat that work will be competitively outsourced if not completed. The OMB has mandated that agencies following one of the four above procurement methods must complete the process from beginning of public announcement to performance decision date within 12 months (there is a one time six month extension allowed if granted by the deputy director of procurement of OMB). This is a sharp change from previous rules that allowed competitions to last for as much as four years. The consequence of exceeding these time limits can result in the source selection occurring only amount private sector bidders, which is a big change from current rules that cancel the competition and retain the work in-house when timeframes are exceeded.

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