The Gatekeepers of the Government's Other Transaction Deals

NextGov: In the little-understood realm of other transaction authorities, there is a widely used but even more obscure contracting model: the consortium.

When federal contracting offices with OT authority—an alternative procurement method outside the Federal Acquisition Regulation—issue a contract, they sometimes will solicit a consortium, or group of traditional and nontraditional government contractors self-organized around a specific technological area. A consortium management company—often billed as a non-profit—will then be given exclusive access to the requirements to distribute among its association’s members.

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