Search for Opportunity: Prospecting the Jungle

Abstract

To encourage competition and provide opportunity for all businesses, the government makes its requirements known in a number of ways. And, except for those cases where an agency can justify arbitrary selection of a supplier, as required by law, all procurement must be submitted to the competitive process.

The law requires free competition in government procurement. This is to keep the game honest: everyone gets the opportunity to win government business, and the government gets the advantages of competitive prices.