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Dr. Robert Marshall discusses the benefits of
competition in federal procurement at a public meeting for the
Acquisition Advisory Panel
WASHINGTON, D.C., November 23, 2005—Dr. Robert Marshall,
Bates White Partner and Professor of Economics at The Pennsylvania
State University, presented at a public meeting for the Acquisition
Advisory Panel—a board of advisors charted by the Administrator
for Federal Procurement. Dr. Marshall’s presentation, “Competition
in Federal Procurement,” focused on the economic benefits
of competition when soliciting and procuring bids for commercial
and governmental contracts. He discussed how restricting competition
among government contractors is similar to collusive bidding.
Dr. Marshall recommended that procurement agencies expand budgets
for conducting procurements, increase training of procurement
personnel, and reconsider the use of bid protests.
Acquisition Advisory Panel member, Marcia Madsen, invited Dr.
Marshall to speak at the October 27, 2005 meeting based on his
extensive background in procurements, collusion, auctions, and
applied game theory. Dr. Marshall has published extensively in
auctions and procurement literature, especially in the area of
bidder collusion. In addition, he is co-director of the Center
for the Study of Auctions, Procurements, and Competition Policy,
an organization within the Department of Economics at The Pennsylvania
State University. The center’s members address issues concerning
competitive allocation mechanisms and competition policies.
The Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 established the Acquisition
Advisory Panel to review and recommend necessary changes to federal
acquisition laws and regulations, as well as government-wide acquisition
policies, with a view toward ensuring effective and appropriate
use of commercial practices and performance-based contracting.
The panel is composed of nine recognized experts in acquisition
law and government acquisition policy and serves under the Executive
Office of the President of the United States.
Click
here to download Dr. Marshall’s presentation.
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