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Kendall Says Better Buying Power-Inspired Initiative Paying Dividends For DoD

Pat Host

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

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Kendall Says Better Buying Power-Inspired Initiative Paying Dividends For DoD

The Oshkosh JLTV at Modern Day Marine 2015, held at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. Photo by Dan parsons.

An initiative inspired by Better Buying Power, where the services tell industry how much they are willing to pay for better performance, is paying dividends, according to DoD’s acquisition czar.Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Frank Kendall said Tuesday the military services are now providing a monetary definition of best value and performance and giving credit for it in the source selection process. Kendall said, as an example, if industry can provide twice as much range…

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