IV. Competition Advocate Reviews of Noncompetitive Purchase Requests of $1M or Greater

Competition Advocate Role and Reviews

The CA must complete an independent review of all noncompetitive purchase requests (NPRs) valued at $1M or greater and provide feedback and comments to responsible COs. The COs must address any comments raised by the CA in their evaluation and recommendation concerning the NPR and the proposed supplier. The NPRs are submitted to the COs by the requiring organizations once the purchase/Supply Chain Management team makes a preliminary purchase method recommendation to proceed noncompetitively.

From October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012, the CA reviewed and commented on 72 requests with a total estimated value of $850.9M. The requests ranged from short-term contract modifications of a few months to long-term extensions over multiple years. The requested value included in the NPR is based on the estimated future spend by the requiring organization. Each request may be executed by the CO via a single contract action or via multiple actions over the time period and value defined in the NPR.

The full value of the NPR may never be committed if it contains options that are not exercised. Table 3 outlines the total NPR estimated value by fiscal year.

 

Table 3. NPR Value by FY

Fiscal Year

NPR Requested

FY12

$212,192,363

FY13

$402,605,044

FY14

$105,141,799

FY 5

$78,596,893

FY16–FY18

$52,375,497

Total

$850,911,595

Note: The largest four NPRs represent $343.6M (40%) of the total NPR requested value.

Each NPR must be based on one of the four following business scenarios:

See Appendix B, section 2-10.3.2, for definitions of each business scenario.

Table 4 provides the details related to each business scenario justification.

 

Table 4. NPR Review Statistics

Business Scenario(s) Justification

Count

Requested Value

Percent of Requests

Percent of Value

Compelling Business Interests

60

$467,6687,588

83.3%

55.0%

Sole Source

9

$328,059,750

12.5%

38.6%

Industry Structure or Practice

3

$55,183,257

4.2%

6.5%

Superior Performance

0

$0

0.0%

0.0%

Grand Total

72

$850,911,595

100.0%

100.0%

Note: Some NPRs are submitted with multiple business scenario justifications. To prevent double counting, the scenario with the strongest justification is recorded.

Table 5 provides details related to the value and total requests by the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) member organization.

 

Table 5. NPR Value by ELT Organization

ELT

NPR $ Value

Number of NPR Requests

Number of NPR $ Value

Percent of NPR Request

CIO

$369,993,413

29

43.5%

40.3%

CMSO

$67,868,360

8

8.0%

11.1%

CFO

$64,590,444

6

7.6%

8.3%

CHRO

$6,667,879

3

0.8%

4.2%

COO

$188,056,499

17

22.1%

23.6%

DPG

$126,800,000

2

14.9%

2.8%

GC

$17,985,000

4

2.1%

5.6%

CPI

$8,950,000

3

1.1%

4.2%

Total

$850,911,595

72

100.0%

100.0%