![]() It’s just important to have a single resource that you can turn to to understand how to set up the acquisition and how to administer it. Myth busting, as DOD has done for procurement for many years, or FPP did that ten years ago with those myth busting one, two and three. And the more that the acquisition community is using this type of purchase mechanism, the more they need concise guidance with examples. ![]() DOD had a guide, but it was growing dated. There have been different guides that have been out there. Zach Prince Well, this is becoming an increasingly popular procurement vehicle, and there are a lot of open questions about how it is to be used. Why do you think they issued new guidance now? OTA Guidance by the Armed Services individually and from the undersecretary has been around for many years, as it has been for a lot of the other agencies. Tom Temin Zach, let’s begin with the fundamental question. For analysis, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin turned to Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince. The Office of the under secretary of Defense for acquisition and sustainment earlier this month released fresh OTA guidance that seeks to dispel what it calls some of the myths. OTA’s have guardrails against abuse of this method of buying. Other Transaction Authority (OTA) acquisitions have become popular in the Defense Department and other agencies, to the tune of billions of dollars a year. Between the Lines with the Administrative Conference of the United States.
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