Calling it "arbitrary, overly ambitious and unrealistic," the Pentagon last week formally appealed Senate legislation that would mandate annual goals for performance-based competitive contracts. A provision in the Senate's version of the fiscal year 2003 defense authorization bill would establish "annual goals for the Department of Defense to increase the percentage of services contracts that are: (1) entered on the basis of competition; and (2) performance-based," states the Senate Armed Services Committee's report accompanying the bill. "The committee is concerned...
