Foreword Stan Soloway; 1. Introduction: the promise and perils of government contracting; 2. Managing complex contracting in theory and practice; 3. The Coast Guard's Deepwater program; 4. Rules in complex contracts; 5. Performance incentives in complex contracts; 6. Complex contracting's promise and pitfalls: win-win and lose-lose; 7. Management strategies for complex contracts; References; Index.
Complex Contracting uses core social science concepts to provide wide-ranging practical advice on how best to manage complex acquisitions.
Trevor L. Brown is Associate Professor at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. Matthew Potoski is Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. David M. Van Slyke is Professor in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
'In this book, the authors bring a fresh, yet sophisticated
analytical approach to the challenges that the government faces
when entering into high-value, complex contracts. They explore the
difficult issues without bias, neither bashing nor coddling either
the government or the contracting community. Senior procurement
executives and program managers, from defense and civilian
agencies, from the public and the private sector, and from the US
and other countries, will all benefit by studying and reflecting on
the analysis and advice set out in this thoughtful book.' Daniel I.
Gordon, Associate Dean for Government Procurement Law, George
Washington University Law School and President Obama's
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy (2009–2011)
'Our experience with public sector contracting for complex products
and services suggests that we are still in the steep portion of the
learning curve on how to do this well. Complex Contracting makes
major contributions in this regard, both through providing an
accessible conceptual framework for approaching challenging
contract situations, as well as in illustrating how key principles
in contracting operate in practice and over time as the respective
parties work to achieve desired outcomes. The book is written
brilliantly to engage both academics and practitioners in the
thorny issues of risk, commitment, unforeseen contingencies and
renegotiation, monitoring and management, incentives and more,
while drawing out invaluable insights that can be applied broadly
across a range of public sector contracting activities.' Carolyn J.
Heinrich, Sid Richardson Professor of Public Affairs, University of
Texas, Austin
'With this work, Professors Brown, Potoski and Van Slyke have
formulated an insightful view into the challenges and opportunities
of complex contracting. The focus is on a large scale, complex
acquisition program managed by a federal agency, but provides
guidelines applicable to any program in the public or private
sectors - particularly for those who seek to do business with or
for the federal government and the necessity to get it right.' Sean
O'Keefe, Chief Executive, EADS North America, Secretary of the
Navy, and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense
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