Abstract
The procurement environment has evolved since the enactment of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (FASA), the Services Acquisition Reform Act of 2003 (SARA), and the regulatory changes resulting from the procurement reform initiatives. Traditionally, federal government agencies procured goods and services through agency-specific contracts awarded to a single contractor. But single contract awards and the concept of full and open competition appear to be the exception rather than the rule. Contracting methods have had to keep pace with the substantial increase in federal government procurement of services. Today, there are three predominant contracting methods for procuring goods, but especially services: traditional single award contracts, General Services Administration (GSA) contracts, and single and multiple award indefinite quantity contracts, a subset being described as ID/IQ contracts. This essay will primarily critique the single and multiple award ID/IQ contract method.
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