Episode description
On this edition of On DoD: a deep dive on other transactionagreements.
According to the Federal Procurement Data System DoD’s useof OTAs has skyrocketed from 342 agreements worth $1.4 billion in 2016 to 3,200agreements worth more than $16 billion in 2020. Despite that growth, the rulesgoverning OTAs – what few rules there are – aren’t universally understood eveninside the department’s own acquisition bureaucracy.
To help demystify OTAs, we’re joined by Hallie Balkin, oneof DoD’s leading experts on OTAs. She is a government procurement attorney whocurrently works at Defense Acquisition University, where she’s the learningdirector for other transactions. Balkin is also involved in an effort with theOffice of the Secretary of Defense to update and reissue DoD’s OtherTransactions Guide.
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