Performance was not met, because:
Federal Procurement Regulations led to the creation of a new formula that excluded certain types of research contracts that would have been included under the formula used in FY 2004. For the first three quarters the target was being met, however, it dipped below the target in the fourth quarter when not as many performance-based contracts were awarded.
Strategies for Improvement:
DM will re-examine the data, looking at the definition of the data, and examine the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG) to determine better targets and to clean up the data. |