Integrity

Is Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Always The Best Deal?

In the current fiscal environment, there is an even stronger focus on being a good steward of taxpayer dollars. That is certainly commendable and definitely what is expected by John Q. Public. The recent trend to uphold that trust placed in the Government has been toward awarding contracts on a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) …

Getting LPTA Right – Raising the Bar for Technical Acceptability

Blogs criticizing the misuse and overuse of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selections for services will flood your search engine results in seconds.  Because integrity matters, let’s step back and ask the tougher question:  How can we effectively apply LPTA source selection to complex services? Can we raise the bar for technical acceptability?