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DOD Procurement: Multiyear and Annual Contract Costs

NSIAD-88-5 Published: Oct 30, 1987. Publicly Released: Dec 01, 1987.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO: (1) reviewed several Department of Defense (DOD) multiyear procurement programs; and (2) compared the unit prices in multiyear contracts with those in prior annual contracts to determine whether savings resulted from multiyear contracting.

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Comparative analysisContract costsDefense cost controlDefense procurementFederal procurement policyMultiyear contractsWeapons systemsGovernment procurementMilitary forcesProcurement