DHS procurement office eyes contract hybrids

The Homeland Security Department's Office of Procurement Operations is considering using hybrid contracts that include some performance-based provisions as a way to reduce high-risk acquisitions, according to a senior DHS procurement official. In July, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo that states that agencies should try to reduce by at least 10 percent the money they spend in fiscal 2010 -- this fiscal year -- on noncompetitive, cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, and labor-hour contracts.

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