[20200602]IF10566_A-76国防部比赛.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated June 2, 2020A-76 Competitions in the Department of DefenseOMB Circular A-76 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76, “Performance of Commercial Activities,” establishes policy for the performance of recurring commercial services by federal agencies, stating that the policy of the “federal government has been to rely on the private sector for needed commercial services,” and that those “commercial activities should be subject to the forces of competition.” The general concept underlying Circular A-76 began as a statement of policy that the federal government “will not start or carry on any commercial activity to provide a service or product for its own use if such service or product can be procured from” the private sector issued by the Eisenhower Administration-era Bureau of the Budget (later OMB). That 1955 policy provided a framework for the development of Circular A-76, which was first issued in 1966. Circular A-76 has been revised and amended over time, and was last substantially amended in 2003. The A-76 Competition Process Circular A-76 outlines a complex process for conducting managed competitions, sometimes referred to as