One-Step and Two-Step Facility Acquisition for Military Construction: Project Selection and Implementation Procedures

With the cost of construction to replace deteriorated facilities estimated in the billions, the Department of Defense is seeking ways of reducing both the time and money spent to provide structures of the high quality needed to support the military mission. Turnkey procurement approaches have been proposed as alternatives to the traditional design/bid/bid method. Two such approaches, One-Step Competitive Negotiation and Two-Step Sealed Bidding, have been evaluated in trial projects and found successful when circumstances are favorable. This report provides a methodology for: (1) determining which projects shows a high potential for success using one of these alternative procurement methods and, for projects that do, (2) implementing the process, which includes development of design and technical requirements and specifications,