Competition
All procurements will be conducted in a manner providing full and open competition
Unacceptable restrictions include...
- Unreasonable requirements placed on firms for them to quality to do business
- Unnecessary experience and excessive bonding requirements
- Non-competitive pricing practices between firms or between affiliated companies
- Non-competitive awards to any person or firm on retainer contracts
- Organizational conflicts of interest
- Specification of only a "brand name" product without its salient characteristics and not allowing "an equal" product to be offered
- Any arbitrary action in the procurement process
2005 - Federal Transit Administration