CRS Report for Congress: Other Transaction (OT) Authority (Nov 2008)
CRS Report for Congress: Other Transaction (OT) Authority (Nov 2008)
Summary
A Congressional Research Service report (Order Code RL34760, "Other Transaction (OT) Authority," November 25, 2008, by L. Elaine Halchin). It explains that an OT is a special instrument for research, development, and prototypes that is not a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement and has no statutory or regulatory definition, traces the origin and expansion of OT authority from NASA's 1958 act to DoD and other agencies, identifies statutes that do not apply to OTs (e.g., CICA, Contract Disputes Act, Procurement Integrity Act), and discusses nontraditional contractors, evaluation challenges, and policy options. A background reference on the OT instrument and its authorities.