Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The groups take issue with the Pentagon’s choice to source the Encore III contract through the "lowest price, technically acceptable" ...

When awarding a contract competitively, The Department of Defense (DOD) may use the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) process, under which the lowest price is the determining factor when ...

It’s an acronym well-known across the government contracting space - LPTA, short for “Lowest Price Technically Acceptable,” as an evaluation method for cost/price proposals. In our work with ...

Lawmakers are once again looking at ways to peel back the use of lowest price technically acceptable, or LPTA, contracting decisions to enable federal agencies to spend a little more for better ...

The comments following our new WT Insider Report on LPTA contracting support the conclusion that it is a nearly universally-hated procurement practice. We’re getting several reader comments on our ...