Tirengel J
Am J Health Plann. 1978 Oct;3(4):36-9.
The U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) spends millions of dollars annually on contracts to deliver services to State and local areas and to the Federal Government itself. The process through which competitive contracts are awarded is little understood outside the bureaucracy and a relatively small group of organizations which gain most of the funds. The purpose of this article is to describe the formal process which takes place, and to thereby make the process more understandable to the taxpayers whose money is being spent, to recipients of contract services, and to potential competitors for awards.
美国卫生、教育与福利部（DHEW）每年花费数百万美元签订合同，以便向州和地方以及联邦政府自身提供服务。除了官僚机构和获得大部分资金的相对少数组织之外，很少有人了解授予竞争性合同的过程。本文的目的是描述所发生的正式过程，从而使纳税人（资金的使用者）、合同服务接受者以及潜在的中标竞争者更了解这一过程。
