Governments often view performance-based contracting as a north star. But while paying for performance can streamline incentives for public works or technology, it can backfire for social services.

Under a performance based contracting program, health plans would determine annual performance payments to physician groups based both on the total cost of care and quality outcomes for each group ...

Here's the 30-second elevator speech describing performance-based contracting: "Tell the contractor the result you want, not how to do the work, and then be sure you can measure whether that ...

These methods allow contracting officers to bypass parts of the formal solicitation process and expand the use of streamlined procurement techniques. Performance-based contracting is not ...

Suppliers across the country are getting a chance to participate in large weapons programs like the Joint Strike Fighter as a result of the changes brought about by performance-based contracting ...

Traditional contracting is primarily transactional, rewarding contractors when deliveries are made or certain process milestones are met. Performance-Based Logistic (PBL) contracting seeks to base ...

Performance-based contracting has been widely accepted as a best practice for years, and it’s become standard practice in the nation’s biggest cities. New York, Los Angeles and Seattle ...