the president has the legal authority to bind the us government on a us government contract.
the president has the legal authority to bind the us government on a us government contract.
who has the legal authority to bind the us government on a us government contract?
the president
what about situations where government demand overwhelms the commercial markets supply? in this case, the government is actually competing against itself because it has swallowed the market whole and usually has multiple requiring activities competing against each other for the same goods and services. this is exemplified in cases where numerous contracting offices demand the same goods and services unknowingly are driving prices up against each other. frequently in these case, contracting commands accept take-it or leave-it prices from relatively few vendors (compared to demand) who know that these contracting offices are not coordinating amongst each other or establishing commodity control councils to ration demand against the civilian sources of supply. as the us federal reserve will attest to, inflation is one of the most damaging elements in an economic system to investment, capital markets and economic activity. in this case, the effect of driving massive cost inflation directly impacts civilians and non-government consumers who are also competing for the same goods and services against the us government acquisition commands; ultimately the deep pockets of the government win out against the lesser buying power of the non-governmental market participants. in such cases, as the us government did during world war ii, commodity control councils must be established to identify all available sources of supply and ration supply to the various consumers, including us government consumers, sometimes with price controls (although this is very dangerous because it frequently leads to black markets run by criminals). one solution in this case is to identify markets unaffected by the government demand and seek to acquire goods and services through that other market. when the situation of overwhelming government demand occurs in a faltering or damaged economy, government demand that is in excess of what the local vendors can supply to both government and non-government consumers should be met by vendors who operate out of the market in question, including through the gsa schedule system if the damaged market is outside of the united states. resources and expertise are in the federal government that are designed to assist in cases where federal demand overwhelms civilian supply, one example being the industrial college of the armed forces (icaf). the icaf's charter is to maintain the ability to nationalize an economy to achieve strategic objectives or a wartime mobilization, this is a good resource expertise in this particular area. use of far parts 12 and 13 without rationing of demand through a single commodity control council or finding other solutions is likely to create more problems than it solves. non-commercial contracting methodology and clauses should be used for any acquisition where government demand overwhelms civilian supply. it is highly unlikely there will be any cost controls or a fair and reasonable price obtained for non-commercial services or goods obtained using far parts 12 and far 13 under these circumstances.
federal acquisition regulation
bullet::::- rational-legal authority is built on a structure of bureaucracy. in a rational-legal authority one ascends in their career paths through promotion and they eventually retire. some of the benefits of rational-legal authority are transportation, large-scale industry, mass communication and an income economy. other outcomes of rational-legal authority are tendencies towards equal opportunity and a promotion of education.









































bullet::::- rational-legal authority requires a logical and systematic approach to leadership. weber's rational leadership prevails in decision making.









































section::::max weber's theory: type of authority.:3. charismatic authority: charismatic grounds.
rational-legal authority