2. Providing spare parts and tools to the government is a big business, and
apparently a profitable one. In recent years, however, there have been
accusations that the prices of spare parts have been inflated by some suppliers,
with the government paying hundreds of dollars each for single hammers,
screwdrivers, wrenches, and similar items. Although a number of committees and
commissions have examined this issue, reports of such abuses continue to
surface. Stopping this spare-parts abuse is apparently a complicated undertaking.
You will not be asked to solve this problem, but if you were to be assigned this
tasks, what criteria should be used for judging alternatives? Identify, describe,
and justify the technical, economic, political, and administrative criteria you
believe should be used in such an analysis.(25%)