Inside California’s New Approach To Innovation Procurement

California’s New Innovation Procurement Sprints:

Borrowing heavily from the Defense Department’s Other Transaction process, Governor Newsome has established for the State of California its own streamlined process for choosing innovative demonstration projects to address pressing problems and to quickly evaluate, select, and issue sole source contracts rapidly to field successful demonstrations. Dennis Callahan and Robert Metzger of Rogers Joseph O’Donnell PC discuss the promise and potential pitfalls of this new acquisitions approach in a Law360 Expert Analysis.