FAR & DFARS: Procurement Power

Rethinking Supplier Assessment with the Supplier Performance Risk System

This episode unpacks the Department of Defense’s Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), exploring how it blends diverse risk metrics—far beyond cost and cybersecurity scores—to drive procurement decisions. The hosts delve into the technical algorithms, data sources, and risk management frameworks at the core of SPRS, and discuss why modern supplier evaluations require more than just NIST SP 800-171 scores or price tags.