statement of objectives

I recently ran into an agency where the rule of thumb in contracts is only to use Statements of Objectives, also known as SOO.  This is a different animal than the usual Statement of Work (SOW) and Performance Work Statement (PWS).

The SOO, according to DAU’s Acquipedia “is used in solicitations when the Government intends to provide the maximum flexibility to each offeror to propose an innovative approach. That portion of a contract that establishes a broad description of the government’s required performance objectives.”