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Acquisition Advisory Panel

Findings and Recommendations Adopted by the Acquisition Advisory Panel,
Performance-based Services Acquisition Working Group, March 2006
http://www.acqnet.gov/comp/aap/documents/PBSA-findingsandrecommendations_080906.pdf

Draft Report: Ensuring Effective and Appropriate Use of Performance-based Contracting,
Performance-based Services Acquisition Working Group, October 2005
http://www.acqnet.gov/comp/aap/workinggroups/
PBSAWorkingGroupDraftBackgroundandIssuesStatementsReportPartsIandII13Oct05.PDF


Links to Sites with Samples and Templates
Note: These links are provided for general information only; samples have not been approved by the 7 Steps management team. The following sites contain some redundant information.
See Vetted Samples in Library

Defense Acquisition University,
Sample SOWs and quality assurance plans
https://acc.dau.mil/pba
The Defense Acquisition University has collected sample SOWs and quality assurance plans in numerous service categories, including administrative; base/installation services; education and training; information technology; research, development, testing and evaluation; social services; maintenance; and others.

Defense Acquisition University PBA Toolkit,
https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=30638
The PBA Toolkit provides policy and guidance, related links, training information, and the ability to join a threaded conversation.


DAU's ACQuire web site
https://acquire.dau.mil/Default.aspx
Search for sample PWS's

Performance Based Service Acquisition (PBSA) WebGuide, by the U.S. Army Contracting Agency, Northern Region
http://www.aca-nrhq.army.mil/library/webguides/pbsa_webguide.htm
This Army ACA site includes definitions, guidance documents (mostly Army), links to training and other related sites, and samples in such areas as environmental support, environmental site assessment, ADPE maintenance, and custodial services.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Sample solicitations sections
http://ec.msfc.nasa.gov/hq/library/perfba.htm
The best practices area of NASA's performance-based contracting page has samples SOWs, evaluation criteria, award fee performance evaluation plan, solicitation excerpts, quality assurance plan, surveillance plan, and others.

The Center of Excellence for the Acquisition of Services,
https://acc.dau.mil/ace
The ACE for Services is a collaborative clearinghouse for service contracting (as defined in FAR part 37) government and industry best practices, policy and guidance, e-tools, as well as education and training information.

 
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