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DOE Environmental Management created the Environmental Management Acquisition Center to provide a centralized focus on the major procurements that are required for EM to fulfill its mission of cleaning up the nation’s legacy of the Cold War. The EM Acquisitions Center is an integrated business system that supports operations and field offices in managing their major EM acquisitions efficiently and effectively by using standardized and repeatable business processes. The EM Acquisition Center establishes and maintains:
- A cadre of skilled, experienced acquisition personnel to support operations and field managers, on a recurring basis, for major EM acquisition planning and source selection activities;
- A central repository of DOE and EM-specific acquisition procedures, policies, templates, and other information that promotes common practices and workflows and ensures that “best in class” processes are used for planning and executing EM acquisitions;
- A well-defined system of governance, with clearly defined roles and responsibilities throughout the acquisition process and with strong ethics and clear communication channels;
- Support for Performance-Based Acquisition (PBA) awareness and implementation;
- Collaborative acquisition and contract launch strategies to define requirements and mitigate risks by involving key stakeholders during initial kick-off and transition processes that take place from the time the contract is awarded, to the time when the contract administration processes begin;
- A post-award performance monitoring system that assesses relative risk and measures results
- A performance monitoring system that assesses relative risk and measures results; and specific tools suggested in the Partnership for Public Service Private Sector Council Acquisition Innovation Pilot Handbook (November 2006).
The EM Acquisition Center is primarily located at DOE Headquarters in Washington, DC, and at the
EM Consolidated Business Center (CBC) 
located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The EM Acquisition Center along with representatives from the sites,
develop and implement site and project specific acquisition and contract strategies, including
award of major contracts. This is achieved with collaboration with the DOE
Office of Procurement
and Assistance Management . Upon award, contracts are administered by the operations
and site offices. For smaller sites, contracts are administered by the CBC. Headquarters
elements of the EM Acquisition Center monitor post award performance and provide a conduit
for post award communications with Headquarters.
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