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Acquisition Process
Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:
Workforce
Information on career management, the DoD Human Capital Initiative, career planning, leadership training, overarching planning and guidance documents, and relevant professional organizations.
Policy
Encyclopedic source of acquisition policy that follows a hierarchy of policy issuance (i.e., executive, legislative, federal, etc.) and filtered according to organization, career field, and special topics.
Communitiesof Practice
Links to communities of practice and special interest areas, the latest contribution and discussion posts for open ACC communities, community highlights, and links to related communities.
Training andContinuous Learning
Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.
Industry
Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.
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Fifteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.
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Better Buying Power
News, policy, and media that support greater value and efficiency in defense acquisition.
This page introduces and illustrates the elements of Big "A" Acquisition and provides links to documents, multimedia, and training that support it.
For more information, select any of the sub-topics under "What's ACQ..." in the menu on the top-left, or the graphic to the right.
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) partnered with the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI), federal government agencies, and industry associations and organizations to establish the Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) for Services required by the Service Acquisition Reform Act (SARA), section 1431(b). This center forms a flexible collaborative team with government, industry associations and academia to develop a repository for services best practices. The team members coordinate research and development in various service areas that are critical to agency missions and vision.
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.
The target audience is the private and public sector acquisition community including program managers, technical representatives, contract specialist, contracting officer representatives (CORs), and other members involved in the acquisition process.
Provide a premier source for services information to both the public and private sector acquisition community to promote knowledge sharing and excellence in making smart business decisions.
To establish an online resource center for services best practices that will evolve in to a knowledge management repository for best practices. The center will include areas for best practices, e-tools, policy and guidance, as well as education and training opportunities. The center will expand to include the ability to provide virtual experts to assist the acquisition community in planning, soliciting, evaluating, awarding, and managing service contracts. This center will also complement and enhance the Services Course under development by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) and Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) partnership-led interagency development team.
Offers a collaborative structure that has proven to be extremely effective in the creation and transfer of knowledge within and between organizations, and provides value to organizations in the following ways:
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) is required, by the Service Acquisition Reform Act (SARA), Section 1431(b), to establish an Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) for Service Contracting. The purpose is to provide a central clearinghouse of service contracting best practices for both the public and private sectors.
Best Practices, as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 37.501, are techniques that agencies may use to help detect problems in the acquisition, management and administration of service contracts.
Full Speed Ahead to PBSA
— Dani Wildason, USCG
Using ITIL and ITSM
— Suzann Balog, HP Inc.
Performance Criteria for Professional Services
— Mike Cameron, BAH Inc.
For information about the ACE for Services initiative:
Julia WiseProcurement Analyst202-395-7561julia_wise@omb.eop.gov
To contribute Service contracting best practices information:
Jeffrey BirchDAU Knowledge Project Officerjeffrey.birch@dau.mil