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Jan25

January 2013 Update to "Comparison of Major Contract Types" Chart

DAU has updated the “Comparison of Major Contract Types” chart on the Acquisition Community Connection (ACC).  The Chart is based on the information in the Contract Pricing Reference Guides (Volume 4 – Advanced Issues in Contract Pricing, Chapte ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-25-13 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan25

UPDATE - CON 115 Contracting Fundamentals has been converted to CON 121, CON 124, and CON 127

CON 115 Contracting Fundamentals was converted into three separate distance learning courses. The courses were launched on 14 January 2013. The effort is in response to customer feedback regarding course length and assessment feasibility. The co ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-25-13 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan24

International Contracting/Foreign Military Sales Training Presentation

On 3 January 2013, Mr. Dick Ginman, Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, requested DAU post the presentation on international contracting which was to be presented at the 2012 DoD Procurement Conference and Training Symposium whic ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-24-13 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan02

CONTRACTING PERFORMANCE LEARNING ASSETS FOR KNOWLEDGE SHARING

The concept behind performance learning is to embrace learning through tools such as guides and job-aides that not only support the learning task at hand, but can also provide secondary insight and training for acquisition personnel in the field.  ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-02-13 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov30

Annual Review of the Acquisition of Services Policy and Oversight

Services represent the largest part of DOD acquisition spending profile; accounting for approximately 55% of the DOD contract spend. As such, improvement in the tradecraft to acquire services is critical. Poor Acquisition tradecraft has contribu ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-30-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Oct22

NEW Web-Enabled Defense Contracting Officer Representative (DCOR) Handbook

A web-enabled version of the Defense COR Handbook (DCOR) was recently deployed on the Contracting Officers Representatives Community of Practice at https://acc.dau.mil/cor. This web-enabled version emulates the Defense Procurement and Acquisition ...[Read More]
Published: Oct-22-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep19

Establishment of Competency Lead for Contract Management Disciplines

On Sept 13, 2012, Mr. Charlie E. Williams, Jr., the Director, of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), was designated as a Competency Lead for Contract Management Disciplines.  In that capacity, Mr. Williams will define both the contract ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-19-12 | 1 Comment | 2 Links to this post

Jul25

New Web-enabled DoD Source Selection Procedures guide

DAU recently launched a web-enabled version of the Department of Defense Source Selection Procedures guide, dated 4 Mar 2011, at https://acc.dau.mil/dodssp.  The DoD Source Selection Procedures standardizes the methodology and approach the DoD u ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-25-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jul19

Updates: Automated Requirements Roadmap Tool (ARRT)

On Jan. 20, the latest version of the ARRT, used in acquiring services, was posted on the Acquisition Community Connection at https://acc.dau.mil/arrt. ARRT Version 1.5 adds several user-requested enhancements, including new fields for descripti ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-19-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jul18

Two new ACQuipedia articles on Contracting topics

Pre-Award Survey   https://acc.dau.mil/acq_pas  covers the evaluation of a prospective contractor's capability to perform a proposed contract, and includes a discussion on the various types of pre-award surveys.    Solicitations   https:/ ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-18-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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