The Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) for Services was established as required by the Service Acquisition Reform Act (SARA), Section 1431(b). The goals are to facilitate knowledge sharing across the acquisition community and to serve as the central clearinghouse for service acquisition policy and guidance information, training opportunities and best practices to support both the public and private sectors.
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Acquisition Center of Excellence for Services
Purpose
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.
Mission Statement
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.
Vision
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 a training center. 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.
Benefit/Value of the Site
Offers a collaborative structure that has proven to be extremely effective in the creation and transfer of knowledge within organizations and provides value to organizations in the following ways:
Target Audience
The Private and Public Sector Acquisition Community, including Program / Project Managers, Product Support Managers, technical representatives, compliance / quality control managers, etc.
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https://acc.dau.mil/ace