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US Air Force Contract Sustainment Support Guide (CSSG) (Second Edition), DTD Aug 13

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The US Air Force has issued a second edition of their Contract Sustainment Support Guide (CSSG).

According to its executive summary, this Contract Sustainment Support Guide (CSSG) “is intended to be used by USAF personnel involved in life cycle management processes to help reduce and control cost and risk when procuring products or services. The CSSG provides recommendations based on best practices (BPs) that are mapped to Air Force Product Support Elements and Air Force Cost Analysis Improvement Group (AF CAIG) elements. Each BP includes a look into uses and implementation of the BP and how it can be applied to government program management support and contracting practices for all phases of a system/product’s life cycle. Associated recommendations on how to implement the BPs are also provided to include references and related policies. Performance metrics are included and can be used to measure efforts in obtaining contract and sustainment goals. The sixteen “Commercial Best Practices” identified are:

Commercial Best Practice #1 - Collaboration & Synchronization
Commercial Best Practice #2 - Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Contracting
Commercial Best Practice #3 - Supplier Performance and Risk Assessment
Commercial Best Practice #4 - Vendor Managed Inventory
Commercial Best Practice #5 - Joint Service Agreements (JSA)
Commercial Best Practice #6 - Consideration of Supplier's Inventory Position
Commercial Best Practice #7 - Contracting for Capable-to-Promise
Commercial Best Practice #8 - Supply Chain Cost Visibility
Commercial Best Practice #9 - Selecting Global Suppliers
Commercial Best Practice #10 - Sourcing Technical Data Access
Commercial Best Practice #11 - Concurrent Engineering
Commercial Best Practice #12 - Contract for Condition Based Maintenance
Commercial Best Practice #13 - Allow Source Suppliers Total Asset Visibility
Commercial Best Practice #14 - Risk Sharing Contracts for Procurement and Supply
Commercial Best Practice #15 - Online Tracking of Order & Shipping Information & Status
Commercial Best Practice #16 - Postponement

Accompanying these “Commercial Best Practices” are two particularly useful references mentioned above: Table 2 Commercial Best Practice Applicability by Functional Specialist and Table 3 Commercial Best Practices by Product Support Element).

The seven identified “Government Best Practices” include:

Government Best Practice #1 – Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Based on Variable Levels Of Demand
Government Best Practice #2 – Structure of CLS Contract to Enable Identification of Fixed and Variable Elements of Support
Government Best Practice #3 – Incorporate Labor Hour Range Tables
Government Best Practice #4 – Incorporate CLINs to Facilitate Contract Flexibility
Government Best Practice #5 – Competition for Engineering Change Requests (ECPs)
Government Best Practice #6 – Business Case Analysis & Performance Measurement Framework
Government Best Practice #7 - Align RFP Requirements with Government Funding

Accompanying these “Government Best Practices” are two additional excellent references: Table 4 Government Best Practice Applicability by Functional Specialist and Table 5 Government Best Practices by Product Support Element).

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US Air Force Contract Sustainment Support Guide (CSSG)

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Contract Sustainment Support Guide 2013 v7.pdf

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This document is organized into four main sections and appendices to allow program teams to understand the basis of the information, develop strategies, and use its content.

Introduction and Overview: Provides the purpose and objectives of the CSSG.
Best Practices and Recommendations: Provides an overview and basis for the CSSG BPs.
Commercial and Government Best Practices and Recommendations: Provides BPs with full analysis and recommended actions for program teams to incorporate the BP into their program management support and contracting efforts. Two matrices are included for the commercial and the Government BPs to allow the CSSG user to easily find the BP that will assist program teams in developing strategies and add value to his/her program management support and contracting activities. These matrices allow the user to find applicable BPs by cross-referencing the user’s functional specialty to the individual BP(s) which they may be responsible (or share responsibility) for implementing or by cross-referencing the applicable PSE to which the BP pertains. These matrices are included in the Best Practices and Recommendations section, of the guide to allow for easy identification of the appropriate BP(s). Additionally, the CSSG table of contents provides a quick link to each BP.
Conclusion, followed by:
Appendix A: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Nomenclature
Appendix B: Terms - Provides descriptions for information referenced in the BPs in alphabetical order.
Appendix C: Product Support Element Definition - Provides definitions of the Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements as defined in Air Force Pamphlet 63-128, Guide to Acquisition and Sustainment Life Cycle Management.

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