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WSM 012 Services Acquisition Workshop (SAW)
(Last Modified:19-Apr-2016)

Description

Services Acquisition Workshop. A Services Acquisition Workshop (SAW) is a DAU facilitated workshop built around a specific acquisition and its multi-functional team (MFT). The workshop walks the MFT through the service acquisition process from beginning to end as detailed in the Acquisition of Services chapter of the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. For complex, large dollar value, or high interest acquisitions the SAW typically is a multi-phase consulting engagement conducted over the course of the sourcing activities. The duration of less complex SAWs generally takes four days to complete. In order to maximize efficiency and effectiveness, the initial SAW should be scheduled as early in the acquisition process as possible, before requirements and the acquisition strategy have been finalized. The SAW facilitation team mentors and guides the MFT in developing portions of key acquisition documents (e.g., team charter, project plan, stakeholder analysis, communications plan, market research report, acquisition plan, acquisition strategy, Performance Work Statement (PWS), and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP)). The Acquisition Requirements Roadmap Tool (ARRT) Suite located on the Service Acquisition Mall at http://sam.dau.mil is available to assist the MFT.

Objectives

Understand the service acquisition process.

Develop specific acquisition-related documents

Use the Requirements Roadmap process or ARRT to develop high-level objectives, task statements, performance standards, and contractor assessment methods

Target Attendees

The members of the acquisition team should participate, but the following personnel must be present and participate: program manager/functional service manager, contracting officer and contracting officer’s representative (COR). Staff functions, higher headquarters representatives are also welcome to participate. Without a commitment to have the key members of the acquisition team participate, the workshop will not be held.

Prerequisite(s)

None

Predecessor Course(s) (Acceptable as a substitute for this course until the acceptance date specified below.)

Predecessor	Predecessor Course Title	PDS Code	Accepted Until
None	None	None	None

Course Length

4 class days

Additional Course Information

Delivery Mode	Workshop
Equivalent Courses	None
ACE Recommended Credits	N/A
PDS Code	N/A
DAU Public (material/prework)	N/A

Continuing Education Units	0
Continuous Learning Points	28
Reservist Retirement Points	0
Historical Allocations	Mouse Over for Past CEU/CLPs

Notes

Mandatory for acquisitions of $1B or more; highly recommended for acquisitions of $100M or more IAW DoDI 5000.74

Fee-For-Service arrangements may be required as authorized by the Economy Act and DAU directives.

To inquire about or request this course for your organization, click the Apply for Course button in the upper right corner.

The CLPs referenced above presume off-the-shelf delivery.