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Sandy Sieber Director, Army Contracting Agency Date: July 28, 2006

Changing Nature of Work and Required Skill Sets. Sandy Sieber Director, Army Contracting Agency Date: July 28, 2006 . How has contracting changed in 20 years?. More competitive procurements Price analysis Market Research Best Value Shorter lead times

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Sandy Sieber Director, Army Contracting Agency Date: July 28, 2006

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  1. Changing Nature of Work and Required Skill Sets Sandy Sieber Director, Army Contracting Agency Date: July 28, 2006

  2. How has contracting changed in 20 years? • More competitive procurements • Price analysis • Market Research • Best Value • Shorter lead times • More complex socieoeconomic rules • Increased A-76 studies • More and larger services contracts • Greater funding fluctuations

  3. How has the workforce changed? • Downsized • Aging, stressed • Installation staffs have had significant changes in responsibility • More education but less experience • Mission increases result in potential impact to mission in favor of training

  4. Environment of DoD Procurement Workforce • Rapidly increasing rate of change • Lack of understanding of ramifications of increased privatization (contractors on battlefield) • Wartime, civilian deployments • Volatile funding profiles

  5. How do we address issues? • Consider resource impacts when new missions assigned • Consolidation • Examine training needs and tailor • National Security Personnel System • Universal systems • Contract writing • Proposal evaluation • Paperless filing • Standardize and strengthen intern program

  6. In Summary • In some cases staffing numbers may be sufficient if experience and grade level matched work requirements • New missions given to organizations not staffed and structured to handle • Procurement historically competes poorly with operational staff for resources • Talented staff makes it work despite challenges • Could be more effective with increase in enterprise approaches, strategic sourcing, restructured requirements management

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