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Welcome to the Launching of the Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) for Services “the POWER of Knowledge Sharing” Provide a golden source for services information and resources to the acquisition community to promote transformation and excellence in making smart business decisions.
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Welcome to the Launching of the Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) for Services “the POWER of Knowledge Sharing” Provide a golden source for services information and resources to the acquisition community to promote transformation and excellence in making smart business decisions.
Purpose To assist the acquisition community in acquiring services by • identifying public and private sector service contracting best practices; and • serving as a clearinghouse for public and private sector best practices for service contracting. Authority • Sec 1431(b) of the Service Acquisition Reform Act requires the OFPP Administrator to establish a center of excellence in contracting for services.
Mission/outcome • Provide a golden source for services information and resources to the acquisition community to promote transformation and excellence in making smart business decisions.
To establish an online resource center for service contracting 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 education and training opportunities. expand to include the ability to provide virtual experts, available to assist the acquisition community in planning, soliciting, evaluating, awarding, and managing service contracts. complement and enhance the Services Course under development by the DAU and FAI partnership-led interagency development team. Vision
Acquisition Strategies ________________________ • PBSA – (Seven Steps to PBSA –www.acqnet.gov) • Share in Savings - http://www.gsa.gov • Competitive Sourcing • Value Engineering • EVMS • Buying services on FSS Schedules
Monitoring Contractor Performance After award Managing Government Contracts vs Industry Contract Administration Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans vs Quality Control Plans Managing Contracts ________________________
Planning/Market Research 1. Wage determinations Contract Vehicles for services www.contractdirectory.gov EPLS – List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non-procurement Programs Fed Biz Opps (Federal Business opportunities) CCR OFCCP Registry of Contractors Treasury List of Approved Sureties Reporting Tools PPIRS – Past Performance Information Retrieval System and NIH Contractor Performance System FPDS-NG e-Tools _______________________
Education and Training ________________________ • 1. DAU and FAI online courses • 2. Conferences, workshops, trade shows and • other related events • 3. Service Contracting Course TBD by OFPP, DAU, FAI, GSA, and NASA • Knowledge Management Websites • Agency or industry Centers of Excellence
Benefit/Value of the Site • Provides a one stop resource information center for new/more junior employees and senior/more experienced practitioners; • Facilitates the building of service contracting knowledge; • Facilitates the rapid identification of individuals with specific knowledge or skills; • Fosters knowledge sharing across organizational boundaries (“boundary spanning”); and • Promotes and facilitates the capture and re-use of existing knowledge assets within the acquisition community.
Federal Government Agencies Industry Associations and Organizations Academia Partners in Action ACE for Services Points of Contact: Julia Wise, ACE for Services Project Coordinator, (202)395-7561 Jeffrey Birch, DAU Knowledge Project Officer, (703)805-4576 or jeffrey.birch@dau.mil