Applications in Contracting

• Clarifying the FAC-P/PM initiative
• Describing acquisition reforms
• Establishing a culture of accountability
• Identifying government and contractor equities

• Choosing between contract types
• Following basic contract principles
• Progressing through the acquisition process
• Deciphering a simple contract

Formulating an effective needs statement

• Eliciting needs from user communities
• Reviewing the needs statement

Conducting market research

• Meeting customer needs with commercial items
• Examining commercial business alternatives
• Ensuring government funds are efficiently applied
• Evaluating dual-use technologies for customer needs

Selecting a concept

• Conducting financial cost/benefit analysis
• Creating an OMB Exhibit 300 using OMB A-94 guidelines

Planning a technology development strategy

• Gauging technology readiness
• Constructing the acquisition plan

Gathering user requirements

• Identifying well-formed requirements
• Interfacing with engineering and change control processes

Developing the acquisition strategy

• Forming a business partnership
• Aligning programs with agency culture and structure

Establishing the acquisition project baseline

• Presenting technology demonstrations
• Creating interoperability

Formalizing the acquisition strategy

• Coordinating project elements
• Planning for the OMB Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)

Accomplishing preaward activities

• Generating the Responsibilities, Approval, Comment, Inform (RACI) Matrix
• Creating a Statement of Objectives or Statement of Work (SOO/SOW)

Establishing the contract elements

• Contract vehicle, incentive structure and risk implications
• Identifying appropriate terms and conditions

Formulating a competitive source selection plan

• Weighing best value acquisitions
• Addressing sole source issues

Following the source selection process

• Conducting a technical evaluation
• Making the contract decision

Supporting contract administrative actions

• Validating technical, cost and schedule performance
• Addressing security issues

Fulfilling Contracting Officer Representative (COR) duties

• Distinguishing between authorized and unauthorized actions
• Assisting in the contract modification process

• The seven steps to performance-based service acquisition
• Ensuring proper oversight of contract efforts
• Evaluating performance-based service agreements
• Negotiating the required level of support