FOCUS ON SERVICES


SUPPORTING HEALTH CARE


High-quality health care services for military members, veterans, and their families, including supplying military hospitals, fall within the medical services portfolio. Here, Dr. Bill Wilson, a retired U.S. Army ophthalmologist, conducts cataract surgery on a patient while his wife, Mary, provides surgical assistance at Bububu Military Hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania, in February. (Photo by SGT King Terys.)


continue to be reviewed and approved at the local agency level, in accordance with current Army Federal Acquisition Regula- tion Supplement (AFARS) guidance. To maintain visibility, the SSM receives cop- ies of all acquisition strategies valued at between $10 million and $250 million.


The SSM will now approve acquisition strategies for service acquisitions valued at $250 million to $500 million. Service acquisitions valued at $500 million or more will continue to follow the current AFARS. (See Figure 2, Page 107.)


CONCLUSION Ultimately, the ASAALT, as the Army Acquisition Executive, is the senior offi- cial responsible for acquiring services for the Army. The Office of the SSM has the


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job of developing Army services acquisi- tion policy and providing oversight of the services governance concept. Portfolio groups provide the structure needed to effectively and efficiently manage specific mission requirements.


This enhanced oversight of services acquisition strategies, along with the emerging portfolio governance approach, has led to significant efficiencies and sub- stantial


savings in services contracting.


New roles for CSEs, portfolio manag- ers, portfolio coordinators, and the SSM have improved oversight and allowed services acquisition tradecraft practices to flourish.


For more acquisition,


information on services contact Mike Padden,


Acting SSM and Director for Services Acquisition Coordination, Execution, and Analysis, at michael.c.padden.civ@ mail.mil or 703-545-4771.


KEVIN A. MAISEL is and


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of Level III


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in national from the Industrial


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