ACQUISITION AT SPEED
TEAM AID
Acquisition Innovation Directorate team members, from left, Ron Crevecoeur, Rachel Solis, Mike Hildebrandt, Aric Sherwood, Erin Rusnak, Monica Wilkins and Solaiman Afzal in February. The team has two primary areas of focus: acquisition support and strategic initiatives. (Photo by Laura Edwards, PEO EIS)
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Te Army University was open to chang- ing the underlying technology powering its ArmyIgnitED website and exploring the Air Force’s government off-the-shelf solu- tion, which is hosted in Cloud One—the Air Force’s highly secure cloud platform.
THE ACQUISITION PROCESS FASTER PEO EIS began quickly and methodically putting the pieces in place to officially assume ownership of the acquisition process, becoming the office of primary responsibility, identifying a source of funding from TRADOC G-8 and keep- ing senior leaders informed.
Given the tight timeline required for deliv- ering initial capability, PEO EIS realized
that the rigor and duration of the tradi- tional acquisition process weren’t going to mesh well with the organization’s need to promptly award a contract. PEO EIS leaders worked closely with ASA(ALT)’s Department of the Army systems coordi- nator and the deputy of acquisition systems management to keep the process moving and ensure that the required paperwork would get completed and submitted— even if somewhat later than usual.
In early March, PEO EIS received an informal approval to execute, and one month later, the acquisition decision memo was signed. PEO EIS awarded a blanket purchase agreement call order under an existing General Services Administra- tion contract to the Air Force’s systems integrator and in late spring transitioned acquisition ownership of the program from the Acquisition Innovation Directorate to
PEO EIS’s Defense Integrated Business Systems portfolio, where it has its own newly established product office under Keith Baylor, product lead.
“Due to the time sensitivity of the project, we appreciated the fact that ASA(ALT) placed full confidence in our recommen- dations and abilities,” said Sherwood. “While we are meeting the undersecre- tary of the Army's immediate directives, we also will be applying discipline to the process by taking care of the necessary documentation and a sustainment plan.”
PEO EIS leaders are optimistic about their ability to meet the Army’s mandated time- line for delivering capability.
“We’re very confident that we’ll meet the timeline for completing the high-prior- ity items like military tuition assistance
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