NO TIME TO LOSE
will be hearing more from SOF AT&L [Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology and Logistics] in the near future for additional information and les- sons learned.”
Te JPEO-CBD also offers workshops focused on
developing high-quality
solicitation documentation and on train- ing government personnel to serve on source selection evaluation boards. Te RFP development workshop capitalizes on the work already completed by acqui- sition teams but blends in best practices as presented by DAU. Te DAU instructors have the benefit of observing program teams across DOD and can offer lessons learned as they lead the team through refining its documentation.
DOUBLE TEAMING TO DELIVER SOLUTIONS
The workshops developed by JPEO-CBD and DAU empower program teams to accelerate schedules and reduce costs while maintaining high standards of capability delivery. (SOURCE: U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center/chipstudio/iStock)
and biological protection ensembles and design concepts that might be used in handwear, footwear and respiratory pro- tection systems.
Companies that produce cutting-edge technologies might not be willing to conform to accounting practices or other regulations that are mandatory for participation in DOD programs. For instance, maintaining a compliant accounting system is extremely expen- sive, and the revenue that results from a given DOD program may be immaterial in a company’s overall income stream. OTA agreements allow such companies to provide prototypes
CBD programs without having to meet the many regulatory requirements of an arrangement governed by the FAR.
To implement and sustain the consortium, the JPEO-CBD created two workshops that enabled potential program teams to leverage OTAs. Te training is divided into an introductory workshop that allows program teams to test the waters and an advanced workshop that goes through the detailed process for estab- lishing and managing an OTA program.
for the JPEO-
In January, DAU conducted two basic workshops at U.S. Special Operations Command using the JPEO-CBD spon- sored curriculum. One was tailored to the contracting community and the other to the program managers. Te OTA training “was perfect to help expand our horizons and develop a full acquisition tool set,” said Col. John Reim, program executive officer for Special Operations Forces – Warrior. “I suspect that you
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For instance, despite the best efforts of contracting and program management personnel, some solicitations require mul- tiple amendments following release as a result of industry feedback and questions regarding the documentation. Borrow- ing from industry practice, the Joint Project Manager for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Contamination Avoid- ance adopted a process in which a senior contracting expert performs a formal cross-check of the draft solicitation sec- tions, including the Statement of Work (Section C), Instructions to Offerors (Section L) and Evaluation Criteria (Sec- tion M). Te emphasis is on ensuring that statements of work reflect performance specifications and that instructions to offerors and evaluation criteria are opti- mized so that the government procures the right solutions for its acquisition needs.
Using this process, the program team
corrects the draft documentation before it goes to the contracting activity. Normally, these major sections of a solici- tation are prepared by two completely
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