ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Disposal of Federal property falls under Title 40 of the United States Code. The General Services…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The purpose of this article is to describe the two general approaches to sampling and the sampling…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The Schedule Performance Index (SPI) is an Earned Value Management (EVM) schedule performance…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Schedule Variance (SV) measures work accomplishment compared with the plan. The SV is computed by…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Sealed bidding is one of the three major federal procurement procedures, the other two being…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
SIM encompasses programs and techniques that use LCIM data to track the performance of uniquely…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Overview
The DoD SEBok provides amplifying information about SLE and the continued use of a…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The services acquisition process starts with a validated mission requirement for a service effort…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
For over a decade, the Department of Defense (DoD) has spent approximately the same amount or more…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Policy Memo dtd. 28 Nov 2022 clarified that USD(A&S) would manage the Services Requirements…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Acquisition and Procurement Considerations
Shelf-life is important to the DoD and our…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
For Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs), it is DoD policy to budget to the Director of Cost…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The purpose of simplified acquisition procedures is to:
Reduce administrative costs;
Improve…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The role of SMCA was established in 1977 to avoid duplication of effort and other inefficiencies…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Overview
As required by DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5000.91, Product Support Management for the…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Small Business Administration
The Small Business Act defines a small business as a concern that is…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
All information is found on the SBIR/STTR website, https://www.sbir.gov/about
The mission of both…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Congress created the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 1953 to provide focused assistance to…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The basis of the Small Business Program is to foster free competition which is basic to the…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The Software Life Cycle is the continuing evolution of capability across the lifetime of the…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
There are three primary methods by which the Government informs prospective contractors of the…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The Source Selection process may be formal or informal. Formal source selection is used for high-…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Why Use SMR Codes?
The SMR code provides maintenance activities with repair-level responsibilities…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Background: As a result of the report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Most defense systems, and in particular weapon systems, require spare parts (hereafter, “spares”)…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Beginning with the 1973 Defense Appropriation Act, specialty metals were added to the list of…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Military Specifications (MIL-SPEC)
As defined above, a MIL-SPEC is a document that describes the…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
Spend plans are a critical internal control activity to strengthen financial management and…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Within the context of the government-wide category management initiative, the Office of Management…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Reference: MIL-HDBK-245E Preparation of Statement of Work (SOW). This handbook is for guidance…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
As a tenet of Supply Chain Management, Strategic Sourcing represents a shift from buying…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
General Subcontracting Considerations
A prime contractor’s decision to subcontract or not to…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Summary Level Planning Packages (SLPPs) are used to establish high level holding accounts for…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Background
Supply Chain Demand Forecasting is a technique used both by the DoD and commercial…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
SCM is a term often used in the DoD and industry and holds different meanings for different…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Overview
Because there are potential threats and liabilities throughout a system's life cycle,…