ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The Contract Disputes statute governs the payment of contract claims. Government policy is to…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Once the procuring or administrative contracting officer confirms that all receivables have been…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Debriefings are different from notifications to unsuccessful offerors. The contracting officer…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The CEA process uses defined playbooks for a given services portfolio group with targeted…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) and Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) use the…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
The Contract Funds Status Report (CFSR) supplies funding data about defense contracts to…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Contract modifications (frequently referred to as "mods") are common actions for many contracting…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
USD(A&S) Memo: Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report (IPMDAR) Data Item…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE
Termination for Convenience (“T4C”) is the government’s unilateral…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The contract type dictates the degree and timing of the responsibility assumed by the contractor…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Contracting Officers are responsible for deciding if they need an individual to serve as their…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Additional Views
In addition the to above generally accepted definition of CLS, there are other…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Contractor Performance Assessment Report (CPAR) and the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS)
The purpose of a CPAR is to provide source selection officials with information on contractor past…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
The focus of this article is the review of written contractor property management system…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The control account (CA) is the genesis of Earned Value Management (EVM). CAs are also called cost…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Among other requirements, Title 10 USC 2366a, Section (b)(5) states that an MDAP or subprogram "…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Additional information regarding CMT is available from multiple sources:
Per DoD Handbook(HDBK)-…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The DoD acquires, operates, and maintains a vast array of physical assets, ranging from aircraft,…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
According to FAR Part 30, 41 U.S.C. chapter 15, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), requires certain…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
FAR 15.404-1(a)(1) requires the contracting officer to determine that the price to be paid is fair…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
Analysts need extensive information about an acquisition program in order to estimate its cost to…
ACQUIPEDIA/business - financial management and cost estimating
A cost estimate is an evaluation and analysis of future costs generally derived by relating…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The Cost Performance Index (CPI) is an Earned Value Management (EVM) performance factor metric…
ACQUIPEDIA/contracting
Cost-plus-award-fee (CPAF) contracts have been one of the most frequently used incentive contracts…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The cost variance (CV) is computed by subtracting the Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) from…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
Background
The DoD is supported by a network of global suppliers and, in fiscal year 2014, managed…
ACQUIPEDIA/engineering and technical management
A multi-disciplined technical review, conducted at both system-level and component-level, ensures…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The Critical Path Length Index (CPLI) is a measure of the relative efficiency to complete a…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The term Customer Relationship Management (CRM) began to emerge more frequently in academic and…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S))…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Data Rights for technical data and computer software fall into eight categories:
Unlimited…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
Data Rights, Identification and Assertion of use, release or disclosure restrictions, DFARS 252.227-7017
The Assertion List is an early identification of the noncommercial technical data and…
ACQUIPEDIA/program management
DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY FEATURES: The DEF initiatives include the DEF Pilot Program and its…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
According to their DLA at a Glance website, the DLA provides the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
The DLA prime vendor model is designed to:
Use “just-in-time" business practices that shift…
ACQUIPEDIA/life cycle logistics
As indicated above, DLMS are broad-based business rules, policies, procedures, time standards,…