According to the GAO, “in fiscal year 2016, DOD spent about $150 billion on service contracts—about half of its total contract spending—covering services such as program management, engineering, and IT support. As part of DOD's latest effort to better manage service contracts (outlined in DoD Instruction 5000.74 Defense Acquisition of Services), DOD established new leadership roles for service acquisitions throughout the agency. However, we found that officials in these new positions considered their new roles as secondary, did not fulfill certain responsibilities, and had little effect on how DOD manages services. GAO recommends that DOD reassess the roles, responsibilities, authorities, and organizational placement of the three key leadership positions; and clarify policies concerning the purpose and timing of the Review Board process. DOD concurred with the recommendations.”

For additional information on Acquisition of Services, DAU offers a number of excellent resources, including:

• Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) for Services
• WSM 012 Services Acquisition Workshop (SAW)
• CLC 013 Services Acquisition
• Services Acquisition ACQuipedia Article
• Services Acquisition Workshop (SAW) ACQuipedia Article
• Services Requirements Review Board (SRRB) ACQuipedia Article