Army Post Award Peer Review Briefing Template.  PowerPoint template from DASA(P) Office of the Senior Services Manager accessed January 2017

A Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoDIG) Summary Report, DODIG-2017-004, titled “Inspections of DoD Facilities and Military Housing
and audits of Base Operations and Support Services Contracts” identified challenges associated with: (1) contract documentation and requirements, and (2) oversight of BOSS contracts in contingency environments. Additionally, the DoDIG noted that contractor performance was not properly assessed, contractors were not held accountable for poor performance, and the Department did not receive the best value for money spent on the contracts the DoDIG reviewed.

DoD contracting officers are reminded that minimum requirements and clauses for performance work statements/statements of work, as well as minimum standards to measure those requirements in the quality assurance surveillance plan, are described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 11 and Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Part 211, “Describing Agency Needs,” FAR Subpart 37.6, “Performance-Based Acquisition,” DFARS 237.102-77, “Acquisition requirements roadmap tool,” DFARS 237.172 “Service contracts surveillance,” and FAR Subpart 46.4 and DFARS Subpart 246.4 “Government Contract Quality Assurance.”

A Contract Efficiency Assessment (CEA) provides multi-functional teams (MFTs) performing services acquisitions a repeatable process for ensuring the government receives the appropriate level of service required to effectively meet its mission at the best possible net cost to the government.

In this Memorandum dated 5 NOV 2012:
Improvement  in the tradecraft used to acquire services continues to be one of the highest priority focus areas for the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology  & Logistics) (USD(AT&L)).   Each year, in accordance with DoDI 5000.02, Enclosure 9, Paragraph 3.f., our office performs an overarching review to assess the Department's progress in this important area. This year, we will accomplish  the review by asking each of you to provide a brief written response to each of the topics listed on the attached summary.
Please select the below File to view entire Memorandum.
MEMORANDUM: Annual Review of the Acquisition of Services Policy and Oversight 11/5/12

DoD Enterprise Services Management Framework (DESMF) Edition III dtd 04 Mar 16, 4 March 2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYDriving toward service excellence is a virtuous goal for organizations today; this is due in part because it is proven that a proactive service environment is less expensive to run than a reactive service environment. This document provides guidance to standardize the management of Information Technology (IT) services across the Department of Defense (DoD) organizations and is the embodiment of the integration of various best practices, frameworks and standards that define a Department-wide service management approach. It is a ‘service oriented’ framework that focuses on creating and managing services throughout the service lifecycle. It aligns and integrates processes for service management and defines processes at a high level, describing the what, not the how. This approach enables cross-functional teams the ability to create and improve processes in the common pursuit of service excellence. More in-depth process specific guidance will be provided in supplemental companion documents located on the DoD CIO Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) Community of Practice (CoP) portal. see also http://dodcio.defense.gov/Library/ for Edition II.

Includes training, DoD writing style guide, word suggestions, before and after examples and the Army's Action Officer Staff Writing Guide. Look for the DoD Plain Language Implementation Plan, DoDI 5025.13.

It is DoD Policy to  a. Approach operational planning and execution of contracted support in applicable operations programmatically to ensure the best use of available resources at an acceptable level of risk.
b. Comply with applicable U.S., international, and local national laws, regulations, policies, and international agreements.
c. Prohibit the use of contracted support from performing inherently governmental functions.
d. Use contracted support in appropriate situations, in accordance with DoD Instruction 1100.22, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
e. Fully consider, plan for, integrate, and execute contracted support of applicable operations in an effective and efficient manner.

Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for OCS, including OCS program management, contract support integration, and integration of defense contractor personnel into contingency operations outside the United States.

Responsibilities and training for CORs.  Change 1 assigns responsibility for this instruction to USD(A&S).

Development, Review, and Validation of the Philippines Operations Support Contract III Requirements This audit determined that U.S Pacific Command (USPACOM) and subordinate commands developed, reviewed, and validated requirements for the Philippines Operations Support Contract (POSC) III without a Service Requirements Review Board (SRRB).  A SRRB is a formal process to identify, plan, prioritize and validate contract service requirements before issuing funding documents.

Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC) MEMO of SEP 12 2019, Subject:  Delegation of Approval of Waivers for Services Acquisition Workshops (SAW)

AcqNote site on the Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) of 1996

The Javits-Wagner-O'Day (JWOD) Act, 41 U.S.C. 46-48c, established a procurement program to increase employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or have severe disabilities.

The Act makes it mandatory for all federal agencies to purchase certain supplies and services from designated nonprofit agencies.

Subtitle F—Provisions Relating to Services Contracting includes Section 851, 852, 853 and 854 addressing planning and bridge contracts, requirements evaluation, report on outcome-based services contracts, and pilot program for multiyear services contracts.

In March 2002, the President announced his small business agenda which, among other things, requested the OMB to develop a strategy for unbundling contracts. The October report outlined nine specific steps to eliminate unnecessary contract bundling and mitigate the effects of necessary contract bundling. Five of the steps required changes to the SBA regulations and and the FAR. See also OFPP site https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/management/office-federal-procurement-policy/