AR 70-13 dated 30 July 2010 Management and Oversight of Service Acquisitions [see also Army Directive 2017-15 with the same title as the AR]

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requires agencies to carry out a set of tailored management actions and provide updates on these management actions to evaluate their progress in bringing common spending under management.  The expected result is more effectively managed contract spending through a balance of Government-wide, agency-wide, and local contracts; reduced unnecessary contract duplication
and cost avoidance; and continued achievement of small business goals and other socioeconomic requirements.

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.

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/

Valuable information that answers questions many MFTs have about the Services Acquisiton Workshop (SAW).

DoDI 5000.74 does not require a Services Acquisition Workshop (SAW) for Multiple Award IDIQ base contracts, but does require a SAW for Task orders of $100M or more.  In this memo dated 26 March 2020, the Senior Service Manager waives this requirement for the Air Force.