Successful Practices
Definition of Best Practices: Best practices, as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 37.501, are techniques that agencies may use to help detect problems in the acquisition, management and administration of service contracts. For DoD, the Services Acquisition Pathway is a great start to learn about the DoD 7-Step SA process as is DAU's Service Acquisition Mall. For federal civilian agencies, see Steps to Performance-Based Acquisition (SPBA).
Pathway Gates. Select each for Best Practices and Lessons Learned.
- Services Requirements Review Board (SRRB),
- Acquisition Strategy (AS),
- Independent Management Review (IMR).
Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy maintains best practices derived from Competitive Peer Reviews and Sole Source Peer Reviews.
Industry Best Practices are unique and innovative ways industry makes sound business decisions and contracts for services they need. Best Practices are not legal documents, but may be viewed as persuasive guidance in the management and administration of government contracts.
- ACQ 3150 Defense Industry Incentives (1 CLP)
- Category Intelligence Reports (CIRs) and ACQ 0830 Category Intelligence Report (2 CLPs)
DAU's Powerful Examples Collection:
Strategic Sourcing: Air Force Uses Data Driven Decision Making to Improve Enterprise Sourcing
Guides
Inflation and Escalation Best Practices for Cost Analysis
Earned Value Management (EVM) Gold Card
Funds Management Platinum Card. A reference source for anyone dealing with the financial management aspects of the Defense acquisition process.