|   | | ARRT 21 June 2017 Lunch and Learn |
|  | | This 1969 guide is still an excellent resource today! Helps you improve incentive contract structuring and administration. |
|  | | DoD ESI is an official DoD initiative sponsored by the DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) to lead in the establishment and management of enterprise COTS IT agreements, assets, and policies. Look for the Resources/Tools Tab for the DoD ESI Catalog of Articles, White Papers, Newspapers, and other Tools. |
|  | | 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. |
| | | This Handbook provides recommendations for contract function checklist questions that may be used in conjunction with Military Departments (MILDEPs) and 4th Estate contract services documents, training materials, data, and inventories. The checklist questions and instructions are modeled on those found in the Department of the Army’s Request for Service Contract Approval form. |
|  | | EZ Source is a web-based workflow application that facilitates the creation, organization, and communication of sensitive, unclassified, competitive source selection documentation used in the source selection evaluation process. Teams complete Worksheets, Evaluation Notices, and other forms in a shared and electronic database. Built to follow the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15, DoD FAR Supplement 215.3, DoD Source Selection Procedures, Air Force FAR Supplement 5315.3, and Air Force Mandatory Procedure MP5315.3, this tool is easy to learn and intuitive to use, requiring minimal up-front training. EZ Source provides a secure SSL encryption, allowing evaluation team members to participate from virtually anywhere in the world utilizing server-to-server connections. |
|  | | MAC IDIQ contracts are awarded to multiple awardees using FAR 15.3 source selection procedures with the intent to conduct fair opportunity task/delivery order competitions among the awardees in accordance with FAR 16.505(b)(1). Task orders are established for services while delivery orders procure supplies. AFMC developed these guiding principles to provide more information on differences between FAR 16.5 Fair Opportunity competitions are compared to FAR 15.3 source selection process and the terminology in use for both.
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| | | GAO Cost Estimating Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Deveolping and Managing Program Costs released March 12, 2020. Replaces the 2009 guide with the same title. This is the first update and provides improved descriptions of cost estimating steps, additional technical infomation and an updated format. |
|  | | GSA e-Library is the online source for the latest contract award information for: 1) GSA Schedules; 2) Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Schedules; and 3) Technology Contracts, including Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), Network Services and Telecommunications Contracts, and Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70. Provides up-to-date information on which suppliers have contracts and what items are available by using various search options |
| | | Requires logging in to GSA's Hallways. Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE) Tool |
| | | Tool to find prices paid [requires you to log on to GSA hallways] |
| | | Contract type is just one element of the overall contractor compensation arrangement, which includes contract financing, profit or fee, incentives, and contract terms and conditions. Selection of the appropriate contract type depends on a multitude of factors, including the acquisition situation, and is a matter for negotiation. |
| | | This handbook was developed in response to the GAO report GAO-17-398 and recommendations therein. The Government develops the IGE without bias and typically without contractor input, and when done correctly, it is directly tied to comprehensive market research. The IGE supports efforts to ensure that the cost of meeting the Government’s requirements for the service being acquired are known. Format and contents of the IGE will vary in accordance with the complexity and value of the requirement. |
| | | Links to documents and training to support a SAW for IT services. |
| | | MDA Contract Clauses March 2013 |
| | | A list of metrics organized by Demand Management, Supplier Management, and Process Management useful for managing service acquisitions. |
| | | 2012 report from the Naval Post Graduate School (NPS-CM-12-009) on Market Intelligence. Fig. 2 lists 57 contracting processes that require valid and complete market intelligence in order for acquisition teams to make optimal business decisions. |
| | | International Society of Parametric Analysts Parametric Estimating Handbook |
| | | Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) Template |
| | | An Army version of a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan |
| | | Research & Pricing Tool is now live on GSA's Acquisition Gateway! It has Market Research, Pricing Data, an IGCE Tool, etc. |
|  | | The Project Plan, or Plan of Actions and Milestones (POAM), uses a method of planning call RACI that designates who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed about each task by assigning people (by name) for each of these categories. See also MS Project version. |
|  | | MS Project Version - Project Plan Template |
|  | | Spreadsheet to record and manage risks |
| | | Service Acquisition Workshop (SAW) Tool. Includes products produced by high-performing MFTs by service acquisition step, guidebooks and policy, training courses, tools and other resources. |
| | | Market Research--Gathering Information about Commercial Products and Services Defense Standardization Program Office
December 2018 |
| | | DEFENSE STANDARDIZATION PROGRAM January 2008. The latest SD-5 is dated 2018 |
| | | SeeSOR is a collaborative contract monitoring tool |
| | | Example Source Selection Plan created with the ARRT-Evaluation Factors tool. |
| | | MS Word template to Identify your stakeholders and Classify if they are High, Medium or Low with respect to Influence, Importance, Commitment and Engagement. |
