Acquisition Strategy (Services Acquisitions)

Acquisition Strategy (Services Acquisitions) ACQuipedia Article

A Guide to DoD Program Management Business Processes, Para. 7, states "The acquisition strategy should be based on the most appropriate AAF pathway. The program content and decision points can be influenced by various considerations."  Considerations listed that are most relevant to services acquisition include:

Level of risk including threats to DoD's technological advantages
Integration activities
Life-cycle sustainment
Customer's priorities for performance
Resource constraints

The tenets of the DoD-wide architecture for the acquisition of services along with the associated review criteria (formerly listed at PGI 237.102-76):

Tenet 1:  Acquisition approach 
Tenet 2:  Clearly Defined Requirements
Tenet 3:  Period of performance
Tenet 4:  Appropriate contract type
Tenet 5:  Small Business and socio-economic considerations
Tenet 6:  Participation decision points
Tenet 7:  Competition
Tenet 8:  Objective incentives

DoD Components Acquisition Strategy templates generally reflect the eight Tenets and add Category Management as an area of interest to the Decision Authority.