2016 Priorities Office of Acquisition Policy Making Acquisition Better Jeff Koses January 2016
SPE Priorities both for GSA and Government-Wide Developing the Acquisition Workforce Smart and Effective Buying Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships
OAP Responsibilities – GSA WIDE GSAR, acquisition letters, and other internal acquisition policy Well-being of GSA Acquisition Workforce GSA’s Suspension and Debarment Program GSA’s internal contract review process, known as Procurement Management Reviews Delivering sound acquisition
OAP Responsibilities – Government-wide Chairs the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC) Secretariat for the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Operate the Regulatory Information Center Operate the Federal Acquisition Institute
Proposed: Acquisition Professional Development Program IMPROVE PIPELINE AND BETTER DEVELOP ENTRY LEVEL 1102 EMPLOYEES LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOURNEYMAN AND SENIOR ACQUISITION PROFESSIONALS . GROW COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND PROMOTE AN EFFICIENT MARKETPLACE IMPROVE HIRING AND STAFFING PRACTICES .
Developing Acquisition Workforce – Government-wide OFPP-Aligned Transforming the Marketplace Digital/IT Acquisition Professionals Leverage Federal and Public Content OGP-Aligned Mature data gathering and analytics capability Support GSA Acquisition Prof. Development Program strategy OMB FAC-P/PM under FITARA Partner with OPM, OCFIO for leverage and impact GSA Category Management (FAS) Leasing Certification Management/Data (PBS) FAI FY ‘16 Plan
SPE Priorities both for GSA and Government-Wide Developing the Acquisition Workforce Smart and Effective Buying Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships
What Makes a Good Contract SMART AND EFFECTIVE BUYING - GSA
39% ~8,500 148,252 $9 Billion 33 HCAs GSA Snapshot in obligations in FY14 (Roughly half of those were assisted acquisitions) 39% in small business (based on eligible dollars) ~8,500 GSA Acquisition Professionals 33 HCAs 148,252 contract actions in FY14
ACQUISITION RESOURCES IN ONE PLACE DASHBOARD AND ANALYTICS CAREER MANAGEMENT PMR CORNER POLICY LIBRARY POLICY PROCESS AND STATUS
Data Analytics Tool Sets and the Question What Makes for a Good Contract Competition Competitive One Bid Transactions Small Business Names of tools are hyperlinked
USING BIG DATA TO DRIVE BETTER ACQUISITON OUTCOMES
Making Policy Accessible to a Tech-Savvy Workforce
PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT REVIEWS More Strategic Procurement Management Review Use a Capability Maturity Model Put greater focus on Corrective Action Plans Service to HCAs, and Contracting Managers Full transparency --- PMR Corner on Acquisition Portal
Acquisition Integrity Monitoring and conducting oversight of contractor ethics and compliance programs Encouraging voluntary disclosures Protects against waste, fraud and abuse
Enable Smart & Effective Buying – Government-wide Advance rulemaking on OMB Priority rules Advance Rulemaking on Order Level Materials Modernize communication tools, eliminate paper publishing of FAR, move to XML, and introduce videos to summarize FAR changes Prepare analysis of alternatives for companion source to the Federal Acquisition Regulation Build common FY 17 Regulatory Agenda for the civilian agencies
Acquisition.GOV Launch of Video-Series beginning with FAN Restructure the FAR to provide XML output Enable download in pdf, xml, html, and word Mobile application to provide no cost FAR app APIs to share data w/ DAU/FAI for training & contract writing systems (w/ ACT-IAC and 18F) Developing a bookmark tool Fair Pay Awareness Video –
Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships SPE Priorities Developing the Acquisition Workforce Smart and Effective Buying Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships
Engagement Efforts - GSA Locking In the Ombudsman Program Can We Talk? Simplifying RFPs 4. Comment, Comment, Comment
Engagement Efforts - Government-wide Can We Talk? Comment, Comment, Comment
Jeff Koses Senior Procurement Executive Office of Acquisition Policy (MV) Office of Government-wide Policy Jeffrey.koses@gsa.gov