ACQUISITION EXCELLENCE Acquisition Innovation in Action ACQUISITION EXCELLENCE Acquisition Innovation in Action March 12, 2019 Grand Hyatt DC ACQUISITION EXCELLENCE Acquisition Innovation in Action March 12, 2019 Grand Hyatt DC

Innovative Acquisition Joint Venture Partnerships (JVPs) Bringing Innovation to the Government by Leveraging Partnerships with Industry Available to all Federal Agencies in partnership with Commerce’s NTIS. JVP projects often bring national level impacts across the Government. Independent of the FAR, NTIS provides direct, effective engagement with industry to address data science needs in an Agile manner. Innovative Acquisition Joint Venture Partnerships (JVPs) Deputy Director National Technical Information Service (NTIS) U.S. Department of Commerce GCapella@ntis.gov (703) 605-6532

30 Data Science Joint Venture Partners with Open Teaming Flexibility Bringing Innovation to the Government by Leveraging Partnerships with Industry 30 Data Science Joint Venture Partners with Open Teaming Flexibility 1901 Group, LLC Arcadia Data, Inc. ASET Partners Corporation Bayes Impact Berico Technologies, LLC Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. Cherokee Nations Technology Solutions, LLC Civis Analytics data.world Deloitte Consulting LLP D&B Government Solutions EBO, Inc. Esri Excella Consulting, Inc. Govini Hypatia Project, LLC /dba/Dendrite Technologies i3solutions, Inc. IBM Corporation ICF Incorporated, LLC Intel Maalka, Inc. (with People Power Company, and Urban.Systems) National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Onu Technology, Inc. Palantir Technologies Inc. Perspecta (formally known as HP Enterprise Services, LLC) Splice Machine, Inc. SRI International Stanford University Uncharted Software Inc. IPUMS at the University of Minnesota

Bringing Innovation to the Government by Leveraging Partnerships with Industry Project Budget: Requires Minimum Budget of $1 Million. Interagency Consensus: Requires interagency agreement (U.S. Treasury Forms 7600 A&B). Scope: Requires Agency’s project scope to be within the data services mission areas of NTIS. Participation: Requires acceptance by Agencies’ legal counsel regarding Agreement’s Terms & Conditions. Participation: Requires active Agency involvement for evaluations of submissions by Joint Venture Partners. Agency Requirements for Joint Venture Partnership (JVP) Project Project Budget: Requires Minimum Budget of $1 Million Interagency Consensus: Requires interagency agreement (U.S. Treasury Forms 7600 A&B). Scope: Requires Agency data-centric project scope targeting efficient and effective outcomes. Participation: Requires acceptance by Agencies’ general counsel of Agreement’s Terms & Conditions. Participation: Requires active Agency involvement for evaluations of submissions.

A Framework… for Accelerating Government Results Bringing Innovation to the Government by Leveraging Partnerships with Industry A Framework… for Accelerating Government Results Ideate Fed-to-Fed Collaboration – Understanding Strategic Data-Driven Priorities, Authoring Problem Statement & Kickoff of Interagency Agreement Conceptualize Fed-to-Marketplace – Hosting a “straightforward conversation” with pre-vetted Joint Venture Partners and Authoring Formal Opportunity Announcement Propose Partner Proposal Submissions – Hosting evaluation panel to perform merit-based review of partners’ proposal & presentation submissions. Partner Partner Selection – Hosting evaluation panel and authoring NTIS financial assessment (reasonableness of labor categories) to provide selecting official. Implement Agreements & Kickoff – Beginning project kickoff immediately after agencies’ legal counsel accept terms & conditions of interagency agreement.

Bringing Innovation to the Government by Leveraging Partnerships with Industry NTIS – Achieving Value… for Citizen-Services & Operational Improvements Innovative Acquisition – Providing a Capacity to Scale Talent & Technologies for Data-Driven Programs. Effective Program Outcomes – Authoring Strategically Focused, Design Thinking Problem Statements. Straightforward Conversations – Facilitating Dialogue to Reduce Risks and Clarify Target Outcomes. Efficient Data Management – Planning for a Scalable, Flexible Next Step… leveraging data as a strategic asset. Trusted Advising – Enabling any program manager to tap pre-vetted data science expertise, while benefiting from step-by-step, Fed-to-Fed advice that NTIS provides on how to successfully implement their data innovation project. Project Examples Presidentially recognized e-Verify project VA OIG and HHS OIG improve ability to address WF&A