1. 2016 Priorities Office of Acquisition Policy
Making Acquisition Better
Jeff Koses
January 2016

2. SPE Priorities both for GSA and Government-Wide
Developing the Acquisition Workforce  
Smart and Effective Buying
Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 . 

6. 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

7. SPE Priorities both for GSA and Government-Wide
Developing the Acquisition Workforce  
Smart and Effective Buying
Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships

8. What Makes a Good Contract
SMART AND EFFECTIVE BUYING - GSA

9. 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

10. ACQUISITION RESOURCES IN ONE PLACE
DASHBOARD AND ANALYTICS
CAREER MANAGEMENT
PMR CORNER
POLICY LIBRARY
POLICY PROCESS AND STATUS

11. 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

12. USING BIG DATA TO DRIVE BETTER ACQUISITON OUTCOMES

13. Making Policy Accessible to a Tech-Savvy Workforce

14. 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

15. Acquisition Integrity
Monitoring and conducting oversight of contractor ethics and compliance programs
Encouraging voluntary disclosures
Protects against waste, fraud and abuse

16. 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

17. 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 –

18. Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships
SPE Priorities
Developing the Acquisition Workforce  
Smart and Effective Buying
Healthy and Productive Industry Relationships

19. Engagement Efforts - GSA
Locking In the Ombudsman Program
Can We Talk?
Simplifying RFPs
4. Comment, Comment, Comment

20. Engagement Efforts - Government-wide
Can We Talk?
Comment, Comment, Comment

21. Jeff Koses Senior Procurement Executive Office of Acquisition Policy (MV) Office of Government-wide Policy