1. 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

2. 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
(703)

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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