1. Intergovernmental Support Agreements (IGSAs)
Information Briefing
For
ADC Boot Camp
5 August 2013
Ivan G. Bolden
Privatization and Partnerships Division

2. NDAA 13, Section 331
H 4310 NDAA 2013, authorizes military installations to enter into Intergovernmental Support Agreements (IGSA) with State and Local Governments to provide, receive, or share installation-support services if determined be in the best interests of the Department.
IGSA (aka Public-Public Partnerships) characteristics include:
Ability to sole-source with public entities
May use wage grades normally paid by State or local governments
- Enhancing mission effectiveness
Creating efficiencies and economies of scale by reducing costs
- Army or municipality must already provide the service
Excludes security guard or fire-fighting functions
Partnership agreements not to exceed 5 years 2

3. Multi-phased Intergovernmental Agreement (IGSA) Strategy
Phase I: ASA IE&E issued IGSA directive (24 Jun 13)
Phase II: ACSIM issues EXORD to ACOM/DRUs
EXORD issued as interim Army IGSA guidance
Phase III: ACSIM evaluates universe of IGSAs
Initiates Pilots
Develops lessons learned
Phase IV: Codify and promulgate IGSA Guidance 3

4. Phase I: Issue IGSA Directive
Directive signed by ASA IE&E on 24 Jun 13
Installations to “seek out public-public partnerships to maximize cost savings and cost avoidance through shared services”
Every installation to “evaluate opportunities and dialogue with State and local governments to identify opportunities for shared services”

5. Benchmark existing partnerships and those currently “in the pipeline”
Phase II: Issue EXORD
Benchmark existing partnerships and those currently “in the pipeline”
Establish benchmark for partnerships existing prior to NDAA 13
Assess for possible Best Practices & identify functional categories
Identify mechanisms used to establish partnerships (e.g., MOUs, MOAs)
Initiate pilots to assess various scenarios/challenges to implementing IGSAs
Pilot sites chosen from IMCOM, AMC, MEDCOM, USAR, ARNG
Direct coordination through legal, contracting & small business POCs during proposal development 5

6. Phase III: Evaluate IGSAs (Partnerships)
ACSIM evaluates universe of existing IGSAs
Initiates pilots
Develops lessons learned
ACSIM review portfolio of pilot IGSAs at 6 and12 months after the EXORD issued
Detect trends
Ascertain progress
Prepare joint service newsletter on IGSA Best Practices
Assess conditions for delegation of partnership approval authority
Consider future options for joint service, regional partnerships
Develop IGSA report in response to SASC Language (anticipated) in NDAA FY14 6

7. Phase IV: Codify and Promulgate IGSA Guidance
Establish clear definitions of approval tiers
Possible addition of dollar threshold values applied to approval levels
Establish metrics, progress reporting, and oversight process
Pending no major Legislative, Acquisition, Small Business or Finance and Accounting problems, will codify and promulgate further guidance in FY14 7

8. Challenges
Ensure that there is a methodology to promote fairness in dealing with multiple communities that exist outside of each Army installation/site
Ensure that all IGSAs have a solid business case analysis
Ensure that Army balances the desire for efficiencies with Small Business contracting goals
Per OGC, ensure that Army is protected from undue liabilities
Ensure that Communities can receive payment from Army in a reasonable timeframe
Ensure a common understanding of the IGSA process by local Contracting Offices and SJAs. 8

9. We will maintain close ties with other Services to share ideas
Summary
To accelerate use of IGSAs, will consider maximum delegation of approval authority, when appropriate, and balance with risk
We will maintain close ties with other Services to share ideas
and lessons learned
If changes in guidance, policy, regulation or law are required, will rely on the ARSTAF to proactively address them 9