1. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center James K. Warrington, Executive Director

2. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center Status of feasibility study for use of strategic contracts for CBRN. Acquisition report: Selected recommendations from the OMB Acquisition Advisory Panel to the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Topics:

3. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center Status: We are researching RDECOM AC, DTRA & JPEO-CBD contract activity. RDECOM AC is currently managing 44 actions for JPEO-CBD. Obtaining contract activity from DTRA & JPEO-CBD. Next steps: review requirements, organize into logical spend categories and buying offices, begin discussions to define future requirements. Strategic Contracts

4. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center Seven chapters: Improving implementation of PBSA. The Federal Acquisition workforce. The role of contractors supporting Government. Report of Federal Procurement Data. Draft Report is available at Acquisition Advisory Panel website: http://acquisition.gov/comp/aap/index.html Acquisition Report: Report of the OMB Acquisition Advisory Panel to OFPP Interagency contracting. Small Business. Commercial practices.

5. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center Recommendation: Improve the Requirements Process Greater emphasis on: Defining requirements. Competition and fixed price offers. Monitoring contract performance. Establish requirements analysis and development centers of expertise. Complex service requirements require advance approval of KO & PM. Acquisition Report: Report of the OMB Acquisition Advisory Panel to OFPP

6. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center Recommendation: Encourage Competition: MACs Include a clear statement of requirement. Require a reasonable response period. Disclose significant evaluation factors and relative importance. Document of basis of award and trade off analysis. Publish all sole source orders. Permit post award debriefing for awards >$5M. Permit protests of orders >$5M. Acquisition Report: Report of the OMB Acquisition Advisory Panel to OFPP

7. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center Recommendations: Performance Based Service Acquisitions Modify the FAR by defining a Baseline Performance Case in the PWS. Publish a Best Practices Guide on development of measurable performance standards. Improve post award contract performance and monitoring by creating a “Performance Improvement Plan” tailored to each acquisition. Acquisition Report: Report of the OMB Acquisition Advisory Panel to OFPP

8. Army Contracting: One Community Serving Our Soldiers, Serving Our Nation U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command Acquisition Center Recommendations: Performance Based Service Acquisitions OFPP should provide guidance on types of incentives. COTRs should receive PBSA training and be designated as Contracting Officer Performance Representatives (COPRs). Acquisition Report: Report of the OMB Acquisition Advisory Panel to OFPP