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Acquisition Documents
Lesson 7, Wk 3
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01/23/2014

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Term
Identify three Acquisition Management Document Categories addressed by Title X, U.S. Code.
Definition
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Acquisition POLICY Documents
Acquisition MANAGEMENT Documents
Acquisition REPORTING Documents
Term
Acquisition POLICY Documents
Definition
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Laws, Directives, Policies and
Regulations designed to provide guidance to the PM and controls to the Acquisition Process
Term
Acquisition MANAGEMENT Documents
Definition
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Actively used by Acquisition Professionals to assist in monitoring , managing and decision making
Term
Acquisition REPORTING Documents
Definition
Slide 2
Used primarily by high level decision makers to maintain visibility over high cost programs
Term
Major Themes of the 2003 Revision of the DoD Series (5 total)
Definition
Slide 5

Flexibility - Tailoring
Responsiveness - Evolutionary
Innovation – Business Practices
Discipline - Goals
Streamlined – Decentralization and Empowerment
Term
3 characteristics of an Acquisition Strategy
Definition
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1. Overarching Strategy – A PM’s Roadmap through the Acquisition Process

2. A PM’s high-level business and technical management approach designed to achieve program objectives within specified resource constraints.

3. Provides an integrated master schedule (Program Structure)

4. Evolves through an iterative process

5. Tailored for each program

6. Structured to achieve stability by minimizing risk
Term
What is an APB?
Definition
Acquisition Program Baseline

A "Contract" between the PM, SAE, and DAE on what the state of the Weapon System should be during each phase
Term
What 3 program parameters are documented in an APB?
Definition
Slide 12

Performance Thresholds
Schedule
Key Cost
Term
When is the APB updated and formally brief/approved?
Definition
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The APB is updated and briefed at each Milestone Decision Brief
Term
What is the STA?
Definition
System Threat Assessment.

it is the basic authoritative threat assessment, required for all ACAT I programs, tailored for and focused on, a particular U.S. major defense system
Term
What is the purpose of the STA
Definition
It describes the threat to be countered in the projected threat environment.
Term
Who prepares the STA?
Definition
The threat information references Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) validated documents.
Term
What is DAES?
Definition
Defense Acquisition Executive Summary
Term
What is the purpose of DAES?
Definition
to highlight both potential and actual program problems to the USD(AT&L) before they become significant.
Term
Who submits the DAES? To whom? When?
Definition
When directed by the USD(AT&L), the DAES is submitted quarterly by the PM. Typically DoD internal.
Term
What is a SAR?
Definition
Select Acquisition Report
Term
What is the purpose of the SAR?
Definition
provides standard, comprehensive summary reporting of cost, schedule, and performance information for major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs), both ACAT IC and D, within the Department of Defense (DoD) and to Congress
Term
Who submits the SAR? To whom? When?
Definition
Annual or Quarterly Summary submission by the PM to SECDEF, and eventually to Congress.
Term
What are the 2 major external Program Reports?
Definition
The SAR and DAES
Term
What is MDD?
Definition
Materiel Development Decision
Term
What is the purpose of the MDD?
Definition
At the Materiel Development Decision review, the Joint Staff presents the JROC recommendations and the DoD Component presents the ICD including: the preliminary concept of operations, a description of the needed capability, the operational risk, and the basis for determining that non-materiel approaches will not sufficiently mitigate the capability gap.
Term
What does the MDA approve in the MDD
Definition
AoA study guidance
Determines the acquisition phase of entry
Identifies the initial review milestone
Designates the Lead DoD Component
Approves the Acquisition Decision Memorandum (ADM)
Term
The MDD is the formal entry point into the acquisition process and is mandatory for all programs.
(T/F)
Definition
True
Term
What is a contract?
Definition
A mutually binding legal relationship obligating the seller to furnish the supplies or services (including construction) and the buyer to pay for them.
Term
Responsibility of Contracting Officer
Definition
Providing procurement support to the PM. Authority derived from FAR
Only individual authorized to legally bind the Govts in contractual obligations.
Has authority to enter into, administer, & terminate contracts
Term
Risk rests mainly with the contractor in Fixed Price Contracts.
(T/F)
Definition
True
Term
Fixed Price Contracts are used when risk of performance is High.
(T/F)
Definition
False.
LOW
Term
Fixed Price Contracts are used when risk of performance is high.
(T/F)
Definition
True
Term
Purpose of the SOW
Definition
Establishes and defines in clear, understandable terms what the contractor must do (non-performance specification requirements) and what goods or services are to be provided for the contractor to get paid
Term
Purpose of the SOW
Definition
Establishes and defines in clear, understandable terms what the contractor must do (non-performance specification requirements) and what goods or services are to be provided for the contractor to get paid
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