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Source Selection Authority - Reviews recommendation of SSAC (or SSET))
Selects contractor - May go against SSAC Recommendation |
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Source Selection Advisory Council
Compares Contractor vs Contractor |
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Source Selection Evaluation Board
Evaluates each proposal vs source selection evaluation criteria |
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Source Selection Evaluation Team
SSAC + SSEB |
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| Who makes the decision on the vendow or contractor |
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| Does the SSA have to follow the advice of the SSAC or SSET |
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| No - SSA may or may not use the recomendation of the SSAC |
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| THe contractor that provides the best value after considering all factors of RFP - not just cost |
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| Section of RFP that provides Instructions and Notices to Offerors |
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| The part of RFP that evaluates criteria. Gov uses to asses RFP. |
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| Benefits of RFP Oral Proposals |
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| Improved Communication, Redusced Source Selection Time, Reduces Contractor Proposal Cost |
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| Provides info on contractors financial, organizational, and operational status |
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| Will evaulate proposals for cost realism |
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Developmental Testing
Item meets its specifications |
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Operational Testing
Item Meets the Users Requirements |
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| Testing results reported to Congress |
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| BLRIP Report (Effectiveness and Suitability) |
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| Vulnerability (Survivability) and Lethality Testing |
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| Beyond Low Rate Initial Production Report - Satutory requirements of Title 10 USC 2399. DOT&E analyzes the results of IOT&E conducted for each MDAP |
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| Initial Operation Test and Evaluation |
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| Director, Operational Test and Evaluation |
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| Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
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Interoperability Testing - JITC
Joint Interoperability Test Command |
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Statutory - Results Reported to Congress
Regulatory - Iteroperability Testing - JITC |
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| Early Operational Assesment |
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| An OA conducted early in the acquisition program, often of sub system or prototype to evaluate the potential. |
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Post MS-B
Evaluation of Operatioinal Effectiveness (OE) and Operational Suitability (OS) |
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Post MS-B
Evaluation of Operatioinal Effectiveness (OE) and Operational Suitability (OS) |
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EOA is Pre MS B
OA is Post MS B
IOT&E is post LRIP |
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| Precursor to IOT&E, Duing the EMD Phase, Developed after CDR |
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| Shorten the schedule, Optimize Test Assets, Cost Savings |
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| Cost as an Independend Variable |
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| formal and informal inquires must be answered quickly. Work through legislative liason office |
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| Cost growth and CAIV must be closely managed to avoid OSD, COst Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) and other questions |
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| a majpr system that is user occupied and designed to provide protection |
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| Form 1494 is sent to MCEB |
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| MDA must include a statement in the ____ that statutory required certifications have been made |
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| ADM - Aquisition Decision Memorandum |
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| organized/systematic approach that analyzes the function of system, equipment, facilities, services and supplies to ensure they achieve their essential functions at the lowest lifecycle costs consistent with required performance, reliability, quality and safety |
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| What milestone is a program officially initiated |
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| Defines authoritive, measurable, and testable parameters across one or more increments of a material capabilities solution by setting KPP and Key System Attributes neceesary to design and propose to programatic baseline. |
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| Capabilities Development Document (CDD) |
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| The ___ must be validated before the Pre-Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) and supports MS B. |
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| The CCD has to be approved before ____ |
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| ___ is responcible for disposal plan |
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| Full funding secured for life of program |
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| Need to approve FMS sale before IOT&E |
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| MDA certification and signature is required at MS ____ |
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| ACAT I programs require ____ from MDA at MS |
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| Types of congressional inquires. |
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| How many days do you have to respond to a formal congressional inquiry |
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| What TRL level is required for MS B to incorporate technology |
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| WHo valildates KPP changes |
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| Manufacturing and Production Risk |
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UNsatble requirements design, quantities, rates
Special tooling
Subcontractor Management |
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| Best Manufacturing Practices Center for Excellance - Production Risk Reducer |
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| What MRL level do you need for CDR? |
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| Assess survivability and lethality |
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| System that is human occupied |
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| Waiver excuses covered systems from full up LFT&E -- submit a plan to test sub components |
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| Must submit DD 1494 to MCEB |
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Program Aquisition Unit Cost - Program Aquisition Cost / Program Quantity
Average Procurment Until Cost |
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APB Threshold - Report to MDA
APB Deviation Report |
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15% above current
30% above baseline |
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| Nunn McCurdy Significant Breach - Notify Congress |
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25% above current APUC and PAUC
50% above baseline |
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Nun-McCurdy Critical Breach
Congress Notified
SECDEF Termination or Certification |
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| Unit Cost report is submitted by PM to CAE |
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| SECDEF Submits a ___ and certification to Congress for a cost breach |
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| What percentage life cycle cost is O&S |
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Required at MS B and C
CAPE does independent cost assesment |
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| 2 types of Affordability assesment |
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Projected Annual Approach - will address man power and funding over 6 year period
Unit Cost - compare unit cost of earlier predecessor |
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| Single point of accountability for lifecycle systems management including sustainment |
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Implements the support stragety and adjust performance requirements across PSI
PSM coordinates the entire package of who is providing what service to whom |
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| responcible for the activities and output of one or more product support providers |
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| Product Support Agreement - Contract, task order, or any type of agreement within the federal Gov for the performance of system |
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| Supportability Performance Cost Driver |
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| Address up front and early to reduce cost |
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| Trades with schedule and performance to reach goals |
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Ao requires MLDT Mean logistics delay time.
Aa is reliability
Ai is maintainability |
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Production Readiness Review
Asses MRL - Manufaturing Readiness Level
Engineer Manufacturing Development Phase EMD |
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| MAnufacture Risk will be delt with by participating in ___ |
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| IPT, establish performance targets, meet manufacturing goals |
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| TAFT is used in DT or OT? |
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| Helps Reduce cost, production, and sustainment |
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| Who determines what is covered in LFT&E |
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| MDA can change certification without congress approval |
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| Program Certification at MS B 10 USC 2366b |
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