Download or read book DoD Product Support Business Case Analysis Guidebook 2011 written by United States Government US Department of Defense and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DoD) must continue to improve product support, with a specific focus on increasing readiness and enabling better cost control. In 2008, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness (ASD(L&MR)) established a group of senior government, industry, and academia representation called the Product Support Assessment Team (PSAT) to drive this effort. In November 2009, Dr. Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)), approved and signed the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Product Support Assessment (WSAR-PSA) report and its eight integrated recommendations to improve life cycle product support decision making process. In addition to the PSAT effort, this DoD Product Support Business Case Analysis BCA Guidebook supports Dr. Carter's November 2010 memorandum on "Better Buying Power" by laying out a uniform methodology for accurate, consistent, and effective support of value-based decision making, while better aligning the acquisition and life cycle product support processes. This guidebook fulfills the need to standardize the DoD BCA process used to conduct analysis of costs, benefits, and risks. A senior team of system engineers, logisticians, acquisition experts, and financial experts from the Services, Agencies, Industry, and Academia embedded their broad knowledge and experience into this guidebook to help BCA practitioners serve their primary customers, the Warfighter and the Taxpayer. This guidebook provides overall guidance for conducting a Product Support BCA. This guidebook should be used in conjunction with other analytical tools and guidance and can be further tailored for specific types of BCAs.

Download or read book Defense Acquisition DoD Should Clarify Requirements for Assessing and Documenting Technical Data Needs written by Jack E. Edwards and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some DoD weapon systems remain in the inventory for decades. Therefore, decisions that program officials make during the acquisition process to acquire or not acquire rights to technical data (TD) can have far-reaching implications for DoD's ability to sustain and competitively procure parts and services for those systems. DoD needs access to TD to control costs, maintain flexibility in acquisition and sustainment, and maintain and operate systems. This report reviews the extent to which: (1) DoD has updated its acquisition and procurement policies; (2) selected acquisition programs adhered to requirements to document TD needs; and (3) DoD took actions to improve TD decisions by program managers. Illus. This is a print on demand report.

Download or read book Contract Pricing Reference Guides written by Wolters Kluwer and published by CCH. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, single-volume resource provides the most complete guidance available for analyzing the cost and pricing aspects of federal government contracts--so you can propose and negotiate appropriate prices and win contracts. The practical Contract Pricing Reference Guide reference combines five manuals into a single source, covering: Price Analysis Quantitative Techniques for Contract Pricing Cost Analysis Advanced Issues in Contract Pricing And Federal Contract Negotiation Techniques Determine the Proper Pricing to Win Government Business Throughout these pages, you will find highly detailed explanations of how the government evaluates proposals, arrives at pricing, chooses contractors, and awards contracts. With Contract Pricing Reference Guide, you can more confidently: Conduct market research for price analysis Employ proven techniques of quantitative price analysis Propose a fair and appropriate price Confidently engage in sealed bidding Include only what's allowable in the price Employ the most effective, competitive pricing strategies And engage in effective contract negotiations The One-of-a-Kind, Time-Saving Pricing Resource The all-new Contract Pricing Reference Guide provides a road-map for how to set correct pricing and engage in the competitive bidding process. It is a practical business tool to help you acquire government contract business--and it brings all the most valuable pricing information together in an easy-access, single-volume resource that puts everything you need literally right in front of you. No other resource delivers all of this together in one place, making it the most convenient way to obtain the most vital information on pricing government contracts.

Download or read book Use of Incentives in Performance Based Logistics Contracting written by Gregory Sanders and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional contracting is primarily transactional, rewarding contractors when deliveries are made or certain process milestones are met. Performance-Based Logistic (PBL) contracting seeks to base contractor incentives on ongoing performance measures to achieve reliability and cost savings. Key to the success of these arrangements are the incentives that align the interests of the customer and the vendor. This report describes the incentives used in PBL contracts, identifies best practices, and provides recommendations for effective incentives going forward. The study team interviewed PBL practitioners including defense-unique contractors, defense-commercial contractors, and experts who are knowledgeable in the government perspective in the United States and abroad. The team supplemented these interviews by analyzing a PBL dataset of U.S. Department of Defense contracts. Of the four identified categories of incentives—time-based, financial, scope, and other—interviews found that time-based incentives stood out for their reliable appeal and relative underuse in the United States.

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Download or read book Performance Based Logistics A Program Manager s Product Support Guide written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance Based Logistics (PBL) is the preferred Department of Defense (DoD) product Support strategy to improve weapons system readiness by procuring performance, which capitalizes on integrated logistics chains and public/private partnerships. The cornerstone of PBL is the purchase of weapons system sustainment as an affordable, integrated package based on output measures such as weapons system availability, rather than input measures, such as parts and technical services. The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and /the Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) directed the application of PBL to new and legacy weapons systems. PBL Implementation is also mandated by DoD Directive 5000.1, The Defense Acquisition System, May 12, 2003. This guide is a tool for Program Managers (PMs) and Product Support Managers (PSMs) as they design product support strategies for new programs or major modifications, or as they re-engineer product support strategies for existing fielded systems. It presents a method for implementing a PBL product support strategy. PBL delineates outcome performance goals of systems, ensures that responsibilities are assigned, provides incentives for attaining these goals, and facilitates the overall life cycle management of system reliability, supportability, and total owner ship costs. It is an integrated acquisition and logistics process for providing weapons system capability.

Download or read book Performance Based Logistics written by Michael Eßig and published by Springer-Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance Based Logistics ist ein Ansatz, dessen Kern eine an messbaren Ergebnissen orientierte Lebenszyklus-Beschaffung darstellt, wobei monetäre Anreizsysteme die Optimierung der Wirtschaftlichkeit über den gesamten Nutzungszeitraum sicherstellen. Dieses Buch reflektiert die aktuelle Diskussion in Forschung und Praxis, wobei Best-Practice-Beispiele einen Austausch von Erfahrung und Wissen unterschiedlicher, auch internationaler Projekte ermöglichen.

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Download or read book Examination of the U S Air Force s Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability of the United States Air Force (USAF) to keep its aircraft operating at an acceptable operational tempo, in wartime and in peacetime, has been important to the Air Force since its inception. This is a much larger issue for the Air Force today, having effectively been at war for 20 years, with its aircraft becoming increasingly more expensive to operate and maintain and with military budgets certain to further decrease. The enormously complex Air Force weapon system sustainment enterprise is currently constrained on many sides by laws, policies, regulations and procedures, relationships, and organizational issues emanating from Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Air Force itself. Against the back-drop of these stark realities, the Air Force requested the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies, under the auspices of the Air Force Studies Board to conduct and in-depth assessment of current and future Air Force weapon system sustainment initiatives and recommended future courses of action for consideration by the Air Force. Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs addresses the following topics: Assess current sustainment investments, infrastructure, and processes for adequacy in sustaining aging legacy systems and their support equipment. Determine if any modifications in policy are required and, if so, identify them and make recommendations for changes in Air Force regulations, policies, and strategies to accomplish the sustainment goals of the Air Force. Determine if any modifications in technology efforts are required and, if so, identify them and make recommendations regarding the technology efforts that should be pursued because they could make positive impacts on the sustainment of the current and future systems and equipment of the Air Force. Determine if the Air Logistics Centers have the necessary resources (funding, manpower, skill sets, and technologies) and are equipped and organized to sustain legacy systems and equipment and the Air Force of tomorrow. Identify and make recommendations regarding incorporating sustainability into future aircraft designs.

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