Module 3 - Major Capability Acquisition Flashcards
Acquisition Strategy
- Comprehensive, integrated plan developed as part of acquisition planning activities.
- It describes the business, technical, and support strategies to manage program risks and meet program objectives.
- Defines the relationship between the acquisition phases and work efforts, and key program events such as decision points, reviews, contract awards, test activities, production lot/delivery quantities, and operational deployment objectives
Key objectives: - Minimize time and cost needed to satisfy validate needs
- Satisfy identified, validated needs for technology products and services
- Maximize affordability
Six major Acquisition Strategy Elements
- Business Strategy
- Contracting Strategy
- Major Contract(s)
- Incentives
- Technical Data Management
- Sustainment
Acquisition Strategy Element: Business Strategy
- Address the main contracting approach, including contract types
- How the competition will be sought, promoted, and sustained
- Source selection procedures, provisions, and sources
- Product support considerations; and leasing arrangements
Acquisition Strategy Element: Contracting Strategy
Explain and, to the extent necessary, provide the analysis and rationale for the contracting strategy
* Justify the use of fixed-price or cost-plus vehicles
* Explain why the incentives provided were chosen and why there is the confidence that they will successfully motivate the contractor to provide the performance desired by the government.
Acquisition Strategy Element: Major Contract(s)
Identify the number and type of contracts, deliverable items, options, exit criteria, contracting plan (competitive versus sole source and future down-select options), along with any other considerations.
Acquisition Strategy Element: Incentives
- For each major contract, describe the contract incentives in detail.
- State how contract incentives are going to be employed to achieve required cost, schedule, and performance outcomes.
- If more than one incentive is planned for a contract, the Technology Development Strategy (TDS) and Acquisition Strategy should explain how the incentives complement each other and do not interfere with one another.
Acquisition Strategy Element: Technical Data Management
The strategy for Acquisition Category (ACAT) I and II programs shall assess the long-term technical data needs for the system and reflect that assessment in both the TDS and the acquisition strategy.
Acquisition Strategy Element: Sustainment
- The acquisition strategy should provide an overview of the sustainment-related contract(s) and performance-based agreements, with government and industry providers describing how the integrated product support package will be acquired for the system being supported.
- The discussion should include:
- contract/agreement and length, along with major terms and conditions
- performance measures being used, and the portion of the system covered with the associated sustainment-related functions, plus hardware and data covered in each contract/agreement.
Acquisition Program Baseline (APB)
- An agreement between the Program Manager (PM) and the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) that documents the program cost, schedule, and performance baselines.
- The first APB is approved by the MDA prior to a program entering the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase or at program initiation, whichever occurs later.
Program Deviation Report (PDR)
Describes deviations (also called “breaches”) to the Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) to the Defense Acquisition Executive (DAE) and Component Acquisition Executives (CAEs).
- Within 30 days of the occurrence of the program deviation, the PM will submit a PDR to the MDA providing the reasons for the program deviation and the actions that need to be taken to bring the program back within the baseline parameters
- Within 90 days of the occurrence of the program deviation, one of the following should have occurred:
- The program is back within APB parameters; a new APB (changing only those parameters that were breached) has been approved
- Overarching IPTs (OIPT)-level or equivalent Component-level review has been conducted to review the program manager’s proposed baseline revisions and make recommendations to the MDA regarding the parameters that were breaches.
Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) Format
- Executive Summary
- Program Overview
- Program Cost
- Program Schedule
- Key Performance Parameters (KPP) (Threshold and Objectives)
- Key System Attributes (KSA) (Threshold and Objectives)
- Milestone Decision Authority (MDA) approval for entry into the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) Phase
- Technical Baseline
- Configuration Baseline
Five Major Capability Acquisition Phases
- Material Solutions Analysis (MSA)
- Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR)
- Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD)
- Production and Deployment (PD)
- Operations and Sustainment (O&S)
Material Solutions Analysis (MSA) Purpose
Assesses potential solutions for a needed capability in an Initial Capabilities Document (ICD) and satisfies the phase-specific Entrance Criteria for the next program milestone designated by the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA).
Main task during this phase is to conduct an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
Material Solutions Analysis (MSA) Tasks
- Assess all potential solutions for a stated need
- Develop a preliminary Acquisition Strategy
- Develop a Technology Development Strategy (TDS)
- Develop program goals for any needed development of critical enabling technologies
- Conduct an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) leading to selection and approval of a materiel
- Develop a draft Capabilities Development Document (CDD)
- Develop a Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)
- Develop Initial Support and Maintenance Concepts (Life-Cycle Sustainment Plan)
- Develop the Life-Cycle Signature Support Plan (LSSP)
- Understand Research and Development Costs
- Satisfy phase-specific criteria for the nest program milestone
- Select the PM and Program Management Office
Material Solutions Analysis (MSA) Reviews
- Initial Technical Review (ITR)
- Alternative System Review (ASR)
Material Solutions Analysis (MSA) Completion Markers
- AoA has been completed
- Material solution for capability need is recommended
- Phase specific entrance criteria for the initial review milestone have been satisfied
Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) Purpose
- Reduce technology risk, engineering integration, life-cycle cost risk and to determine the appropriate set of technologies to be integrated into a full system.
- The TMRR phase conducts competitive prototyping of system elements, refines requirements, and develops the Functional and Allocated Baselines of the end-item system configuration
Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) Tasks
- Develop Live-Fire T&E Waiver request (if appropriate)
- Develop Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)
- Develop Risk Assessment
- Develop Systems Engineering Plan
- Develop Programmatic Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation (PESHE)
- Develop Compliance Schedule for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
- Develop Program Protection Plan (PPP)
- Develop Technology Readiness Assessment
- Develop Should Cost
- Develop Cost Capability Analysis (CCA)
- Develop Capability Development Document (CDD), & System Requirements Document (SRD)
- Validated System Support and Maintenance Objectives and Requirements
- Provide Inputs to the Integrated Baseline Review (IBR), Information Support Plan (ISP), System Threat Assessment (STAR), Acquisition Strategy, Affordability Assessment, Cost and Manpower Estimates, and System Safety.
