Acquisition Workforce Spotlight: Kimberly Himes, Department of Transportation
1. How long have you worked with the Department of Transportation (DOT), and what was your background before your current position?
Dig Deeper Into the FAR Overhaul
The FAR is undergoing its most ambitious transformation in decades, and it all starts here. Read Part 2 of GSA’s blog series, The Path Forward – Navigating the New FAR Landscape.
Now Available! FAC 098 Contract Innovation Exploration
FAI and OFPP have released a new online course, FAC 098 Contract Innovation Exploration, in FAI CSOD. This online self-paced course is for all acquisition workforce members (FAC-C, FAC-COR, and FAC P/PM) and consists of eight (8) individual activities that students can complete in any order. The course should take about 90 minutes to complete and students will earn 1.5 CLPs. Below are the learning objectives of the course:
Contractor Reporting – Automated Notifications and Reminders
Contracting officers are responsible for ensuring that contract requirements are being met. Contract requirements often include various reports that must be submitted to the government by contractors within timeframes or by certain dates specified in law or regulation.
Contractor reporting requirements can be numerous and varied and must be managed by both the government and the contractor.
Those that are FAC-C certified as of Feb. 1, 2023 will be automatically awarded the new FAC-C (Professional) certificate in FAI CSOD
If you’re a contracting professional, watch this video to learn about the future of the FAC-C framework and what it means for you.
If you’re a supervisor of contracting professionals, watch this video to understand how this will impact your team.
Have questions? watch this video
Fusion Procurements
This technique fuses or brings together multiple requirements into a single solicitation from what would normally be multiple separate solicitations for each specific requirement. The varying requirements could be the same, similar, or completely different documents combined into the single solicitation. Prior to issuing the solicitation, the acquisition team would determine the evaluation strategy for each requirement outlined.
Betterment
Betterment is a process where vendors have the opportunity, in a dedicated space in their quote or proposal, to outline specific aspects of their proposed solution that exceed or enhance the government’s requirement and the value those aspects bring to the government. These Betterment promises are submitted as a stand-alone factor and are considered in the overall tradeoff analysis. These Betterment promises are captured and included in the awarded requirements document (award) replacing the former minimums of the original requirements document (solicitation).
Acquisition Workforce Spotlight: Jonathan Barkand, Defense Acquisition University
1. How long have you worked with the Defense Acquisition University (DAU), and what was your background before your current position?
Acquisition Excellence 2022 Awards
Acquisition is a catalyst to support critical public priorities such as domestic sourcing, supply chain risk management, and much more! Our acquisition workforce is the most important part of our acquisition system so it’s especially important to support them. The Acquisition, Program Management, and Small Business Excellence Awards recognize acquisition professionals who contribute to outstanding improvements in acquisition throughout the federal government.
