Acquisition management / R. M. Engelbeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engelbeck, R. M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government purchasing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Government purchasing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vienna, Virginia : Management Concepts, 2002.

Summary:

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Today's Best Procurement Practices "Acquisition Management is a great book for those in the government acquisition business.It is complete and well documented.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Reform of the Federal Acquisition System

Characteristics of the Government Market

The Federal Acquisition System: The Past 50 Years

The Federal Acquisition System: Viewed from the Inside Looking Out

The Federal Acquisition System: Viewed from the Outside Looking In

A Core Vision for the Federal Government in the 21st Century

The Implementing Acquisition Vision

Performance Standards: A Guide to Decisions and Evaluation

Customer Satisfaction

Minimizing Administrative Cost

Maintaining the Public Trust and Managing Risk

Fulfillment of Public Policy Objectives

The Information Revolution

Conclusion

Chapter 2. Introduction to the Federal Acquisition Process

The Acquisition Process

The Integrated Acquisition Team

The Program Manager/Project Manager

The Contracting Officer

Other Government Team Members

The Contractor As Member of the Integrated Acquisition Team

DoD Implementation of the Integrated Acquisition Team Concept

Communications Protocol

Managing Risks and Opportunities

Sources of Risk

Managing Risk

Managing Opportunities

Chapter 3. Acquisition Planning

Procurement Lead Time

Acquisition Planning

Determining Requirements

Market Research: Starting the Management of Risk and Opportunities Process

Genesis of Market Research

The Market Research Process

The Make-or-Buy Decision

Proprietary Information (Intellectual Property)

Patent Rights

Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software

Cooperative and Teaming Agreements

The Acquisition Plan

Contents of Written Acquisition Plans

Part One: Acquisition Background and Objectives

Part Two: Plan of Action

Chapter 4. The Solicitation.

The Solicitation As Basis for Formal Contract Agreement

The Solicitation As Basis for the RFP

The Use of Sealed Bidding

Preparing the Invitation for Bid

The Two-Step Sealed Bid Procurement Process

Contracting by Competitive Negotiation

Preparing the Request for Proposal

The Uniform Contract Format

Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest

Pre-Qualification of Offerors

Publicizing Contract Actions

Types of Contract Pricing Arrangements (Contract Types)

The Firm-Price Group of Pricing Arrangements

The Cost-Reimbursement Group of Pricing Arrangements

Selecting the Type of Contract Pricing Arrangement

Contract Types for the 21st Century

Indefinite-Delivery Contracts

Modular Contracting

Basic Agreements, Basic Ordering Agreements, and Blanket Purchase Agreements

The Federal Supply Schedule Program

Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts

Letter Contracts

Chapter 5. Bid and Proposal Preparation

Market Research and Exchanges Prior to Receipt of Solicitation

Addressing Ambiguities and Other Significant Discrepancies

Risk Allocation and Management

Forming the Bid or Proposal Team

The Bid/No-Bid Decision

Pricing of the Product

Bid Preparation under the Sealed Bidding Method

Responsiveness

Responsibility

The Purchase of Supplies and Services

The Two-Step Sealed Bidding Method

Proposal Preparation under the Contracting by Negotiation Method

Proposal Preparation Instructions

Estimating the Cost of the Proposed Effort

Forward Pricing Rate Agreements

The Subcontract Estimating Process

How Much Cost or Pricing Data Is Enough?

Proposal Review and Submission

Alpha Contracting-Government and Supplier Integration

Oral Presentations

Unsolicited Proposals

Conclusion.

Chapter 6. Source Selection, Negotiations, and Contract Award

Contractor Qualifications: Part of the Process of Managing Risk

Determining the Contractor's Responsibility

Debarment Actions

Suspension Actions

Competitive Sealed Bidding

Mistakes in Bids prior to Award

Cancellation of Invitations for Bids after Opening

Discussion of Bids prior to Contract Award

Bid Opening and Contract Award

Mistakes after Award

Two-Step Sealed Bidding

Competitive Negotiated Procurements

The Tradeoff Process

The Lowest-Price Technically Acceptable Offer

The Source Selection Participants

The Evaluation Process

Cost or Price Evaluation

The Evaluation Factors and Subfactors

Technical Evaluation

Past Performance As an Evaluation Standard

Communications Exchanges after Receipt of the Proposal

Establishing the Competitive Range

Notification to Unsuccessful Offerors

Proposal Analysis

Price Analysis

Cost Analysis

Cost Realism Analysis

Technical Analysis

Unit Prices

Unbalanced Pricing

Subcontracting Pricing Considerations

Field Pricing Assistance

Deficient Proposals

Making the Source Selection Decision

Discussions and Negotiations

Pre-Negotiation Objectives

The Negotiation Process

Negotiations in the Federal Government

Approaches to Negotiating

Contract Award

Post-Award Debriefing

Protests

Protests to the Buying Agency

Protests to the GAO

Pre-Award Protests

Protesting after Contract Award

The Difficulty of Prevailing in a Protest

Protest Costs

Chapter 7. Contract Performance

The Contract

Contract Administration Services

Authority of Government Personnel

Protecting the Public Interest

Contract Audit Services

Post-Award Orientation (Conference)

What Does the Contract Say?.

Application of the Uniform Commercial Code

Performance Measurement

Contract Changes

The Doctrine of Constructive Change

The Configuration Management Process: Key to Contract Change Control

Delays

Negotiating Changes to Government Contracts

Contractor Surveillance

Production Progress Reporting

Quality Assurance

Managing Subcontracts

Inspection and Acceptance

Post-Acceptance Rights

Contractor Accounting Systems and Internal Cost Controls

Pricing Rate Agreements

Terminations

Management of Disputes

Chapter 8. Contract Closeout

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5230-9611-X

OCLC:

1019733298