Training

Competitive Sourcing (CS) Training Request (As of: 15 Apr 2008 @ 7:05 AM)

Date Posted:10/25/2006 3:04:34 PM

Organizations must pay Travel Expenses; there's NO course cost to the students.

In addition to this box addressing CS Training Request submission, please also view the following four boxes for course descriptions, a suggested training matrix, the FY08 Army schedule, and FY08 USAF sponsored CS training opportunities.

If Army or USAF sponsored Competitive Sourcing (CS) training is desired, please identify your requirement to your command POC (IMCOM personnel must submit requests to Region for approval) and cc: ACSIM Competitive Sourcing Programs Branch (CSPB) to include number of students, location, desired course, and desired class dates (primary & alternate date). CSPB POC is: Dave Dengler/CALIBRE, Comm: (703) 604-2440, DSN: 664-2440, david.dengler@hqda.army.mil. Please feel free to select one or more course offerings from the list for a student or submit one or more student's for a desired class.

Student Requiring Special Assistance, as defined in the American with Disabilities Act, please identify as early as possible so parking, accessible classrooms, and other required support can be arranged. Cost associated with special needs will be the responsibility of the student’s command.

Using the following EXCEL table format to submit student information:

Last Name

First Name

Title

DSN Phone #

DSN FAX #

Comm Phone #

Comm FAX #

E-mail Address

Unit

Base/Post

MAJCOM POC

Comments

Course Date / Title / Location

Doe

John

Mr

329-0387

329-0554

703-601-0387

703-601-0554

dld123@army.mil

DPW

Ft Myers

Dave Dengler

PAIO

11 Aug 08 -- A-76 806 @ Huntsville, AL

A-76 Competitive Sourcing Training - Course Offering Descriptions (As of: 10 July 2008 @ 8:10 AM)

Date Posted:6/15/2007 6:58:44 AM

COMPARE software application training provides attendees with practical hands-on training utilizing the software. During this training, exercises will reinforce line-by-line instruction and build upon a final capstone exercise that will incorporate all lessons and circumstances introduced. Attendees will be prepared to execute their own agency cost estimate at the conclusion of this training. Additionally, attendees will be instructed on the use and applicability of the A-76 costing rules throughout the training. The most current software version, released at the time of the training, is always used. This 3.5-day course is available upon request for up to 20 students maximum and can be brought to an installation site. Requests for this training should be made to ACSIM Competitive Sourcing Programs Branch (CSPB).

DCAMIS software application training provides attendees with practical hands-on training utilizing the software. At the conclusion of this training, a student will know how to maintain their own agency's DCAMIS records. Typically, this 2-day course is available upon request for up to 12 students maximum and is conducted at CALIBRE Headquarters, Alexandria, VA. Requests for this training should be made to ACSIM Competitive Sourcing Programs Branch (CSPB).

A-76 Competitive Sourcing Courses

Six A-76 Competitive Sourcing courses are available through Defense Acquisition University (DAU) campuses, can be brought on-site to an installation by ACSIM or are available through other competitive sourcing training sources. Course lengths vary from 3-5 days and are available upon request for up to 30 students maximum. Requests for this training can be made to ACSIM Competitive Sourcing Programs Branch (CSPB). The following DAU Catalog Course Designations are:

. A76 801 - A-76 Competitive Sourcing Overview (On-line)

. A76 802 - Preliminary Planning Phase

. A76 803 - Acquisition / Performance Work Statement (PWS) / Source Selection

. A76 804 - Agency Tender Development

. A76 805 - Costing Course

. A76 806 - Post Competition Accountability

The following descriptions summarize competitive sourcing courses being offered:

1. A-76 Competitive Sourcing Overview (On-line) (A76 801) provides an introduction to the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 that implements the President's Management Agenda for Competitive Sourcing. This overview course discusses the FAIR Act and A-76 program concepts including the overall process, roles and responsibilities, legislation that affects the Department of Defense, and post competition accountability. This course is on the DAU web page as a continuous learning module, http://www.dau.mil/basedocs/continuouslearning.asp and is available for browsing or credit.

2. (Classroom) Preliminary Planning Phase (P3) (A76 802) course forms the basis for the Competitive Sourcing competition. The Agency Tender and Performance Work Statement will be based on the preliminary research and decisions made during the Preliminary Planning phase. The MEO and PWS will be strongly influenced by scoping, grouping and acquisition strategy. Preliminary Planning includes the development of Baseline Costing which is the "AS IS" cost of the activity selected for a Competitive Sourcing competition.

3. (Classroom) Acquisition/Performance Work Statement (PWS)/Source Selection (AA) (A76 803) course consists of the two actions that most directly affect the outcome of the Competitive Sourcing competition – the development of the solicitation (including the Performance Work Statement and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan) and the source selection evaluation process. This course provides the details of both actions to insure the most cost effective and efficient service provider is selected as a result of the competition.

4. (Classroom) Agency Tender Development (AT) (A76 804) course details the process of developing the government’s “proposal” and includes how to develop a Most Efficient Organization (MEO), quality control plan, and an MEO phase in plan. Although the course discusses the costing concepts of developing the costs of a government activity, it will not cover how to enter the costing data into the COMPARE program.

5. (Classroom) Costing Course (CC) (A76 805) A pilot course was held in June 2008 for subject matter experts. Stay tuned for details, we'll keep you updated via this website, our monthly newsletter, and e-mail.

6. (Classroom) Post Competition Accountability (PCA) (A76 806) course presents the post competition accountability data collection and quarterly reporting process. The course also discusses the performance decision implementation distinguishing between performance decision implementation and post competition accountability. The implementation actions are detailed where they form a foundation for the accountability requirements. The monitoring of technical performance through the QASP is discussed as well as the requirements to track actual costs and compare them to the competition estimates. Performance of option periods and the process for corrective actions and terminations are discussed as well as how to prepare for the next competition.

Date Posted:10/19/2007 1:34:54 PM

	Acronyms used on Suggested CS Training Column Headings
	OV = Defense Acquisition University (DAU) On-line OVERVIEW course available at http://www.dau.mil/basedocs/continuouslearning.asp
	AA = Acquisition Actions/Performance Work Statement (This is a 4.5 day course)
	AT = Agency Tender (This is a 4.5 day course)
	P3 = Preliminary Planning Phase (This is a 4.5 day course)
	PCA = Post Competition Accountability (This is a 3 day course)
	CM = Hands-on COMPARE costing application training (This is a 3.5 day course)
	DC = Hands-on DCAMIS application training (This is a 2 day course)

Competition Officials & Responsible Personnel	Typical Position Responsibilities	Suggested A-76 Competitive Sourcing (CS) Training
Competition Officials & Responsible Personnel	Typical Position Responsibilities	OV	AA	AT	P3	PCA	CM	DC
Agency Tender Official (ATO)	Develop, certify, and represent the agency tender; designate the Most Efficient Organization (MEO) team after public announcement, provide the necessary resources and training to prepare a competition agency tender; and be a directly interested party. (NOTE: This will depend on the level of the ATO. If they are going to be fully involved with the MEO Team, then all 6 courses are recommended. However, if they are in a management position and don't plan to interact with the MEO Team on a regular basis, the Overview course only may be appropriate).	X	X	X	X	X	X
Official Most Efficient Organization (MEO) Team Leader	Provide leadership to the MEO Team. Serve as liaison between the MEO Team and the ATO. Review requirements in the solicitation; benchmark against private industry and other government activities to explore alternatives for performing the requirements; seek improvement ideas from the impacted employees; develop a new organization chart; work with the HRA to group requirements into viable new positions; write new position descriptions; develop agency cost estimate; develop phase-in plan; ensure all requirements in the solicitation are addressed in the Agency Tender Offer . (NOTE: This will depend on the level of involvement of the ATO. If the ATO is going to be fully involved with the MEO Team, and attend all 6 courses, the MEO Team Leader will need to attend the same couses as the Official MEO Team members. However, if the ATO is in a management position and doesn't plan to interact with the MEO Team on a regular basis, the MEO Team Leader should take all 6 courses plus COMPARE).	X	X	X	X	X	X
Official Most Efficient Organization (MEO) Team Members	Review requirements in the solicitation; benchmark against private industry and other government activities to explore alternatives for performing the requirements; seek improvement ideas from the impacted employees; develop a new organization chart; work with the HRA to group requirements into viable new positions; write new position descriptions; develop agency cost estimate; develop phase-in plan; ensure all requirements in the solicitation are addressed in the Agency Tender Offer. (NOTE: If not using a separate cost expert, at least some of the MEO members should have COMPARE or a Costing Course),	X		X
Advisors to the MEO Team	Subject Matter Experts (SME) and impacted employees provide first hand knowledge of the requirements, workload and current method of operation of the incumbent organization. Other advisors may include a Legal Representative, a contract specialist or other part-time resources.	X
Costing Experts	Calculate the Agency Cost Estimate using COMPARE.	X	X	X	X		X
Human Resource Advisor (HRA)	Participate on the MEO Team; perform Employee and Labor-Relations requirements; classify of new positions in MEO; identify the adversely affected employees; accomplish employee placement entitlements; provide post-employment restrictions to employees; determine agency priority considerations for vacant positions; establish a reemployment priority list, and provide the contracting office with a list of agency's adversely affected employees.	X	X	X	X	X	X
HR Advisor to the MEO Team	Provide classification and position management expertise; ensure MEO milestones include sufficient time to execute all personnel actions; Perform a labor market analysis to determine the availability of sufficient labor to staff the MEO and implement the phase-in plan; assist in the development of the agency cost estimate by providing annual salaries, wages, etc.; and develop an employee transition plan for the incumbent agency organization early in the standard competition process.	X		X		X
Contracting Officer (CO)	Provide acquisition expertise; be a member of the PWS team; provide guidance regarding type of contract vehicle to use; provide recommendations on GFP; provide advice on how to present the requirements to attract the most competition; and assist with development of the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).	X	X	X	X	X	X
Performance Work Statement (PWS) Team Leader	Perform the seven steps in the Preliminary Planning Phase; develop the PWS and QASP; determine GFP; collect current workload, performance measures and performance standards that relate to the identified requirements; work with the Contracting Officer to develop the evaluation criteria to be included in the solicitation. This is the criteria against which all bids will be evaluated. Assist the Contracting Officer with Section B, L & M of the solicitation.	X	X	X	X	X	X
Official PWS Team Members	Collect current workload, performance measures and performance standards that relate to the identified requirements; write the PWS as a performance-based document; and verify the continued need for the requirements.	X	X		X	X
Advisors to the PWS Team	Subject Matter Experts (SME) and impacted employees provide first hand knowledge of the requirements, workload and current method of operation of the incumbent organization. Other advisors may include a Legal Representative, a contract specialist or other part-time resources.	X
Source Selection Evaluation Board (SSEB)	Evaluate all bids against the evaluation criteria printed in the solicitation. Determine if the bids received are technically acceptable. Working with the Contracting Officer, request clarifying information on bids. Make a recommendation to the SSA for award.	X
Source Selection Authority (SSA)	Review all of the evaluation documentation provided by the SSEB and determine awardee.	X

	Other Available CS Training
Post Public Announcement -- Defense Commercial Activity Management Information System (DCAMIS) Users	After a competitions Public Announcement, HQ and Installation personnel are responsible for documenting all aspects of a competition from Preliminary Phase to the closeout of the final Service Execution Performance Period. User's collect DCAMIS required information, input/edit DCAMIS data, validate and review all commercial activity information entered into the system, and monitor each competition record's compliance with OMB Circular No. A-76 (Revised), OSD and Army policy to ensure accurate data reporting to OMB and the Congress.	X				X		X

FY 2008 USAF-Sponsored CS Training Schedule (As of: 15 Sep 2008; 11:20am)

Date Posted:3/26/2008 8:32:40 AM

FY 2008 USAF-Sponsored CS Training

at Ft. Belvoir, VA., Randolph AFB, TX., & Huntsville, AL.

DAU Campus Locations

Course Info	Course Start Date	Course End Date	Course Code	Course Title	Location
07 Apr 08 -- A-76 806 -- Post Competition Accountability Course @ Ft Belvoir, VA					CLASS COMPLETED
14 Apr 08 -- A-76 804 -- Agency Tender Course @ Huntsville, AL					CLASS COMPLETED
21 Apr 08 -- A-76 803 -- Acquisition Actions [PWS] Course @ Ft Belvoir, VA					CLASS COMPLETED
05 May 08 -- A-76 802 -- Preliminary Planning Course @ Ft Belvoir, VA					CLASS COMPLETED
02 Jun 08 -- A-76 802 -- Preliminary Planning Course @ Huntsville, AL					CLASS COMPLETED
09 Jun 08 -- A-76 804 -- Agency Tender Course @ Ft Belvoir, VA					CLASS COMPLETED
08 Jul 2008 -- A-76 806 -- Post Competition Accountability Course @ Ft Belvoir, VA					CLASS COMPLETED
21 Jul 08 -- A-76 802 -- Preliminary Planning Course @ Ft Belvoir, VA					CLASS COMPLETED
12 Aug 08 -- A-76 806 -- Post Competition Accountability Course @ Huntsville, AL					CLASS COMPLETED
22 Sep 08 -- A-76 803 -- Acquisition Actions [PWS] Course @ Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX	22 Sep 2008	26 Sep 08	A-76 803	Acquisition Actions [PWS] Course	Randolph AFB, San Antonio, TX

If USAF sponsored Competitive Sourcing (CS) training is desired, please identify your requirement to your command POC (IMCOM personnel must submit requests through Region/IMCOM HQ for approval) and cc: ACSIM Competitive Sourcing Programs Branch (CSPB) to include number of students, location, desired course, and desired class dates (primary & alternate date). CSPB POC is: Annie Stark, Comm: (703) 601-7476, DSN: 329-7476, annie.stark@hqda.army.mil. Please feel free to select one or more course offerings from the list for a student or submit one or more student's for a desired class.