Organization: Contract Management (CM)
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Publication United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) CONTRUCTION MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK December 2009(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-02-11) Hearl, Christopher; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Contract Management; Graduate StudentThis handbook is meant to serve as a tactical guide for Contingency Contracting Officers (CCOs) performing construction-focused activities within the USSOCOM theatre of operations. This handbook is not intended to override or contradict any applicable regulation, policy, or standard operating procedure, nor is it intended to cover contingency contracting principles from A-Z. For an overview of contingency contracting fundamentals, see the USSOCOM Contingency Contracting Module or Contingency Contracting-A Joint Handbook for the 21st Century. As an acquisition professional, a CCO should always practice responsible stewardship, flexibility, and adaptability to best support mission objectives. While this handbook will provide examples, possible solution sets, and guiding principles for successful construction management by a CCO, no two contingency experiences are the same. Thus, this handbook is intended to help the CCO operate with a synergistic approach to integrating the joint capabilities of the expeditionary environment.Publication Acquisition Research Conference 18 May 05(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-05) McKinney, Rich; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Research and Sponsored Programs Office (RSPO); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)Publication Managing the Services Supply Chain in the Department of Defense: Empirical Study of the Current Management Practices in the Army(2009-09-30) Apte, Aruna; Apte, Uday; Rendon, Rene G.; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Contract ManagementThis paper presents the results of the fourth research project in our ongoing research on the management of services acquisition in the Department of Defense. In this empirical study, we developed and used a Web-based survey to collect data on the acquisition strategy, procurement methods, and contract types used at Army installations. Specifically, we studied the current management practices in such areas as lifecycle approach, project management, organization/management structure, and training provided to services acquisition personnel. We found that the majority of the services contracts awarded and administered conformed to our expectation. For example, most service contracts, except in the case of medical services, are competitively bid, fixed-priced awards with a minimal use of any type of contract incentives. The survey respondents also indicated that the number of authorized staff positions in the Army for services acquisition was inadequate and furthermore that the existing billets were inadequately filled. In this paper, we analyze the implications and impact of different approaches on the effectiveness of the contract management process and make recommendations for improving the management of services acquisition in the Army.Publication Contract Management Process Maturity: Empirical Analysis of Organizational Assessments(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-02-01) Rendon, Rene G.; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Contract ManagementThis research builds upon the emerging body of knowledge on contract management workforce competence and organizational process capability. In 2003, the Contract Management Maturity Model (CMMM) was first developed for the purpose of assessing an organization''s contract management process capability. Specifically developed for the Department of Defense''s (DoD) contracting agencies and defense industry partners, the CMMM has been applied at Air Force, Army, Navy, and defense industry organizations. During the period between 2007 and 2009, assessments were conducted at Army, Navy, Air Force, and joint DoD contracting organizations using the CMMM. These organizations included the Army Aviation and Missile Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Air Force Logistics Center, and the US Transportation Command. The primary purpose of this paper is to summarize the assessment ratings, analyze the assessment results in terms of contract management process maturity, discuss the implications of these assessment results for process improvement and knowledge management opportunities, and provide insight on consistencies and trends from these assessment results to DoD contract management. This paper also discusses these assessment results in an attempt to characterize the current state of contract management practice within the Department of Defense.Publication Contracting out government procurement functions: an analysis(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007) Lamm, David V.; Yoder, E. Cory; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Research and Sponsored Programs Office (RSPO); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Graduate School of Business and Public PolicyThis report presents the results of a study investigating the issues surrounding contracting out of Government procurement functions to private firms. Surveys were completed by and interviews were conducted with contracting and program office personnel in the Department of Defense as well as State and local government procurement officials. The primary focus of the research was the effectiveness of contracts which have been used to perform contracting functions, but also included are several problem areas related to the award and administration of these contracts.Publication Analysis of Contract Management Processes at Fleet & Industrial Supply Centers (FISC) Worldwide(2009-06-01) Bautista, Romeo; Ward, Carl; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP)Publication Services Supply Chain in the Department of Defense: Drivers of Success in Services Acquisition(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2014-01-10) Rendon, Rene G.; Apte, Uday; Dixon, Michael; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)Over the last few decades, services acquisition has continued to increase in scope and dollars obligated. Contracting for services has grown in relation to systems contracting over the last couple of decades and is the fastest growing procurement sector for the DoD. This growth in dollars obligated has attracted increased political attention and scrutiny on an already problematic defense contracting process. The DoD has responded to these problems by improving services acquisition in several different ways, but even with these improvements, services acquisition still has problems in the areas of procurement planning, source selection, and contract administration. This research continues our ongoing investigation in DoD services acquisition by exploring the determinants of contract success. We use the DoD Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) as a proxy for contract success and determine if there are any relationships between contract variables (type of service, contract dollar value, level of competition, contract type) and contract success based on CPARS ratings (quality of product/service, schedule, cost control, business relations, management of key personnel, and utilization of small business). Our research findings revealed that contract dollar value and level of competition affected the success of a service contract. The findings also revealed that the failure rate in CPARS was lower than expected. Finally, we saw that as the percentage of 1102 filled billets increased, the contract failure rate decreased. We also observed that as workload dollars per filled billet increased, contractor performance ratings also increased, and thus contract failure ratings decreased. From these findings, the report presents a discussion of the results and the managerial implications.Publication An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the U.S. Navy's Strategic Sourcing Policy for Service Contracts(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-06-15) Dieges, Eric; Meyer, John; Shaw, Matthew; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Contract Management; Graduate StudentRecent research conducted at the Naval Postgraduate School has proven that applying a pricing optimization model to Base Operations Support Services (BOSS) contracts on US Air Force installations results in both significant cost savings and optimization of contracting resources. This project will attempt to prove that similar improvements can be made by applying the same model to installation service contracts for use by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC).Publication The Yoder three-tier model for optimal planning and execution of contingency contracting(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-05-01) Yoder, Cory; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Graduate School of Business and Public PolicyPublication A comparative analysis of the Department of Defense (DoD) passive radio frequency identification (RFID) policy and perspective in terms of site implementations(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006-06) Meyer, Jacqueline M.; Demirel, Sefa; Contract Management (CM); Graduate School of Business & Public Policy (GSBPP); Acquisition Research Program (ARP); Graduate School of Business and Public Policy (GSBPP)The purpose of this MBA project is to conduct a comparative analysis of DoDs policy and perspective on passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in terms of site implementations at the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC), Norfolk, Virginia, Ocean Terminal Division (OTD), and the Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin (DDJC), California. The FISC, Norfolk, OTD, Container Freight Station has been at the forefront of DoD activities implementing passive RFID and is currently using RFID tags to process all shipments except household goods. DDJC is equipped with RFID readers and the required supporting infrastructure, and has been accepting pallets and cases with passive RFID tags since January 2005. DoD is in the midst of a fundamental transformation of its logistics capabilities, and RFID is becoming an integral element of that transformation with the potential to revolutionize the entire supply chain. On July 30, 2004, the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics issued a memorandum delineating the final policy and an extensive plan for RFID implementation within DoD. This project will explain DoDs passive RFID policy and perspective and provide observations from the site implementations. Ultimately, the project will present the cause(s) of compliance variances between the projected plan based on DoD policy and the actual implementations at DoD activities.