1. Contracting & Coffee
July 2019
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2. Understand Significant Extent
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Understand Significant Extent
How to determine Team Lead and Team Member relationship
What is the solution requested?
Is there any Program of Record integration?
How to be a Rockstar Team Lead
Structure
Data Calls
Accountability
How to be Team Member who gets invited back to the party
Responsiveness
Proactive
Team spirit
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3. Significant Extent determined
Statute
Translation
Why This Matters
A new key technology, product or process;
A novel application or approach to an existing technology, product or process;
A material increase in the performance, efficiency, quality or versatility of a key technology, product or process;
Accomplishment of a significant amount of the prototype project;
Cause a material reduction in the cost or schedule of the prototype project
This is a subjective determination of the Agreements Officer (with support from team).
Contractors should provide adequate & meaningful information to facilitate this critical determination.
“There is at least one nontraditional defense contractor or nonprofit research institution participating to a significant extent in the prototype project.”
[1 of the 4 conditions for award eligibility]

4. Team positioning determination
Requested Solution
What are the asking for in this RFS?
What are the challenges?
Current Solution
What are they doing today?
What is working and not working?
Your Solution
Have you ever solved this problem before?
How would you solve this problem?

5. Team Lead (the Performer) vs Team Member
Direct access to Government team members
Responsible for Contractual Items and Compliance
Leads the writing and schedule
Responsible for Fiscal Dependencies and Schedules
Manages all team members and solutioning
Highest level of insight and control over the solution
Team Member
Responsible for all flow down Contractual Items and Compliance
Dependent on the payment schedule agreed to with the Lead
Must respond quickly and completely to all data calls
Must communicate proactively with Lead Performer about all issues to include, but not limited to, schedule, pricing, & solutioning

6. Program of Record (POR) What is POR Importance Relevance
Line item in budget
Response to approved need
Clear application/Approved
Importance
Correlated acquisition approach
Embedded application
Requirement based procurement
Relevance
Tie back to a POR means more approved funding
More likelihood of a stable acquisition approach Resistance to infusion of innovation likely

7. How to be a Rockstar Team Lead
Transparency
Communicate
Accountability
Evaluate Gaps and Risk
Plan

8. Your Team Team Lead- Plan Your Organization Identify Problem
Identify your Solution
Infrastructure Support
Find Gaps in solution
List requirements for response
Plan Team
Your Team
List team requirements
List what teaming partners to solve the problem
Make a matrix of all data
List timeframes for response for team members

9. Team Lead- Communication
Tell the team: What and when do you need
Expect from the team: Consistent communication and requested information
Tips:
Be clear with expectations
Communicate often and clearly
Make due dates
Set weekly/Bi-weekly meetings
Celebrate the small successes
OUR PLATFORM
NSTXL bridges the public and private sectors to accelerate the discovery, development and deployment of innovative technology solutions for operational missions and installations of the U.S. Military at home and abroad.

10. Team Member- How to be successful
Be candid with what you have done and can do
Things change, roll with the punches
Provide clear documents
Check costs and solutions
Be responsive
Be accessible
Participation
Accuracy
Transparency
Flexibility
OUR PLATFORM
NSTXL bridges the public and private sectors to accelerate the discovery, development and deployment of innovative technology solutions for operational missions and installations of the U.S. Military at home and abroad.

11. Team Member- Preparation
Show the Lead your business practices
Be eager to help
Responsive
Be easy to reach to illustrate how you will preform when you win
Accessible
What solution does the team need from you to be successful
Technical

12. Team Member- Flexibility and Transparency
Understand that things will change and be flexible
Be honest with what you are doing currently and what is on your roadmap
Continue to support when the landscape is dynamic

13. NSTXL Team NSTXL Teresa Speck, TReX Director teresa@nstxl.org
Dr. Larry Solliday, SVP Acquisition and Technology
Bernice Glenn, SVP Strategic Membership
Kasia Chaberski, Marketing and Communications
Hannah Goodman, Membership