2. Welcome to the Launching of the Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE) for Services “the POWER of Knowledge Sharing” Provide a golden source for services information and resources to the acquisition community to promote transformation and excellence in making smart business decisions.

3. Purpose To assist the acquisition community in acquiring services by 1.identifying public and private sector service contracting best practices; and 2.serving as a clearinghouse for public and private sector best practices for service contracting. Authority Sec 1431(b) of the Service Acquisition Reform Act requires the OFPP Administrator to establish a center of excellence in contracting for services.

4. Mission/outcome Provide a golden source for services information and resources to the acquisition community to promote transformation and excellence in making smart business decisions.

5. Vision To establish an online resource center for service contracting best practices that will evolve in to a knowledge management repository for best practices. The center will include areas for best practices, e-tools, policy and guidance, as well as education and training opportunities. expand to include the ability to provide virtual experts, available to assist the acquisition community in planning, soliciting, evaluating, awarding, and managing service contracts. complement and enhance the Services Course under development by the DAU and FAI partnership-led interagency development team.

6. Popular Service Areas

7. ACE Website

9. ACQ265

13. 1.PBSA – (Seven Steps to PBSA – www.acqnet.gov) 2.Share in Savings - http://www.gsa.gov 3.Competitive Sourcing 4.Value Engineering 5.EVMS 6.Buying services on FSS Schedules Acquisition Strategies ________________________

14. ________________________ Managing Contracts ________________________ Monitoring Contractor Performance After award Managing Government Contracts vs Industry Contract Administration Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans vs Quality Control Plans

15. e-Tools_______________________ Planning/Market Research 1. Wage determinations 2.Contract Vehicles for services www.contractdirectory.gov www.contractdirectory.gov 3.EPLS – List of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and Non- procurement Programs 4.Fed Biz Opps (Federal Business opportunities) 5.CCR 6.OFCCP Registry of Contractors 7.Treasury List of Approved Sureties Reporting Tools 1.PPIRS – Past Performance Information Retrieval System and NIH Contractor Performance System 2.FPDS-NG

16. 1. DAU and FAI online courses 2. Conferences, workshops, trade shows and other related events 3. Service Contracting Course TBD by OFPP, DAU, FAI, GSA, and NASA 4.Knowledge Management Websites 5.Agency or industry Centers of Excellence Education and Training ________________________

24. Benefit/Value of the Site Provides a one stop resource information center for new/more junior employees and senior/more experienced practitioners; Facilitates the building of service contracting knowledge; Facilitates the rapid identification of individuals with specific knowledge or skills; Fosters knowledge sharing across organizational boundaries (“boundary spanning”); and Promotes and facilitates the capture and re-use of existing knowledge assets within the acquisition community.

25. ACE for Services – Time Line

26. Partners in Action Federal Government Agencies Industry Associations and Organizations Academia ACE for Services Points of Contact: Julia Wise, ACE for Services Project Coordinator, (202)395-7561 Jeffrey Birch, DAU Knowledge Project Officer, (703)805-4576 or jeffrey.birch@dau.mil