Item Descriptions, Statement of Work, Performance Work Statement,
Specifications, Acquisition Planning, Funding Verification, Make-or-
Buy Analysis, PSC Codes, Contract Types, Fixed Price, Cost
Reimbursable, Risk Allocation, Full and Open Competition,
Justification and Approval, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Sealed
Bidding, Contracting by Negotiation, RFQ, IFB, RFP, LPTA, Tradeoff, 8(a)
Program, Small Business Set-Asides, Micro-Purchase, Simplified
Acquisition Threshold, Source Selection, Pre-Solicitation Conferences,
Industry Days, Evaluation Factors, Milestones, Performance Standards,
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Types of Requirements Documents and Order of Precedence (FAR)
1.FAR 11.101:
- Documents mandated for use by law
-performance oriented documents
-detailed design oriented documents, standards/specifications/related publications issued by
the government outside the defense or federal series for the non-repetitive acquisition of items
Types of Requirements Documents and Order of Precedence
1. Commercial Item Descriptions (CID)
2. Statement of Work
, 3. Performance Work Statement/Statement of Objectives
3. Specifications:
- Design
- Functional
- Performance
4. Government Standard
5. Industry Standard
Policy for describing agency needs
ØFAR Part 11 - Describing Agencies Needs
ØAgencies may select from existing requirements documents, modify or combine existing
requirements documents, or create new requirements documents to meet agency needs,
consistent with the following order of precedence:
(1) Documents mandated for use by law.
(2) Performance-oriented documents (e.g., a Performance Work Statement (PWS) or Statement
of Objectives (SOO). (See FAR 2.101)
How do you verify that funds are available
1.Agency, Fiscal Year, Appropriation Category, What category is bolded
What might restrictive language cause in a requirements document