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ARRANGEMENTS, WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION 2023
LESSON 0.1
Acquisition Challenges
DOD is taking new steps in transforming itself to meet the challenges of the 21st
Century. You will see a myriad of changes in various areas to ensure:
• The right personnel are in the right place at the right time,
• An efficient management system that ensures taxpayers receive the value for their
dollars,
• The military has the proper training facilities, and
• Procurement of better weapons faster to meet the national security need.
LESSON 1.1 - OVERVIEW
This module contains the following lessons:
• Overview
• Similarities and Differences Between the Private and Public Sector
• Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Missions
• Influences and Historical Perspective of the Acquisition Environment
• Summary
LESSON 1.2 - Similarities and Differences Between the Private and Public Sector
ACQUISITION: THE ACT OF ACQUIRING COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, FIELDING, OPERATING AND
MAINTAINING, AND FINALLY, DISPOSAL OF A SYSTEM.
PROCUREMENT: SYNONYM TO ACQUISITION BUT IS A TERM USED OUTSIDE THE FAR
PURCHASING: PURCHASES, RENTS, OR LEASES OF SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT THROUGH EITHER SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION PROCEDURES OR PLACEMENT OF ORDERS AGAINST PRE-ESTABLISHED CONTRACTUAL INSTRUMENTS TO
SUPPORT OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
CONTRACTING: THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING GOODS AND SERVICES: ACTUALLY PROCURING WHAT IS NEEDED.
GRANTS: A GRANT IS A LEGAL INSTRUMENT FOR TRANSFERRING MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES TO THE RECIPIENT
IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH A PUBLIC PURPOSE OF SUPPORT OR STIMULATION, WHERE THERE WILL BE NO
SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AGENCY AND THE RECIPIENT DURING THE PROCESS. GRANTS
ARE NOT GOVERNED BY THE FAR AND ARE INTRODUCED HERE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
Private and Public Sectors both:
• Buy goods and services to carry out their businesses or missions
• Want to acquire goods and services at reasonable prices
,• Use many "similar" buying processes and make purchases from "most" of the same marketplaces
,The private sector needs to have the flexibility and agility to adjust to changes and current technology in
order to stay competitive.
• Management needs to effectively implement change
• Business organization
• Hire best and brightest
• Eliminate burdensome administrative procedures
• Scrutinize policies and procedures
LESSON 1.3 - Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L)
Missions 4 PHASES OF AT&L – ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY &
LOGISTICS
1. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
2. PRODUCTION
3. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
4. DISPOSAL
Within the DoD, the AT&L mission is to:
• Provide the products and services necessary to meet the needs of operational users.
• Provide improvements in mission capabilities.
• Acquire products in a timely manner at a fair and reasonable price.
Better Buying Power (BBP) 3.0 continues the effort to increase productivity,
efficiency, and effectiveness of the DoD’s many acquisition, technology,
and logistics efforts. BBP 3.0 outlines eight focus areas:
1. Achieve Affordable ProgramsAchieve Affordable Programs
2. Achieve Dominant Capabilities While Controlling Lifecycle CostsAchieve Dominant Capabilities
While Controlling Lifecycle Costs
3. Incentivize Productivity in Industry and GovernmentIncentivize Productivity in Industry and
Government
4. Incentivize Innovation in Industry and GovernmentIncentivize Innovation in Industry and Government
5. Eliminate Unproductive Processes and BureaucracyEliminate Unproductive Processes and Bureaucracy
6. Promote Effective CompetitionPromote Effective Competition
7. Improve Tradecraft in Acquisition of ServicesImprove Tradecraft in Acquisition of Services
8. Improve the Professionalism of the Total Acquisition WorkforceImprove the Professionalism of the
Total Acquisition Workforce
The “A” in AT&L
, Acquisition:
The Acquisition career field is responsible for fulfilling a customer’s need, which might entail developing
something state-of-the-art to answer a military requirement for the very first time.
This requirement, most likely, would use the latest technology and would need to be highly reliable in
extreme environments.
These factors add risk to the process which can be lessened by teaming with the appropriate AT&L
members.
An acquisition strategy will be created and will provide a summary description of the customer’s
requirement, which the acquisition is intended to satisfy.
One aspect of the requirement for consideration would be concerns regarding interoperability.
❖ ACQUISITION SUPPORTS THE PROCESS OF FULFILLING AN AGENCY NEED
Considerations:
• Interoperability
• Multinational Interoperability
• DoD Interoperability
The “T” in AT&L
Technology:
Pursuit of new developments to maintain a technologically superior military force.
Evolutional development is a preferred strategy to ensure the warfighter has the most updated technology.
Evolutionary Acquisition Strategy:
An acquisition strategy that defines, develops, produces or acquires, and fields an initial hardware or
software increment (or block) of operational capability.
It is based on technologies demonstrated in relevant environments, time-phased requirements, and
demonstrated manufacturing or software deployment capabilities.
These capabilities can be provided in a shorter period of time, followed by subsequent increments of
capability over time that accommodate improved technology and allow for full and adaptable systems over
time.
There are two basic approaches to evolutionary acquisition:
• Spiral Development
• Increment or Block
The “L” in AT&L
Logistics
The science of planning, obtaining, maintaining, and transporting materials, personnel, and facilities.
More specifically, logistics refers to those aspects of military operations that deal with design and
development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, operation, hospitalization,
evacuation, and disposition of: materials, personnel, facilities, and services, accordingly.
ARRANGEMENTS, WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION 2023
LESSON 0.1
Acquisition Challenges
DOD is taking new steps in transforming itself to meet the challenges of the 21st
Century. You will see a myriad of changes in various areas to ensure:
• The right personnel are in the right place at the right time,
• An efficient management system that ensures taxpayers receive the value for their
dollars,
• The military has the proper training facilities, and
• Procurement of better weapons faster to meet the national security need.
LESSON 1.1 - OVERVIEW
This module contains the following lessons:
• Overview
• Similarities and Differences Between the Private and Public Sector
• Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) Missions
• Influences and Historical Perspective of the Acquisition Environment
• Summary
LESSON 1.2 - Similarities and Differences Between the Private and Public Sector
ACQUISITION: THE ACT OF ACQUIRING COVERS THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, FIELDING, OPERATING AND
MAINTAINING, AND FINALLY, DISPOSAL OF A SYSTEM.
PROCUREMENT: SYNONYM TO ACQUISITION BUT IS A TERM USED OUTSIDE THE FAR
PURCHASING: PURCHASES, RENTS, OR LEASES OF SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT THROUGH EITHER SIMPLIFIED
ACQUISITION PROCEDURES OR PLACEMENT OF ORDERS AGAINST PRE-ESTABLISHED CONTRACTUAL INSTRUMENTS TO
SUPPORT OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
CONTRACTING: THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING GOODS AND SERVICES: ACTUALLY PROCURING WHAT IS NEEDED.
GRANTS: A GRANT IS A LEGAL INSTRUMENT FOR TRANSFERRING MONEY, PROPERTY OR SERVICES TO THE RECIPIENT
IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH A PUBLIC PURPOSE OF SUPPORT OR STIMULATION, WHERE THERE WILL BE NO
SUBSTANTIAL INVOLVEMENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AGENCY AND THE RECIPIENT DURING THE PROCESS. GRANTS
ARE NOT GOVERNED BY THE FAR AND ARE INTRODUCED HERE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
Private and Public Sectors both:
• Buy goods and services to carry out their businesses or missions
• Want to acquire goods and services at reasonable prices
,• Use many "similar" buying processes and make purchases from "most" of the same marketplaces
,The private sector needs to have the flexibility and agility to adjust to changes and current technology in
order to stay competitive.
• Management needs to effectively implement change
• Business organization
• Hire best and brightest
• Eliminate burdensome administrative procedures
• Scrutinize policies and procedures
LESSON 1.3 - Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L)
Missions 4 PHASES OF AT&L – ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY &
LOGISTICS
1. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
2. PRODUCTION
3. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
4. DISPOSAL
Within the DoD, the AT&L mission is to:
• Provide the products and services necessary to meet the needs of operational users.
• Provide improvements in mission capabilities.
• Acquire products in a timely manner at a fair and reasonable price.
Better Buying Power (BBP) 3.0 continues the effort to increase productivity,
efficiency, and effectiveness of the DoD’s many acquisition, technology,
and logistics efforts. BBP 3.0 outlines eight focus areas:
1. Achieve Affordable ProgramsAchieve Affordable Programs
2. Achieve Dominant Capabilities While Controlling Lifecycle CostsAchieve Dominant Capabilities
While Controlling Lifecycle Costs
3. Incentivize Productivity in Industry and GovernmentIncentivize Productivity in Industry and
Government
4. Incentivize Innovation in Industry and GovernmentIncentivize Innovation in Industry and Government
5. Eliminate Unproductive Processes and BureaucracyEliminate Unproductive Processes and Bureaucracy
6. Promote Effective CompetitionPromote Effective Competition
7. Improve Tradecraft in Acquisition of ServicesImprove Tradecraft in Acquisition of Services
8. Improve the Professionalism of the Total Acquisition WorkforceImprove the Professionalism of the
Total Acquisition Workforce
The “A” in AT&L
, Acquisition:
The Acquisition career field is responsible for fulfilling a customer’s need, which might entail developing
something state-of-the-art to answer a military requirement for the very first time.
This requirement, most likely, would use the latest technology and would need to be highly reliable in
extreme environments.
These factors add risk to the process which can be lessened by teaming with the appropriate AT&L
members.
An acquisition strategy will be created and will provide a summary description of the customer’s
requirement, which the acquisition is intended to satisfy.
One aspect of the requirement for consideration would be concerns regarding interoperability.
❖ ACQUISITION SUPPORTS THE PROCESS OF FULFILLING AN AGENCY NEED
Considerations:
• Interoperability
• Multinational Interoperability
• DoD Interoperability
The “T” in AT&L
Technology:
Pursuit of new developments to maintain a technologically superior military force.
Evolutional development is a preferred strategy to ensure the warfighter has the most updated technology.
Evolutionary Acquisition Strategy:
An acquisition strategy that defines, develops, produces or acquires, and fields an initial hardware or
software increment (or block) of operational capability.
It is based on technologies demonstrated in relevant environments, time-phased requirements, and
demonstrated manufacturing or software deployment capabilities.
These capabilities can be provided in a shorter period of time, followed by subsequent increments of
capability over time that accommodate improved technology and allow for full and adaptable systems over
time.
There are two basic approaches to evolutionary acquisition:
• Spiral Development
• Increment or Block
The “L” in AT&L
Logistics
The science of planning, obtaining, maintaining, and transporting materials, personnel, and facilities.
More specifically, logistics refers to those aspects of military operations that deal with design and
development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, operation, hospitalization,
evacuation, and disposition of: materials, personnel, facilities, and services, accordingly.
