Our Teams are experts on cradle-to-grave professional acquisition support services for IT, social science research, products and other agency
requirements. We are familiar with the nuances of initiating a comprehensive contract management approach and every contractual instrument type
including: Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA), Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Material (T&M), Cost
Reimbursement with incentive contracts, etc. Panum also excels at leading customers through acquisition strategy decision-making and developing
“benchmarked best-practice” acquisition requirements documentation. Examples of the team’s work includes Requests for Proposals/Quotes with accompanying
support such as detailed Acquisition Plans, Performance Based Work Statements (SOWs, SOOs, PWSs), Source Selection Plans, Quality Assurance Surveillance
Plans (QASPs) and Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCEs), Justifications and Approvals (J&A), Determinations and Findings (D&F), Price Negotiation
Memorandums (PNM) and any other standard or situation unique requirements.
Other Federal Acquisition Support Services:
Professional consultant services to assess acquisition business model processes to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the model and to
determine whether or not there is consistency between the Acquisition Divisions in conducting their work and determine the extent to which streamlined
acquisition processes are utilized to the maximum extent practicable. The assessment includes recommendations for improving the current acquisition business
model. Provide data analysis from the Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG), internal procurement tracking data base, and Division
Advance Acquisition Plans (AAP) to determine historical trends, average Procurement Acquisition Lead Times (PALTs), the number of acquisitions in-progress,
planned acquisitions to be awarded and best practices.
Project-specific Federal Agency Acquisition Support Services utilizing OMB’s Preferred 7-Step Performance Based Acquisition Process:
In addition to agency-wide acquisition support, we also provides project-specific acquisition support for many complex IT projects. Each of these complex
projects is supported using the OMB-recommended 7-Steps to Performance Based Contracting. The intermediate outcome is a professionally prepared PWS/SOO/RFP
document best reflecting the complex requirements, objectives and visions of the agency and its stakeholders while leveraging prevalent industry capabilities
and best practices. The end result of the complete Seven-Step process is the selection of “Best-Value” solution and provider to fit near and long-term
objectives, as well as effective post-award contract management through defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Specific Tasks of the Seven-Steps to
Performance-Based Acquisition (PBA)--
Step 1: Establish a team of senior managers and subject matter experts to help navigate the acquisition process AND capture Agency Objectives for the program
Step 2: Learn industry best practices applicable to this acquisition (FAR 15.201(a)) and establish an acquisition strategy
Step 3: Create/Update the RFP/SOO
Step 4: Using Step 1 and 2 above, identify a pool of qualified sources (FAR 15.202)
Step 5: Conduct Due Diligence to answer potential offerors’ questions and thereby help them prepare proposals responsive to the agency needs (FAR 3.104).
Step 6: Select the best solution and solution-provider
Step 7: Use above and best practices to develop a post-award performance management plan
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