Federal Acquisition References

    Guides, Handbooks, Studies and Reports on Federal Acquisition

• Accessibility & Section 508
• Acquisition Guides
• Agency Procurement Forecasts
• Brand Name or Equal Guidance
• Commercial Services Management (CSM)
• Contractor Performance
• Cost and Pricing
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
• Emergency Contracting
• Incentive Contracts
• Initiatives
• InterAgency Contracts
• Performance-Based Acquisition
• Purchase Cards
• Strategic Sourcing
• Workforce Management, Training & Certification

Accessibility & Section 508

• Access Board: Section 508
• section508.gov

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Acquisition Guides

• Defense Acquisition Guidebook

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Agency Procurement Forecasts

• Acquisition Central

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Brand Name or Equal Guidance

• November 28, 2008 OMB Memo: Appropriate Use of Brand Name or Equal Purchase Descriptions [PDF]
• April 11, 2005 OMB Memo: Use of Brand Name Specifications [PDF]

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Commercial Services Management (CSM) (Formerly Referred to as Competitive Sourcing)

• July 11, 2008 OMB: Plans for Commercial Services Management [PDF]
• OMB: Competitive Sourcing

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Contractor Performance

• July 29, 2009 OMB Memo: Improving the Use of Contractor Performance Information

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Cost and Pricing

• Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB)
• DoD: Contract Pricing Reference Guides

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Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)

• Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
• Fedcenter.gov: Buying Green
• Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC)
• Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE)

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Emergency Contracting

• Emergency Response and Recovery Contracting Community

• GSA Emergency Response

• Hurricane Contracting Information Center (HCIC)
Hurricane Recovery 
• May 31, 2007 OMB: Emergency Acquisitions Guide [PDF]
• May 2003 OMB: Emergency Procurement Flexibilities - A Framework for Responsive Contracting [PDF]

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Incentive Contracts

• December 4, 2007 OMB Memo: Appropriate Use of Incentive Contracts [PDF]

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Initiatives

• Acquisition Center of Excellence for Services (ACE)

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InterAgency Contracts

• June 6, 2008 OMB Memo: Improving the Management and Use of InterAgency Acquisitions [PDF}]

   

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Performance-Based Acquisition

• May 22, 2007 OMB Memo: Using Performance-Based Acquisition to Meet Program Needs – Performance Goals, Guidance, and Training [PDF]
• July 2003 OMB: Performance-Based Service Acquisition - Contracting for the Future [PDF]
• Performance-Based Acquisition Desk Reference References are available through your Agency Portal, your Contractor/Grantee Portal or via Individual Subscription

   

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Purchase Cards

• GAO: Governmentwide Purchase Cards - Actions Needed to Strengthen Internal Controls to Reduce Fraudulent, Improper and Abusive Purchases dated February 2008 [PDF]

   

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Strategic Sourcing

• May 20, 2005 OMB Memo: Implementing Strategic Sourcing [PDF]
• February 2, 2004 Federal Acquisition Council (FAC): Update to FAC Manager's Guide to Competitive Sourcing: 2nd Edition [PDF]
• October 2, 2003 Federal Acquisition Council (FAC): Managers' Guide to Competitive Sourcing [PDF]

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Workforce Management, Training & Certification

• July 29, 2009 Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI): Annual Report on the Federal Acquisition Workforce [PDF]
• November 26, 2007 OMB Memo: The Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer Technical Representatives [PDF]
• April 25, 2007 OMB Memo: The Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers [PDF]
• January 20, 2006 OMB Memo: The Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting Program [PDF]

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