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Acquisition Process

Three processes cooperate to deliver capabilities needed by warfighters: the requirements process (JCIDS); the acquisition process (DAS); and the program and budget development process (PPBE). Includes links to DoD and Service policies, guidance, tools, and resources:

Workforce

Information on career management, the DoD Human Capital Initiative, career planning, leader­ship training, over­arching planning and guidance documents, and relevant professional organizations.

Policy

Encyclopedic source of acquisition policy that follows a hierarchy of policy issuance (i.e., executive, legislative, federal, etc.) and filtered according to organization, career field, and special topics.

Communities
of Practice

Links to communities of practice and special interest areas, the latest contribution and discussion posts for open ACC communities, community highlights, and links to related communities.

Training and
Continuous Learning

Information on training and continuous learning that supports DoD acquisition, information that helps manage professional training portfolios, and information on training available from DAU and DoD and Services activities.

Industry

Information on DoD industry partners that helps the participation and execution of DoD processes; including industry support pages, news, information, and links to private sector acquisition contractors.
 
 

Functional Gateways

Fifteen functional knowledge gateways, one for each of the defense acquisition career fields.

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Industry
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Lenn Vincent, RADM, USN (Ret), DAU Industry Chair

Lenn Vincent

RADM, USN (Ret)

DAU Industry Chair

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The defense industry's role in Equipping the Force could be better defined as… responsible for the design of systems meeting DoD performance parameters, performing developmental testing, manufacturing/producing the system, and (if called upon to do so) providing a significant level of logistic support. Thus, their role is to design, test, produce, and logistically support almost all our weapon and space systems. Far more than just 'support', or provide 'active cooperation'. In other words, U.S. Military superiority is significantly enhanced by the mutual and active cooperation between the private and public sectors.
 
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Industry Problems and DAU Training Solutions

Industry Problems DAU Training Solutions
Winning and managing Government and DoD contracts CLC003, CLC004, CLC006, CLC007, CLC011, CLC018, CLC047, CON100
  • Managing firm-fixed-price contracts
 CLC026
  • Understanding performance-based contracts
 CLC013, CLC026, ACQ265
Reducing costs of raw material and energy CLB007, CLB024, CLM016, BCF106
Finding, training, and retaining labor CLM003, CLM033
Adapting to changes in society and culture (e.g., ecology, human rights) CLC046, CLL013, CLM035
Implementing quality standards and Lean/CPI initiatives CLE007, CLE008, CLE015, CLE201
Understanding and coping with Government regulations and taxes CLB011, CLC022, CLC113
Improving pricing and competition, especially international competition CLC050, CLC131, CLE026, CON235

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Defense Industry Support - 2010

U.S. Military superiority cannot be maintained without the active cooperation of the private sector, which today controls a greater share of critical U.S. resources than in the past. At the same time, the health of U.S. industry is dependent on the Department of Defense to maintain the security and freedom to continue to do business as usual.

Top 10 World-Wide Defense Contractors, 2010
Rank Name Country 2009
Rank		 Defense
Revenue		 % of total
revenue
1 Lockheed Martin United States 1 $42,800,000 93.4%
2 BAE Systems United States 2 $33,109,500 95.7%
3 Northrop Grumman United Kingdom 4 $31,181,000 89.7%
4 Boeing United States 3 $30,858,000 48.0%
5 General Dynamics United States 5 $26,622,000 82.0%
6 Raytheon United States 6 $23,420,200 93.0%
7 EADS Netherlands 7 $16,286,700 26.8%
8 Finmeccanica Italy 8 $14,442,900 58.2%
9 L-3 Communciations United States 9 $13,074,600 83.4%
10 United Technologies United States 10 $11,100,400 21.4%
Source: Defense News
Retrieving Data
Business and GSA Links
 Business Opportunities
https://www.fbo.gov/index?cck=1&au=&ck=
 GSA eOffers/eMods
http://eoffer.gsa.gov/
 Getting on GSA Schedule
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?contentType=GSA_OVERVIEW&contentId=8202
Small Business Links
 Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/
 Office of Advocacy
http://www.sba.gov/advo/
 Veterans-Owned Businesses
http://www.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/ovbd/

Learn Ask & Collaboration Tools

DAP Web Page
Policy Documents

DAP Web Page
Federal Acquisition Regulations

AKMS Service
Acquisition Community Connection
https://acc.dau.mil/

AKMS Service
Best Practices Clearinghouse
https://bpch.dau.mil/

AKMS Service
ACQuipedia
https://acquipedia.dau.mil

AKMS Service
PM e-Tool Kit
https://pmtoolkit.dau.mil/

AKMS Service
Defense Acquisition Guidebook
https://acc.dau.mil/dag

AKMS Service
Integrated Life Cycle Chart
https://ilc.dau.mil/

AKMS Service
Ask a Professor
https://dap.dau.mil/aap/pages/default.aspx

DAU Web Site
DAU Media Library
http://view.dau.mil/dauvideo/view/default.jhtml

External Web Site
WorkForce and Industry Ethics
http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/
Small Business Policy
 DoD Directive 4205.01, DoD Small Business Programs
March 10, 2009
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