Office of Federal Procurement Policy Memoranda

• Memorandum: Contracting Guidance to Support Modular Development (June 14, 2012) (2 pages, 178 kb)
  • Blog: Greater Accountability and Faster Delivery Through Modular Contracting (3 pages, 266 kb)
  • Contracting Guidance to Support Modular Development (26 pages, 965 kb)
     
• Follow-up: April 25, 2012 Meeting of the Small Business Procurement Group (June 6, 2012) (11 pages, 394 kb)
   
• “Myth-Busting”: Addressing Misconceptions and Further Improving Communication During the Acquisition Process (May 7, 2012) (14 pages, 541 kb)
   
• M-12-09, Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act Submission for Fiscal Year 2012 (March 26, 2012) (7 pages, 514 kb)
   
• Service Contract Inventories (December 19, 2011) (4 pages, 323 kb)
  • FPDS Coding update: In order to implement the collection of information about the role services play in achieving agency objectives, as part of the service contract inventories required by Section 743 of Division C of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 111-117), OFPP’s December 19, 2011 guidance instructed agencies to begin coding functions closely associated to inherently governmental functions, critical functions and other functions in the “description of requirement field” in FPDS for new contracts awarded after March 1, 2012. To simplify searching, we ask that agencies instead report in FPDS using the phrase describing the predominant type of functions being performed under the contract. Specifically, agencies should input one of the following phrases into the “description of requirement” field: “Closely Associated”, “Critical Functions”, or “Other Functions”.
     
• Increasing Opportunities for Small Businesses in Purchase Card Micro-Purchases (December 19, 2011) (4 pages, 326 kb)
   
• Improving Small Business Procurement Data - Quality and Process (November 14, 2011) (2 pages, 281 kb)
   
• Reduced Contract Spending for Management Support Services (November 7, 2011) (6 pages, 391 kb)
   
• Improving Sustainable Acquisition and Reporting (October 5, 2011) (2 pages, 280 kb)
   
• Development, Review and Approval of Business Cases for Certain Interagency and Agency-Specific Acquisitions (September 29, 2011) (7 pages, 475 kb)
   
• Revisions to the Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR) (September 6, 2011) (11 pages, 744 kb)
   
• Supporting Energy and Sustainability Goal Achievement Through Efficiency and Deployment of Clean Energy Technology (August 16, 2011) (2 pages, 927 kb)
   
• Guidance for Specialized Information Technology Acquisition Cadres (July 13, 2011) (15 pages, 196 kb)
   
• Improving Federal Procurement Data Quality - Guidance for Annual Verification and Validation (May 31, 2011) (9 pages, 95 kb)
   
• Increasing Small Business Participation in Federal Contracting (February 11, 2011) (15 pages, 136 kb)
   
• Attracting Talent to the Acquisition Workforce (February 4, 2011) (16 pages, 106 kb)
   
• "Myth-Busting":  Addressing Misconceptions to Improve Communication with Industry during the Acquisition Process (February 2, 2011) (13 pages, 128 kb)
   
• Improving Contractor Past Performance Assessments: Summary of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy's Review, and Strategies for Improvement (January 21, 2011) (9 pages, 109 kb)
   
• Service Contract Inventories (November 5, 2010) (12 pages, 175 kb)
   
• Improving the Accessibility of Government Information (July 19, 2010) (3 pages, 46 kb)
   
• Implementation of New Regulatory Coverage on Project Labor Agreements (April 13, 2010) (2 pages, 595 kb)
   
• Survey of Agency Policies and Practices Regarding Contractor Tax Delinquencies (February 25, 2010) (4 pages, 55 kb)
   
• Presidential Memorandum on Tax Delinquent Contractors (January 20, 2010)
   
• Achieving Better Value From Our Acquisitions (December 22, 2009) (4 pages, 53 kb)
   
• Survey on FY 2009 Green Purchasing Requirements (November 23, 2009) (2 pages,  41 kb)
   
• Performace-Based Management Systems (October 29, 2009) (7 pages, 78 kb)
  • Blank spreadsheet (Excel)
  • Example of completed spreadsheet (Excel)
     
• Increasing Competition and Structuring Contracts for the Best Results (October 27, 2009) (13 pages,  104 kb)
   
• Acquisition Workforce Development Strategic Plan for Civilian Agencies - FY 2010-2014 (October 27, 2009) (23 pages,  153 kb)
   
• Improving Data Quality Guidance for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 (October 7, 2009) (11 pages,  75 kb)
   
• Interim Guidance on Reviewing Contractor Reports on the Use of Recovery Act Funds in Accordance with FAR Clause 52.204-11 (September 30, 2009) (11 pages, 59 kb)
   
• Improving the Use of Contractor Performance Information (July 29, 2009) (3 pages, 110 kb)
   
• Report on Reemployed Retired Federal Employees and Annuitants (March 19, 2009) (2 pages, 111 kb)
   
• Acquisition Workforce Human Capital Succession Plans (January 7, 2009) (2 pages, 63 kb)
   
• Preventing Fraud in Federal Contracting (November 14, 2008) (2 pages, 34 kb)
   
• M-09-04, Report to Congress on FY 2008 Competitive Sourcing Efforts (October 30, 2008) (13 pages, 93 kb)
   
• FY 2008 Reporting on Green Purchasing Requirements (October 20, 2008) (12 pages, 125 kb)
  • Agency Report for Fiscal Year 2008 (Word, 150 kb)
     
• Effective Practices for Enhancing Competition (July 18, 2008) (8 pages, 83 kb)
   
• Plans for Commercial Services Management (July 11, 2008) (4 pages, 36 kb)
   
• Guidance for Improving the Management and Use of Interagency Acquisitions (June 6, 2008) (70 pages, 578 kb)
   
• Conducting Acquisition Assessments under OMB Circular A-123 (May 21, 2008) (56 pages, 458 kb)
   
• Improving Acquisition Data Quality — FY 2008 FPDS Data (May 9, 2008) (2 pages, 42 kb)
   
• Guidance on Agency Fiscal Year 2007 Strategic Sourcing Reports (May 11, 2008) (3 pages, 39 kb)
   
• Use of Advisory and Assistance Service Contract Waiver Authority (March 26, 2008) (4 pages, 344 kb)
   
• M-08-13, Update to Civilian Position Full Fringe Benefit Cost Factor, Federal Pay Raise Assumptions, and Inflation Factors used in OMB Circular No. A-76, "Performance of Commercial Activities" (March 11, 2008) (4 pages, 52 kb)
   
• M-08-12, Guidance on Future Data Submissions under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Transparency Act) (March 6, 2008) (11 pages, 101 kb)
   
• M-08-11, Competitive Sourcing Requirements in Division D of Public Law 110-161 (February 20, 2008) (8 pages, 60 kb)
   
• Federal Acquisition Regulation Award (February 13, 2008) (4 pages, 50 kb)
   
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Awards in Acquisition (February 11, 2008) (4 pages, 50 kb)
   
• Reminder - Ensuring Competition When Acquiring Information Technology and Using Common Security Configurations (December 19, 2007) (2 pages, 61 kb)
   
• Fiscal Year 2008 Performance-Based Acquisition Performance Goal (December 5, 2007) (1 page, 29 kb)
   
• Appropriate Use of Incentive Contracts (December 4, 2007) (6 pages, 43 kb)
   
• Appropriate Use of Brand Name or Equal Purchase Descriptions (November 28, 2007) (1 page, 34 kb)
   
• Government-wide Survey on the Use of Reverse Auctions (November 27, 2007) (1 page, 25 kb)
   
• The Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer Technical Representatives (November 26, 2007) (9 pages, 552 kb)
   
• Ensuring the Accessibility of Federal Electronic and Information Technologies Procured by Federal Agencies (November 6, 2007) (3 pages, 44 kb)
   
• FY 2007 Reporting on Implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Section 6002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, Section 9002, and Other Environmental Purchasing Requirements (November 1, 2007) (11 pages, 109 kb)
   
• M-08-02, Report to Congress on FY 2007 Competitive Sourcing Efforts (October 31, 2007) (14 pages, 106 kb)
   
• The 2007 Federal Contracting Workforce Competencies Survey (October 17, 2007) (6 pages, 93 kb)
   
• Office of Government Ethics Guidance Ethics and Procurement Integrity (October 3, 2007) (13 pages, 707 kb)
   
• Plans for Hiring Reemployed Annuitants to Fill Acquisition-related Positions (September 4, 2007) (4 pages, 50 kb)
   
• Supplemental Emergency Contracting Cadre (July 30, 2007) (2 pages, 519kb)
  --Emergency and Response Recovery Contracting Cadre Candidates Worksheet (Excel)
   
• Veterans Technology Services Government-wide Acquisition Contract (VETS GWAC) (July 10, 2007) (2 pages, 30 kb)
   
• Emergency Acquisitions Guide (May 31, 2007) (23 pages, 190 kb)
   
• Enhancing Competition in Federal Acquisition (May 31, 2007) (8 pages, 106 kb)
   
• Use of Performance-Based Management Systems for Major Acquisition Programs (May 25, 2007) (5 pages, 714 kb)
   
• Strategic Sourcing Progress (May 22, 2007) (2 pages, 43 kb)
   
• Using Performance-Based Acquisition to Meet Program Needs – Performance Goals, Guidance, and Training (May 22, 2007) (3 pages, 46 kb)
   
• The Federal Acquisition Certification for Program and Project Managers (April 25, 2007) (22 pages, 182 kb)
   
• Validating the Results of Public-Private Competition (April 13, 2007) (4 pages, 43 kb)
   
• Federal Procurement Data Verification and Validation (March 9, 2007) (2 pages, 41 kb) 
   
• Skills Assessment of Contracting Professionals (March 7, 2007) (2 pages, 37 kb)
   
• Establishment of the Federal Acquisition Regulation Small Business Team (March 2, 2007) (1 page, 33 kb)
   
• Conducting Acquisitions under a Continuing Resolution (February 6, 2007) (2 pages, 44 kb)
   
• 2006 Alternative Dispute Resolution Awards in Acquisition (February 5, 2007) (4 pages, 60 kb)
   
• M-07-08, Contracting with Service-Disabled Veterans (January 24, 2007) (2 pages, 36 kb)
   
• Guidance on Agency Fiscal Year 2006 Strategic Sourcing Reports (December 19, 2006) (2 pages, 32 kb) 
   
• Ethics and Working with Contractors (October 27, 2006) (1 page, 43 kb)
   
• Review of Commercially Available Online Procurement Services (October 4, 2006) (2 pages, 37 kb)
   
• Request Contracting Information on Contractors Operating in Iraq (May 16, 2006) (2 pages, 33 kb)
   
• Publication of Brand Name Justifications (April 17, 2006) (1 page, 31 kb)
   
• The Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting Program (January 20, 2006) (Revised December 2008) (16 pages, 153 kb)
   
• Establishment of Interagency Acquisition Working Group (November 21, 2005) (2 pages, 43 kb)
   
• 2005 Alternative Dispute Resolution Awards in Acquisition (November 7, 2005) (5 pages, 57 kb) 
   
• Update on the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (November 3, 2005) (2 pages, 41 kb)
   
• Developing the Acquisition Management Skills of the Architectural and Engineering Workforce (November 1, 2005) (5 pages, 53 kb)
   
• M-06-01, Report to Congress on FY 2005 Competitive Sourcing Efforts (October 7, 2005)
  (15 pages, 112 kb)
  -- FY 2005 Competitive Sourcing Worksheets (Excel)
   
• Limitation on Use of Special Micro-purchase Threshold Authority for Hurricane Katrina Rescue and Relief Operations (October 3, 2005) (1 page, 27 kb)
   
• Buy American Reporting Requirement (September 13, 2005)(1 page, 31 kb)
   
• Implementing Management Controls to Support Increased Micro-purchase Threshold for Hurricane Katrina Rescue and Relief Operations (September 13, 2005) (5 pages, 52 kb)
   
• Buying Accessible Electronic and Information Technology and Complying with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (August 11, 2005) (2 pages, 59 kb)
   
• Report on Competitive Sourcing Results, Fiscal Year 2004 (June 7, 2005) (44 pages, 785 kb)
   
• Implementing Strategic Sourcing (May 20, 2005) (2 pages, 35 kb)
   
• Use of Brand Name Specifications (April 11, 2005) (2 pages, 32 kb)
   
• "Directly Interested Party" Clarification Memo (March 25, 2005) (1 page, 32 kb)
   
• M-05-06, Contracting with Service-Disabled Veterans’ Businesses (Executive Order 13360) (December 12, 2004) (5 pages, 56 kb)
   
• M-05-01, Report to Congress on FY 2004 Competitive Sourcing Efforts (October 15, 2004) (16 pages, 115 kb)
  -- Congressional Reporting Worksheet (Excel)
   
• Avoiding Duplication of Agency Activities with the Presidential E-Government and Lines of Business Initiatives (October 13, 2004) (6 pages, 72 kb)
   
• Agency requirement for a plan to transition to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) (August 25, 2004) (2 pages, 38 kb)
   
• Utilization of Commercially Available Online Procurement Services (May 12, 2004) (1 page, 39 kb)
   
• M-04-12, Performance Periods in Public-Private Competitions (April 30, 2004) (1 page, 62 kb)
   
• Revised FAR Process (March 11, 2004) (1 page, 44 kb)
   
• OMB Memorandum 04-07, Report to Congress on FY 2003 Competitive Sourcing Efforts (February 26, 2004) (10 pages, 87 kb)
   
• Development of "Green" Plans for Competitive Sourcing (December 22, 2003) (5 pages, 67 kb)
   
• Federal Acquisition Institute Board of Directors Charter (November 3, 2003) (4 pages, 39 kb)
   
• Applicability of FAR Part 12 to Construction Acquisitions (July 3, 2003) (2 pages, 33 kb)
   
• M-02-05, Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards (April 18, 2002)
   
• Contractor Responsibility Determinations and Indefinite-Delivery Contracts (April 16, 2002) (1 page, 30 kb)
   
• Protests, Claims, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as Factors in Past Performance and Source Selection Decisions (April 1, 2002) (2 pages, 29 kb)
   
• Recession of Monthly Reporting on Electronic Commerce Statistics to the General Services Administration (May 25, 2000) (2 pages, 30 kb)
   
• The President's Welfare to Work Program (April 10, 1997) (2 pages, 37 kb)

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