Navy Releases New Contracting Guide - Brief Article

Program Manager, Jan, 2001

Contracting for the Rest of Us: Some Basic Guidelines, October 2000, is now online. Released by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN[RD&A]), Acquisition and Business Management, the Guide supports the four goals set forth in the ASN(RD&A) Strategic Plan: improve warfighter satisfaction; shape and train an efficient and effective acquisition workforce; lower the total ownership cost of equipment and services; and reduce cost and cycle time for delivering equipment and services.

According to Navy Rear Adm. Gwilym H. Jenkins Jr., Deputy for Acquisition and Business Management, "This Guide represents an initiative to reach these goals by improving the acquisition process through a simplified understanding of the contracting process. It provides non-contracting personnel with a better understanding of the fundamentals of the contracting process. Developed by engineers and contracting personnel with a significant amount of experience in DoD acquisitions, it provides the contracting fundamentals, lessons learned, and tools that are used daily by this office to support Navy acquisitions."