PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT STAFF, OL WEEKLY REPORT PERIOD ENDING ON 9 DECEMBER 1986

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PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT STAFF, OL
WEEKLY REPORT
Period Ending on 9 December 1986
1. Status of Tasks Assigned by Senior Management:
No tasks pending.
2. Major Events That Have Occurred During the Preceding Week:
a. CONIF Activity:
(1) CONIF input 162 contracts and 106 amendments during this
past week. This appears to be about an average number of
contracts and an above-average number of amendments for this
time of year.
(2) A meeting was held between Chief, CONIF and Chief,
Security Staff, Office of Logistics (OL), to review the FOCI
data available in the CONIF system.
(3)I (continues to work on the AM/INIT menu and
the OBLGRD procedure. Mr. Conrow appears to have a promising
approach to applying funding on a contract which is one of the
more complex procedures in CONIF.
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b. Training:
(1) Procurement Management Staff (OL/PMS) gave a
presentation on the structure of procurement within OL to the
Logistics Orientation Course.
(2) Continued progress is being made toward the presentation
of an in-house training course by an independent contractor s _[r'
during the 5-30 January 1987 time frame. Eagan, McAllister a ~1
Associates has been identified to give the course entitled nCz
"Management of Defense Acquisitions Contracts (Basic)"; this
course is considered to be a core course for contract officers.
OL/PMS is concerned about getting a sufficient number of
Contract Officer Interns (COIs) to attend this course without
seriously impacting the contract teams.
c. Briefings:
(1) The Agency Contract Review Board convened on 2 December
to review three dockets, one of which was a walk-on presentation.
All three dockets were recommended for approval by the Director
of Logistics, two with caveats. Due to the approaching holidays,
the Board will not meet again until 6 January.
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reliance on onsite training provided by commercial
organizations. These efforts will provide more timely and
cost-effective training for our new Intern Program.
(5) On 8 December, the Chief, PMS/OL briefed the Logistics
Career Service Training and Awards Panel on new training efforts
by OL/PMS for procurement personnel.
e. Meetings
(1) and two members of the Information and
Management Support Staff, OL, met with representatives of the
General Services Administration's Information Resources
Management Service in Washington, D.C., to view a demonstration
of its electronic bulletin board system in order to evaluate its
potential utility to Agency contract officers and to evaluate the
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feasibility of connecting to their system by modem over Agency
telephone lines.
(2) OL/PMS has drafted a glossary of terms frequently used by
procurement personnel for the purpose of handing them out to new
personnel entering into the procurement field. This glossary of
terms will be incorporated with other material prepared for the
COIs passing through OL/PMS.
-~ (2) 0 , tthe Chief, PMS/OL briefed the Director of
Finance (OF) on the Agen is i lementation of the Coopers
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(4) On 2 December, the Chief, PMS/OL briefed senior
Directorate of Science and Technology contract officers on recent
initiatives to accommodate the heavy training requirements for
0 procurement personnel. Among these new approaches are greater
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f. Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Correspondence
A review of several proposed changes to the FAR was prepared
and draft comments given to the Chief, PMS/OL. The changes
involve the use of letter requests for proposal, evaluation of
options in solicitations, and subcontract competition.
3. Upcoming Events:
A meeting of all senior contract officers will be held on f
15-17 December at the Sheraton-Fredericksburg Resort and
Conference Center for the purpose of reviewing the FAR
implementation guide prepared by Sterling Institute.
4. Management Activities and Concerns:
None of a significant nature.
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