Contracts
This important set of clauses describe the rules for contracting with the federal government.
What is the Federal Acquisition Regulation(FAR)?
This project management tool is time-based and contains the networked, detailed tasks necessary to ensure successful project/contract execution.
What is an IMS?
This decision is required for program initiation.
What is Materiel Development Decision?
This Cabinet member is personally responsible for compliance with the FAR for all military departments and defense agencies.
Who is the Secretary of Defense?
This is a contract between the PM and the Milestone Decision Authority.
What is the Acquisition Program Baseline (APB)?
This Government website advertises upcoming business opportunities greater than $25,000.
What is FedBizOpps?
What provides a consolidated overview of SYSCOM’s acquisition processes and can be used to identify key tools and best practices?
What is the MCSC Acquisition Guidebook (MAG)?
This term describes the event-based process used to develop an acquisition initiative.
What are Acquisition Phases?
This leader serves as the MDA for all MCSC led Acquisition Category (ACAT)-III and below programs unless otherwise delegated.
Who is the Commander?
The goal or value desired by the user for which the PM is contracting or otherwise attempting to obtain.
What is Objective?
Planning, Execution and Assessment
What are phases of contracting?
A program management tool that tracks and reports on potential threats to a program.
What is Project Recon?
This analytical comparison of the operational effectiveness, suitability, and life-cycle cost that occurs prior to program initiation and throughout the lifecycle of a program to guarantee that the correct materiel solution is being developed.
What is Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)?
Entity that includes a variety of organizations which provide advice to the Commandant of the Marine Corps and participate in the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution for MCSC programs.
What is Headquarters, Marine Corps (HQMC)
The amount of time an activity can be delayed without impacting the end date of the project.
What is Float (total float)?
Deliver on time/provide best value/maintain the public's trust and fulfilling public policy objectives.
What is the goal of the FAR System?
The process that the Marine Corps uses to define, research, develop, test, manufacture, deliver, and sustain weapons systems and the full spectrum of mission and business system capabilities over their product life cycle.
What is Acquisition?
What is the earliest Milestone for Program Initiation?
What is Milestone "B"?
Entity who’s mission is to provide worldwide, integrated logistics/supply chain and distribution management, maintenance management, and strategic prepositioning capability in support of the operating forces and other supported units to maximize their readiness and sustainability and to support enterprise and program level total life cycle management.
Who is Marine Corps Logistics Command (MARCORLOGCOM)?
When this objective is not met, Program Performance is seriously degraded, the program becomes too costly, or program may not be delivered in a timely manner.
What is Threshold requirement?
This highly competitive program encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) through a competitive awards-based program.
What is the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)?
The management tool used to satisfy the Warfighter’s sustainment requirements through the delivery of a product support package.
What is Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP)?
A decision point ensuring executable and affordable programs are planned using sound business and technical approaches leading to a fielded capability and authorizes release of the RFP for EMD and often LRIP options.
What is the Development Request For Proposal Release Decision Point?
Credited for creating a template for the Program Funding & Quantities table which now bears her name.
Who is Dr. Nancy Spruill?
This document serves as a contract among the PM, MDA, and test agency.
What is the Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP)?