IMPROVING THE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND RETENTION OF THE
FEDERAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE.
-Support legislative and executive branch initiatives.
-Work with the Defense Acquisition University and Federal Acquisition Institute.

FIGHTING THE THREE-PERCENT WITHHOLDING ON ALL
GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS.
-Oppose legislative efforts to move the implementation date up from January 1, 2011.
-Fight for a legislative repeal of the provision.

STOPPING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW REGULATION REQUIRING
RECERTIFICATION OF SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STATUS IMMEDIATELY
UPON A MERGER OR ACQUISITION.
-Fight for a change to the regulation to allow agencies to receive small business
credit for task and delivery orders and work performed under contracts in
existence at the time of the merger or acquisition.

IMPROVING THE PAST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS.
-Continue to advocate (executive branch) for improvements in the evaluation
process – expanded use of past performance as an evaluation criteria and
improved consistency in application.

REDUCING SECURITY CLEARANCE BACKLOGS.
-Continue to advocate (legislative and executive branch) for improvements to the
security clearance process, including reciprocity.

FIGHTING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS DEBARRING CONTRACTORS FOR
VIOLATION OF IMMIGRATION, TAX, OR OTHER LAWS.
-Support efforts to enforce existing laws and regulations, but not an expansion of
the debarment process – don’t make contracting officers law enforcement officials.
-Ensure that there is no debarment without appropriate due process, a
determination of a pattern (rather than a single violation) of abuse, and that
debarment is not used as a penalty.

IMPROVING THE CONSISTENCY & EXPANDING THE USE OF “BEST
VALUE” EVALUATIONS of contract bids.
-Advocate for better definition of the criteria being used for evaluation.

SUPPORTING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS REQUIRING AGENCIES
TO DISCLOSE GREATER DETAIL ON SIGNIFICANT FACTORS AND
SUBFACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN EVALUATING PROPOSALS,
INCLUDING WEIGHTS.

OPPOSING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS:
-Prohibiting subcontracting (at any tier) more than 65% of the contract value.
-Limiting the length of contracts awarded noncompetitively for urgent reasons to
240 or 365 days.
-Minimizing the use of cost reimbursement contracts.

ADVOCATING IMPROVED MEASUREMENT AND CREDIT FOR
SUBCONTRACTING TO TARGETED ENTITIES.
-But opposing regulations that would require divulging information that would
reveal “make-or-buy” decisions, strategic sources, etc.