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UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASEUNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Ms. Kelly Stratton-Feix
Director, Acquisition Agility
USSOCOM
Acquisition Agility Directorate/SOFWERX
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Commercial Industry is Avoiding DoD
“…the epoxy that greases the wheels of progress.”
Norm Augustine
Foreword to 2005 Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Study
GAO Study, 17-644 (July 2017) on Military Acquisitions
- Many Barriers to Non-Traditional DoD Entities
- Improvement Needed in:
- Cost Accounting Standards - Budget Environment
- Commercial Buying Practices - Streamlined Regulations
UNCLASSIFIED
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DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASEUNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Investment Trends in Tech R&D
Commercial (non-DoD) industry surging in R&D investment
DoD is being left behind...
GAO Study, 17-644 (July 2017)
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
• FY16 and FY17 Language
FY17 NDAA, Sec 901, Restructure from USD AT&L to USD
R&E, USD A&S & USD CMO
New commercial technology,
contracting and workforce
authorities, and acquisition
methods
Leverage commercial
technologies across the
broader marketplace
Even Congress Noticed
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Legislation Enabling Agility
FY16 NDAA
Sec 804: “middle tier” acquisition procedures for rapid prototyping and fielding
Sec 805: alternative acquisition procedures for capital /services for critical national security needs
Sec 814: amended 10 USC 2373 to add transportation, energy, medical, and spaceflight to procure
noncompetitively for experimental purposes
Sec 815: amended title 10 USC 2371B, for other transaction authority to carry out prototype projects
Sec 825 amended 10 U.S.C. 2430 to provide Milestone Decision Authority to SAEs for an Major
Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) reaching milestone A after October 1, 2016
FY17 NDAA
Sec 233: pilot program to waive on a temporary basis regulations, policies, and procedures to
enhance research, development, test and evaluation efforts
Sec 806: adds 10 USC 2447b-e, requires Svcs to establish or identify an oversight body for managing
prototype projects; the SAE to select prototype projects through a merit-based selection
process; and authorize the SAE to select a project for a non-competitive, follow-on production
contract or other transaction under certain circumstances.
Sec 807(b): further amends 10 USC 2340 to limit the duration of OSD’s authority to designate a Milestone
Decision Authority other than the SAE for MDAPs that address a joint requirement
Sec 847: further amends 10 USC 2340 to exclude programs or projects under the rapid prototyping
and rapid fielding pathways (FY16 NDAA, section 804) from the definition of a MDAP
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Acquisition Agility Mission
Build the
Network
Provide
the Venues
Develop
the Tools
• SOCOM enterprise
• Interagency
• DoD Labs
• Independent Labs
• SOFWERX Ecosystem
• Non-FAR contracts
• Industry Fellows
• Collaboration, Rapid
Prototyping / Experimentation
• SOFWERX
• DirtyWerx >>ThunderDrone
Be the cross-cutting catalyst for SOF
UNCLASSIFIED
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SOFWERX: An Alternate Pathway
Step (1) Operators define a problem
Step (2) limited number of units for testing, prototyping, user evaluations, etc.
Step (3) decision point to determine further investment and acquisition strategy
SOFWERX projects are non-FAR based, reducing traditional barriers
SOFWERX created in FY15
Alternate acquisition pathway approach for USSOCOM
Access broad commercial non-traditional sources/innovation
Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) with Doolittle Institute
SOFWERX
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA)
15 USC §3715: An Agreement that provides an
intermediary to perform services that increase the
likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or
joint activities with small business firms, institutions of
higher education, or educational institutions
Competitively announced and established in
September 2015 with Doolittle Institute
Five (5) year agreement, Sep 15 – Sep 20
Sub awards are subject to Department of Defense Grant
and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs), non FAR
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
The Value of the PIA to USSOCOM
Proactive, focused collaboration with innovative, non-
traditional entities
Discovery of new, novel and adaptive technology
solutions
Access to broader commercial and emerging innovative
networks
Assists non-traditional entities to provide solutions/ideas
to USSOCOM
Provides alternate acquisition pathway to reduce
technical risk prior to further investment decisions
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
SOF AT&L Non-FAR Acquisition Authorities
15 USC 3710(d) Cooperative Research Development
& Agreement
10 USC 2371 Other Transaction Authority
10 USC 2371(b) Other Transaction Authority for Rapid
Prototyping
10 USC 2374(a) Prize Challenge
15 USC 3719 Prize Challenge
15 USC 3715 Partnership Intermediary Agreement
Pursuing 10 USC 2373 Procurement for Experimental
Purposes
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Opportunities to Join In
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Special Interest Items
Intellectual Property Concerns
Follow-on Activities
Acquisition Agility and the PEOs / Programs
Industry Fellows Program
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
What Acquisition Agility IS and IS NOT…
A Short-Cut Around FAR-based Programs
A Way to Avoid Competitive Procurements for Major
Programs
Short-term Fad (see the NDAA Language…)
IS
Streamlined Avenue for Industry / SOCOM Communication,
Collaboration and Rapid Prototyping/Experimentation
Complement to FAR-based and OTA activities (Informs and
Can Accelerate the Requirements Process)
IS NOT
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
For further information…
Kelly Stratton-Feix (Director)
813.826.3016 kelly.Stratton-feix@socom.mil
Joel Fritz (SOFWERX PM)
813.826.7290 joel.fritz@socom.mil
Michael Guinn (SOFWERX APM)
813.826.5149 michael.guinn@socom.mil
THANK YOU!!

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SOCOM Agile Acquisition

  • 1. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASEUNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Ms. Kelly Stratton-Feix Director, Acquisition Agility USSOCOM Acquisition Agility Directorate/SOFWERX
  • 2. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Commercial Industry is Avoiding DoD “…the epoxy that greases the wheels of progress.” Norm Augustine Foreword to 2005 Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment Study GAO Study, 17-644 (July 2017) on Military Acquisitions - Many Barriers to Non-Traditional DoD Entities - Improvement Needed in: - Cost Accounting Standards - Budget Environment - Commercial Buying Practices - Streamlined Regulations
  • 3. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASEUNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Investment Trends in Tech R&D Commercial (non-DoD) industry surging in R&D investment DoD is being left behind... GAO Study, 17-644 (July 2017)
  • 4. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE • FY16 and FY17 Language FY17 NDAA, Sec 901, Restructure from USD AT&L to USD R&E, USD A&S & USD CMO New commercial technology, contracting and workforce authorities, and acquisition methods Leverage commercial technologies across the broader marketplace Even Congress Noticed
  • 5. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Legislation Enabling Agility FY16 NDAA Sec 804: “middle tier” acquisition procedures for rapid prototyping and fielding Sec 805: alternative acquisition procedures for capital /services for critical national security needs Sec 814: amended 10 USC 2373 to add transportation, energy, medical, and spaceflight to procure noncompetitively for experimental purposes Sec 815: amended title 10 USC 2371B, for other transaction authority to carry out prototype projects Sec 825 amended 10 U.S.C. 2430 to provide Milestone Decision Authority to SAEs for an Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) reaching milestone A after October 1, 2016 FY17 NDAA Sec 233: pilot program to waive on a temporary basis regulations, policies, and procedures to enhance research, development, test and evaluation efforts Sec 806: adds 10 USC 2447b-e, requires Svcs to establish or identify an oversight body for managing prototype projects; the SAE to select prototype projects through a merit-based selection process; and authorize the SAE to select a project for a non-competitive, follow-on production contract or other transaction under certain circumstances. Sec 807(b): further amends 10 USC 2340 to limit the duration of OSD’s authority to designate a Milestone Decision Authority other than the SAE for MDAPs that address a joint requirement Sec 847: further amends 10 USC 2340 to exclude programs or projects under the rapid prototyping and rapid fielding pathways (FY16 NDAA, section 804) from the definition of a MDAP
  • 6. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Acquisition Agility Mission Build the Network Provide the Venues Develop the Tools • SOCOM enterprise • Interagency • DoD Labs • Independent Labs • SOFWERX Ecosystem • Non-FAR contracts • Industry Fellows • Collaboration, Rapid Prototyping / Experimentation • SOFWERX • DirtyWerx >>ThunderDrone Be the cross-cutting catalyst for SOF
  • 7. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE SOFWERX: An Alternate Pathway Step (1) Operators define a problem Step (2) limited number of units for testing, prototyping, user evaluations, etc. Step (3) decision point to determine further investment and acquisition strategy SOFWERX projects are non-FAR based, reducing traditional barriers SOFWERX created in FY15 Alternate acquisition pathway approach for USSOCOM Access broad commercial non-traditional sources/innovation Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) with Doolittle Institute SOFWERX
  • 8. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) 15 USC §3715: An Agreement that provides an intermediary to perform services that increase the likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or joint activities with small business firms, institutions of higher education, or educational institutions Competitively announced and established in September 2015 with Doolittle Institute Five (5) year agreement, Sep 15 – Sep 20 Sub awards are subject to Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs), non FAR
  • 9. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The Value of the PIA to USSOCOM Proactive, focused collaboration with innovative, non- traditional entities Discovery of new, novel and adaptive technology solutions Access to broader commercial and emerging innovative networks Assists non-traditional entities to provide solutions/ideas to USSOCOM Provides alternate acquisition pathway to reduce technical risk prior to further investment decisions
  • 10. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE SOF AT&L Non-FAR Acquisition Authorities 15 USC 3710(d) Cooperative Research Development & Agreement 10 USC 2371 Other Transaction Authority 10 USC 2371(b) Other Transaction Authority for Rapid Prototyping 10 USC 2374(a) Prize Challenge 15 USC 3719 Prize Challenge 15 USC 3715 Partnership Intermediary Agreement Pursuing 10 USC 2373 Procurement for Experimental Purposes
  • 11. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Opportunities to Join In
  • 12. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Special Interest Items Intellectual Property Concerns Follow-on Activities Acquisition Agility and the PEOs / Programs Industry Fellows Program
  • 13. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE What Acquisition Agility IS and IS NOT… A Short-Cut Around FAR-based Programs A Way to Avoid Competitive Procurements for Major Programs Short-term Fad (see the NDAA Language…) IS Streamlined Avenue for Industry / SOCOM Communication, Collaboration and Rapid Prototyping/Experimentation Complement to FAR-based and OTA activities (Informs and Can Accelerate the Requirements Process) IS NOT
  • 14. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DISTRIBUTION A: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE For further information… Kelly Stratton-Feix (Director) 813.826.3016 kelly.Stratton-feix@socom.mil Joel Fritz (SOFWERX PM) 813.826.7290 joel.fritz@socom.mil Michael Guinn (SOFWERX APM) 813.826.5149 michael.guinn@socom.mil THANK YOU!!