Unity of Effort, Acquisition Management, and Acquisition Reform Impacts to the Transportation Security Industry

Transcription

1 Unity of Effort, Acquisition Management, and Acquisition Reform Impacts to the Transportation Security Industry Mark Rider Executive Director, Acquisition Services and Analysis (ASA); Deputy Component Acquisition Executive; DHS Joint Requirements Council Representative for TSA Office of Acquisition June 16, 2015

2 Agenda Two Perspectives Unity of Effort/Joint Requirements Council Acquisition Management TSA Acquisition Reform Act Summary 2

3 Two Perspectives Each Linked to the Other #1 DHS Joint Requirements Council (JRC) Representative for TSA Department s Unity of Effort initiatives Requirements linkage to strategy, mission, and investments #2 TSA Deputy Component Acquisition Executive (DCAE) Acquisition management (i.e. program management) processes, people, and products Governance trends as part of the business case reviews TSA Acquisition Reform Act Both are and will continue to impact industry in how we acquire security equipment 3

4 DHS and Unity of Effort DHS Secretary Johnson s Memorandum Strengthening Departmental Unity of Effort (April 2014) Committed to improving our planning, programming, budgeting, and execution processes Need to strengthen the upfront development of strategy, planning, and joint requirements... Facilitating a DHS component-driven joint requirements process Traceability between strategic objectives, budgeting, acquisition decisions, operational planning, and mission execution... 4

5 DHS Unity of Effort Guidance to Results Resource Planning Guidance Joint Requirements Resource Allocation Investments S1 Guidance Policy: What do we want to do? Strategy: What is our approach for achieving success? How is success measured? What do we need to be able to do to achieve outcomes? Results Operational Planning Guidance Current Capabilities What are we currently able to do? 5 Joint Operational Plans How will we achieve outcomes with what we have? Joint Operations Were our targets right? DHS Strategic Review

6 Unity of Effort/Joint Requirements Potential Implications for Industry Requirements commonality across components Better requirements (i.e. thought out, objective, stable, measureable, etc.) Requirements transparency/clear linkages of requirements to strategy, mission, and investments Impulse requirements (buys) mitigation Requirements generation may take longer Potential outcomes! However, most requirements will not be joint! 6

7 Acquisition Management Big A Acquisition $40.7 $22.1 $120.4 Think Cradle to Grave Think Program Management Requirements Procurement Systems Engineering Tech Development Budgeting Planning Logistics Support People Products Processes 7

8 Big A Acquisition Management Areas Acquisition Services and Analysis Directorate Provide Acquisition Training, Assistance, and Governance to TSA s Acquisition Personnel and Programs Capabilities Include Expertise: In-depth expertise & acquisition assistance Outreach: Guide TSA customers through the DHS Acquisition Process DHS Coordination: Interface/advocacy with DHS Training: Targeted training and facilitated certification Risk Based Programmatic Assessments: Assess the risk of programs and provides recommendations in delivering needed capabilities Governance (Oversight) aspects impact industry and are influenced by industry 8

9 Acquisition Management Oversight (Governance) Trends Linkages: Linking of strategy-mission-requirements-investments Business Case Perspective: Increased critical thinking at acquisition reviews Cost Analysis: More robust lifecycle cost estimates of programs / affordability analysis Reliance on Objective Test and Evaluation (DT, OT, QT): From the contractor, to third parties, to the government to inform decisions Risk Assessments and Mitigation: Impacts, probabilities, and, most importantly, plans to mitigate programmatic risk are driving change These Trends Directly Impact Industry!!! 9

10 Help From Industry Concerning Acquisition Management Industry can help the greater acquisition management effort in several areas: Realism Be objective and vocal on what can be delivered/when Identify relevant risks and mitigate them Conduct meaningful reviews with your customers Strong Systems Engineering Apply fundamentally sound, disciplined systems engineering to your programs Configuration Management Instill discipline in your products configuration control and processes Robust Technical Testing To the extent possible, stress your products in your facilities to fully understand their capabilities and limitations Performance Modeling and Simulation Help us get to the next level through modeling of your systems 10

11 TSA Acquisition Reform Act Section Year Technology Investment Plan Section 1614 Inventory Utilization Section 1612 Acquisition Justification and Reports Congressional notification required 30-days prior to award Section 1615 Small Business Contracting Goals Section 1613 Acquisition Baseline Establishment and Reports Breach Notification required to Congress within 30-days of findings Section 1616 Consistency with the Federal Acquisition Regulation and Departmental policies and Directives. Other: Section 5 Report on Feasibility of Inventory Tracking 11

12 TSA Acquisition Reform Act Implications for all Stakeholders Most of these Reform Act activities TSA already performing, but additional increased/augmented emphasis concerning: Transparency in future technology plans/efforts Communications with all government and industry stakeholders Visibility and notification reporting of breaches and contract awards Inventory reporting and tracking Criticality of small business partners 12

13 Summary Expect a stronger linkage between strategy-mission-requirements-investments across the Department Joint requirements will impact industry in many ways Acquisition management trending to greater programmatic critical thinking The TSA Acquisition Reform Act will augment current efforts in terms of stakeholder transparency, communications, and notifications 13