Acquisition of Services
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Contracted Services
Policy
Category Management
Procedures
IT Services
FAQs & Resources
*AAF Pathway Resources*
Responsibilities
Seven-step Process
Planning Phase
Step 1: Form the Team
Step 2: Current Strategy
Step 3: Market Research
Development Phase
Step 4: Reqts Definition
Step 5: Acquisition Strategy
Execution Phase
Step 6: Execute Strategy
Step 7: Performance Mgmt
Acquisition of Services Pathway Change Log
How To Use This Site
Each page in this pathway presents a wealth of curated knowledge from acquisition policies, guides, templates, training, reports, websites, case studies, and other resources. It also provides a framework for functional experts and practitioners across DoD to contribute to the collective knowledge base. This site aggregates official DoD policies, guides, references, and more.
DoD and Service policy is indicated by a BLUE vertical line.
Directly quoted material is preceeded with a link to the Reference Source.
This page lists the major updates to the Acquisition of Services Pathway pages:
Dec 2020 – Integrated DoDI 5000.73 in Step 4: Requirements Definition, DoDI 5010.44 in Step 5: Acquisition Strategy, and DoDI 5000.82 in IT Services. Added “Additional Policies and Guidance” toggle with 3 new policies in Policy. Added Army Category Management reference and video, as well as additional references and tools in Category Management. Added 2 new training courses (CON 0150 and ACQ 1650) and “Guidebook for Acquiring Engineering Technical Services” resource in FAQs & Resources.
Oct 2020 – Added two additional references in IT Services
Jan 2020 – Launch of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework website, including the Acquisition of Services Pathway