Program helps boost acquisition efficiency ) AFIi. Ohio Command acquiAir Force sition professionals have a new tool to help them develop and choose appropriate strategies that makes acquiring good and services (AFM-CNS- WRIGHT-PATTERSO- Matt-r- i 1 more efficient. Contract Connection, or ConConnect, is a tool acquisition experts can use to determine appropriate acquisition strategies. It evolved out of contracting directors' concerns that goods and services were acquired from sources other than those provided by using local AFMC contracting vehicles, possibly leading to additional costs, web-base- d including surcharges, according to Brig. Gen. Stanley Sieg, AFMC's contracting director. "This tool helps program managers and other acquisitions experts make business decisions while outlining the various choices d available," Sieg said. "It also includes a decision tree, knowledge areas and sources reference tool, and a web-base- web-base- d central repository database where users go to ConConnect and click on the Decisearch AFMC contracts that allow ordering sion Tree button. This will take them through supplies, services, base support and research a series of considerations and pros and cons and development." to facilitate making the right acquisition deciFor a program manager who has a sion, he said. the ConConnect Decision Tree That individual then can determine if he or will help him or her through a logical decishe should have their local contracting office sion process. This outlines how decisions write their own contract or should they write can be made to provide the best possible outa lead contract that others could use. They come in making an acquisition decision. will be able to look in the ConConnect dataWhile there are many routes to take, dependbase for AFMC management information sysing on the acquisition scenario, there are tems contracts or they can link to other sites basically four possible outcomes from the to see what contract vehicles for managedecision tree for the program manager. Sieg ment information systems other agencies said. They include the program manager writhave. "ConConnect is not only a platform that ing his own contract; writing his own contact as a le?d contract from which others can helps program managers and other acquisiorder, using an existing AFMC contract; and tion professionals with business choices, but it's also a way of thinking, processing inforusing a contract vehicle outside AFMC. This is how the ConConnect process works. mation and decision making," Sieg said. "It Program managers with a new requirement includes information about evolving philosofor a management information system can phies, roles, knowledge areas that help acqui t, sition experts in their changing role as busi- ness advisors or problem solvers." A constant theme underlying ConConnect existence is understanding and evaluating alternatives through making informed decisions. "ConConnect' s reach will be far greater than the cyber walls of the Air Force," he said. "Plans for expansion include solicitations for multi-use- r ordering contracts. In addition, there are plans to include all Air Force contracts from which others may order." Expanding links to contract data outside the Defense Department will provide greater opportunity for program managers to make good purchasing decisions. 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