CSAW Webinar Series: Understanding PBA

CSAW Webinar Series: Understanding Performance Based Acquisitions

PBAs are structured around the results to be achieved as opposed to the manner by which work is to be performed. Services are evolving in complexity due to advances in technology. A member of the acquisition workforce can not be an expert in all fields that they touch. Therefore, any contract that is prescriptive in how a service is delivered is likely to result in substandard performance. A successful contract in the current acquisition environment instead speaks to expected results.

Do you know the difference between Statement of Work (SOW), a Performance Work Statement (PWS) and a State of Objectives (SOO)? How do you decide which to use, and when?

This course breaks down performance-based service acquisition into 4 key elements and 8 steps to get to better written requirements and acquisition strategies.