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The Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) is a DHS framework aimed at experimenting with innovative acquisition techniques across the DHS enterprise. The PIL provides a safe space to test new ideas, share lessons learned, and promote best practices. It fosters cultural changes that promote innovation and managed risk-taking through a continuous feedback cycle.
PILCast Episode # 52 - Improving Requirement Outcomes with Facilitated Workshops
In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with the Program Lead on the General Services Administration (GSA), Civilian Services Acquisition Workshop (CSAW) team.
Creating requirements documents can be hard and arduous for government program offices and even then, it is difficult to write a great SOW, SOO, or PWS that is clear to industry. In this episode, you will learn what a C-SAW is AND how it can help your program office team create AND improve the quality of your requirements to ensure you receive better proposals from industry and better performance after awarding a contract.
You can find resources below discussed in this episode including the GSA CSAW website, the GSA CSAW TH-cam page, which includes a full series on developing performance-based acquisitions and how to write performance-based requirements.
For other federal innovative acquisition techniques, visit the Acquisition Gateway - Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovations link below. If you have any questions from this video or about any other innovative acquisition techniques, send an email to the DHS PIL Team: PIL@hq.dhs.gov.
Links:
- GSA Civilian Services Acquisition Workshop (CSAW) Team Site: www.gsa.gov/buy-through-us/products-and-services/professional-services/acquisition-support/civilian-services-acquisition-workshops
- GSA CSAW TH-cam Channel: th-cam.com/play/PLvdwyPgXnxxVslDBK5HYeekr4FY_nr-Pn.html
- The NEW home of the Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovation (PTAI) on the Acquisition Gateway: www.acquisitiongateway.gov/periodic-table
- DHS Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL): www.dhs.gov/pil
- DHS PIL TH-cam Channel: th-cam.com/channels/pVPQifu6pcX6Rqt7zwvHXA.html
Creating requirements documents can be hard and arduous for government program offices and even then, it is difficult to write a great SOW, SOO, or PWS that is clear to industry. In this episode, you will learn what a C-SAW is AND how it can help your program office team create AND improve the quality of your requirements to ensure you receive better proposals from industry and better performance after awarding a contract.
You can find resources below discussed in this episode including the GSA CSAW website, the GSA CSAW TH-cam page, which includes a full series on developing performance-based acquisitions and how to write performance-based requirements.
For other federal innovative acquisition techniques, visit the Acquisition Gateway - Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovations link below. If you have any questions from this video or about any other innovative acquisition techniques, send an email to the DHS PIL Team: PIL@hq.dhs.gov.
Links:
- GSA Civilian Services Acquisition Workshop (CSAW) Team Site: www.gsa.gov/buy-through-us/products-and-services/professional-services/acquisition-support/civilian-services-acquisition-workshops
- GSA CSAW TH-cam Channel: th-cam.com/play/PLvdwyPgXnxxVslDBK5HYeekr4FY_nr-Pn.html
- The NEW home of the Periodic Table of Acquisition Innovation (PTAI) on the Acquisition Gateway: www.acquisitiongateway.gov/periodic-table
- DHS Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL): www.dhs.gov/pil
- DHS PIL TH-cam Channel: th-cam.com/channels/pVPQifu6pcX6Rqt7zwvHXA.html
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PILCast Episode # 51 - The Importance of Reading Protest Decisions
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with former government senior executive about Government Accountability Office (GAO) protest decisions and Court of Federal Claims (COFC) cases. Learn why it is important to read GAO protest decisions and COFC cases as a contracting officer and how teams can use them as lessons le...
PILCast Episode # 50 - Inside Look at the Fiscal Year 2023 PIL Yearbook
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In this PILCast episode, coaches from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) provide an inside look at the FY2023 PIL Yearbook. Watch this video to learn about some of the information you can find in the FY2023 PIL Yearbook, including procurement innovation stories from teams internal to DHS and across the Federal Government, innovative procurement techniques...
PILCast Episode # 49 - How to Use a Digital Application for Requests for Information (RFIs)
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with the DHS Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Contracting Officer about how their team used a digital application tool to collect information from vendors for a Request for Information (RFI). Think about the last time you either created an RFI and had vendors respond to ...
PILCast Episode # 48 - Procurement Innovation Trivia Holiday Edition
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PILCast Episode # 48 - Procurement Innovation Trivia: A Special Holiday PILCast Episode from the PIL Team In this PILCast Episode, the PIL Team helps spread holiday cheer within the acquisition community with some holiday trivia full of procurement innovations and the excitement of using them in the new year! The DHS PIL Team wishes everyone Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. For other federa...
PILCast Episode # 47 - How to Right-Size Coding Challenges
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with the DHS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Acquisition Innovation Advocate (AIA) about how a team at USCIS used coding challenges on a procurement and lessons learned on how they can be right-sized for the individual requirement. Watch this episode to learn more about...
PILCast Episode # 46 - Market Research Strategies to Increase Competition
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with a Contracting Officer from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and what they did to obtain more than 5 quotes on a procurement where they had zero interested parties on a previous requirement. Find out what this team did to obtain competition so you can learn some stra...
PILCast Episode # 45 - Mission Focused Evaluation Criteria and JAM Sessions
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with a Contracting Officer from the DHS Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Both participants share how they used Involve End-Users (JAM Sessions) to develop mission-focused evaluation criteria in only 2 days for a $35M FAR 16.505 procurement. This team story will also be ...
PIL Webinar #73: The Search for Innovative Procurement Authorities: 8/3/2023
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This webinar is a one-stop shop to learn about the following non-traditional authorities: Prize Competitions, the Commercial Solutions Opening Pilot(CSOP) Program, Partnership Intermediary Agreements(PIA), Small Business Innovation Research(SBIR) Program, and Other Transactions(OT). While the Federal Acquisition Regulations(FAR) are used by all components within DHS there are times when non-tra...
PIL Webinar #67: Cutting Through the Turkey: An S&T Protest Tutorial: 11/03/2022
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In this webinar, a team from the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate shares their story on how they recompeted a BPA that consolidated five previously separate requirements into one single award BPA and received two GAO protests from incumbents. Watch this webinar to learn how this team used a three-phase procurement strategy to effectively evaluate over 30 quotes quickly on their way ...
WEBINAR #68: Innovating in a "Small" Small Business World: 12/15/2022
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Do you think it’s important to right-size the evaluation approach and tailor the innovative procurement techniques for your small business set-aside procurements? The answer should be YES, but either way this webinar is for you! In this small business focused webinar, you will hear the top innovative techniques from FY 2022 PIL projects that were awarded to small businesses, and which innovativ...
PILCast Episode # 44 - Share Price with Technical Evaluators
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with a Contracting Officer from the DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC). The Contracting Officer shares how her team used an innovative procurement technique called Share Price with Technical Evaluators to help align the technical proposal with the price proposal ...
PILCast Episode # 43 - JAM Sessions, the Contracting Officer, and PR Packages
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation with a Contracting Officer from the DHS Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Contracting Officer shares how her team used a technique called Involve End-Users what is also referred to as Joint Application Modeling (JAM) Sessions to streamline the process of developing m...
PILCast Episode # 42 - Measuring Culture to Improve Mission Outcomes
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In this episode, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Procurement Innovation Lab (PIL) Coach has a conversation about measuring culture of procurement organizations at DHS and across the government with Dr. Thomas Kull, Professor of Supply Chain Management with the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Watch this episode to learn how DHS is measuring culture of the proc...
PIL Webinar #72: Spring into Action - A GAO Decision on Streamlined Documentation: 3/18/2023
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Hear from a team at the Department of Education about how they used streamlined documentation, as well as a host of other innovative procurement techniques, to award their requirement for Acquisition Management System (AMS) support, a $50 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) under FAR section 8.4. But look out for those spring showers, they received a GAO protest that decided how brief is t...
PILCast Episode # 41 - An Oral Presentation Case Study with the U.S. Forest Service
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PILCast Episode # 41 - An Oral Presentation Case Study with the U.S. Forest Service
PILCast Episode # 40 - Origins and Overview of Other Transactions (OTs)
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PILCast Episode # 40 - Origins and Overview of Other Transactions (OTs)
PILCast Episode # 39 - The Impact of Delays on Industry (and Government)
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PILCast Episode # 39 - The Impact of Delays on Industry (and Government)
PILCast Episode # 38 - Using Examples to Start Your Innovation Journey
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PILCast Episode # 38 - Using Examples to Start Your Innovation Journey
PILCast Episode # 37 - 2023 NCMA World Congress PIL Quiz Gameshow!
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PILCast Episode # 37 - 2023 NCMA World Congress PIL Quiz Gameshow!
PILCast Episode # 36 - Innovating within the FAR
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PILCast Episode # 36 - Innovating within the FAR
PILCast Episode # 35 - Tips for Developing Unique Evaluation Criteria
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PILCast Episode # 35 - Tips for Developing Unique Evaluation Criteria
PILCast Episode # 34 - Procurement Innovation Musical for NCMA World Congress 2023
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PILCast Episode # 34 - Procurement Innovation Musical for NCMA World Congress 2023
PILCast Episode # 33 - The Evolution of Procurement and Golf
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PILCast Episode # 33 - The Evolution of Procurement and Golf
PILCast Episode # 32 - A Procurement Innovation Case Study with the U.S. Coast Guard
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PILCast Episode # 32 - A Procurement Innovation Case Study with the U.S. Coast Guard
PILCast Episode # 31 - Commercial Solutions Opening Program (CSOP)
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PILCast Episode # 31 - Commercial Solutions Opening Program (CSOP)
PILCast Episode # 30 - Post-Award Vendor Informal Feedback Sessions
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PILCast Episode # 30 - Post-Award Vendor Informal Feedback Sessions
PILCast Episode # 29 - Invoicing Techniques for Agile Contracts
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PILCast Episode # 29 - Invoicing Techniques for Agile Contracts
PILCast Episode # 28 - Inside Look at the Fiscal Year 2022 DHS PIL Yearbook
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PILCast Episode # 28 - Inside Look at the Fiscal Year 2022 DHS PIL Yearbook
PILCast Episode # 27 - Optional Evaluation Factors for Solicitations
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PILCast Episode # 27 - Optional Evaluation Factors for Solicitations
Great procurement outcomes begin with solid requirements!
Huge fan of this youtube channel and GovContrActually!
Love this idea! I think this will be so helpful and will have to give it a try! I also appreciate the step-by-step instructions! Thanks for sharing this!
Always happy to help! If you have any questions feel free to reach out - PIL@hq.dhs.gov.
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Love it! Happy Holidays, Innovators!! 🙂
I am a Contracting Officer with CG-9123-2. I thought this was a great video and will be helpful for a procurement that I am working on now.
@rbudl2164 thank you for reaching out! We are happy you found this helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out and we are happy to have a conversation at any time. Good luck and it will all work out well!
Very helpful video. Thanks!!!
Happy to help and thank you for watching!
Great points made in this video by the PIL team! I highly recommend advisory down-selects coupled with informal feedback sessions. Thanks for sharing!
Nice to see the gang still doing it big. Congrats. Denise Porter, DHS, Retired
Thank you for reaching out and we are happy you are enjoying the content!
Great episode! I liked, shared, and subscribed. Lets link up for a cross-agency PILCast episode soon!
Awesome! Great idea, we would love to do an episode with Department of Commerce!
Question on using min level of experience…because if you are acquiring technology services and key personnel for this work, sometimes establishing minimums would be required if the program actually needs the experience an it’s not highly desired backed up by the D&F the FAR requires at FAR 39.104. Question, is asking for specific experience as highly desirable the innovation even tho in your documentation you’re establishing minimums? Seems if acquiring IT services and establishing minimums within the key personnel section or labor cat section would lend itself to evaluating responses based on those min and you couldn’t really use the “highly desired” innovation right?? Anyways great job presenting this info and thanks for sharing!!
@Carrie Parker, thank you for the great comment. Be careful with the D&F for that section, FAR 39.104 only requires the CO to determine, not use the D&F Format. Also, some minimums can be established, but let them be minimums, and the highly desired is the part that helps bring it home. Minimum HS with 5 years, highly desired BA in computer science. The highly desirable could be an innovation, it is a way to provide flexibility so that something small like a specific year of service or potential education does not disqualify a vendor. If someone did determine to include some type of minimums, this could be language used in the solicitation and how it could be evaluated if someone was proposed with a lower amount: All proposed key personnel are highly desired to meet the qualifications below. Any instance not meeting the requirements may lower the Government’s confidence in the factor.” This puts them on notice but doesn’t make you kick someone to the curb for a not important reason. We are awarding contracts to companies not people. Let us know if you have any other questions and we will be happy to discuss!
Scott Simpson I love the wit of innovative government procurement officials!!! 😂
I’ve started doing this (after watching a PIL webinar) and the response from industry has been amazing. They seem to appreciate the transparency .
I love the whole PIE theme. Very excited for USDA. Great job Mandi and Monica!
Scott, I share these vlogs with my customers on a regular basis. Many are astonished on the number tools available.
@C Mays - thank you for sharing these, hopefully they are able to help others out there. If you or our customers have any questions or want to talk about any techniques, we are happy to arrange a call and discuss! Just send us an email at PIL@hq.dhs.gov. If there are any topics you would like us to cover in these videos, just let us know!
i'm interested in seeing the actual solicitation
Send an email to PIL@hq.dhs.gov and we will happily send it over. Thanks for the comment.
So happy that we have our own piece of the PIE! Thanks Mandi and Monica. Keep being innovative
This is so funny! Love it.
Love it
Ideas for next year: Silent FAR Deck the FAR with Innovations
Joy to the FAR
I like the language. Good video…
You guys did a great job!
All - I do a lot of videos for the HUBZone Chamber of Commerce and can offer guidance if anyone wants help. One tip I want to share is for you to use your laptop, not a smart phone to make these recordings. First, it puts your recording into your enterprise environment right off the bat with no need to transfer files. Second, and most importantly, using a laptop lets your team look at the camera while also having a PowerPoint deck available below that camera with easy to follow bullets to keep you on track. Neil McDonnell, President & Founder | HUBZone Chamber of Commerce www.linkedin.com/in/neil-mcdonnell/ www.HUBZoneChamber.org