Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Overview

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Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
Overview Presented by Debra K.
Harrison June 3, 2008
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Agenda

• DCMA Overview
• Key Capabilities
• Key Initiatives

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DCMA Overview

• Mission Provide Customer- Focused Acquisition
  Life Cycle and Combat Support to Ensure
  Readiness, Worldwide 24/7
• Represent the Military Services, Defense
  Agencies, other Federal Agencies and Allied
  Government Buying Agencies Worldwide
• Primarily, but not exclusively, after contract
  award

Agency Goals 1. Transform the
Agency into a customer focused
organization 2. Embrace a performance - based
culture 3. Equip our employees with the
competencies needed to provide extraordinary
support to our customers 4. Ensure fiscal
responsibility
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Key Capabilities

• Product Assurance (e.g., Software/Engineering/Qual
  ity Assurance)
• Contract Safety
• Earned Value Management
• Safe and Effective Aircraft Operations at
  Contractor Facilities
• Business and Financial Analysis Functions to
  Include DCEs, CIPR, FPRA, Pricing Support and
  Corporate Systems Approvals (e.g., ERP, EVMS,
  purchasing)
• Global Supplier Management for Program and
  Sustainment Efforts
• Industrial Analysis
• Acquisition Management of Special Access Programs
  and in the International Theater
• Product-Specific Skills (Aeronautical, Naval,
  Ground Systems Munitions, and Space Missile
  Systems)
• Management of Government Property in Contractor
  Possession (including plant clearance)
• Fraud Deterrence, Mitigation and Remediation

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Key Initiatives

• Establish competency aligned Surveillance
  Management Organizations in the areas of Quality
  Assurance, Systems Engineering, and Software
  Acquisition Management.
• Develop Standard Surveillance Operating Manuals
  for Quality Assurance, Systems Engineering, and
  Software Acquisition Management.
• Design overarching performance measures to
  illustrate contractor performance in the areas of
  Quality Assurance, Systems Engineering, and
  Software Acquisition Management.
• Develop a core training curriculum for improving
  Agency expertise in the areas of Quality
  Assurance, Systems Engineering, and Software
  Acquisition Management.
• Develop a contractor systems review/audit program
  to assess contractor capability and performance
  in the areas of Quality Assurance, Systems
  Engineering, and Software Acquisition Management.

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Product Assurance Framework
Development Training Program

• Core Mission
• Customer Outcomes
• ALPCs
• CSI
• Flight Critical
• Strategic Suppliers
• SCD AB
• FAR 42

Core Mission Areas Engineering Quality Manufacturi
ng Software NASA NSEP HAZMAT
Macro-analysis for Agency ALPCs DRs/escapes Progr
am Performance Supplier Performance
Core Processes
Surveillance Techniques Strategies might
include Alt release C of C System
Evaluations Process proofing Product
inspection Sampling Floor monitoring
Other Division Uniques?
Standard Surveillance Operating Guide
HQ
FIELD
Data Collection Analysis eTools Contractor data
validation Inspection records standards
Evaluate customer requirements Contract
Review Engagement Dialogues/Interfaces
Pick the Applicable Processes
Profound Insights back to customers
Select the appropriate surveillance techniques
Develop Surveillance Strategy
Collect Analyze data
Make determinations
Report it!
CTMAs
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Back to Basics

• Surveillance Planning
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Determination
• Documentation

Statement of defensible facts about the product
and the contractor for whoever is interested in
knowing.
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Back to the Future!

• CAR eTool
• Delegation eTool
• The Big 3
• Standard Surveillance Operating Guide
• Surveillance Plan Template
• Training Curriculum
• Systems Evaluations
• Functional Integration
• Overarching Quality Measures

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QA-B2B

• Influencing contractor performance to ensure
  quality products to the end user