Main Acquisition References Defense Acquisition Guidebook (Retired) DoD Instruction 5000.02 Program Managers Toolkit Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Topic Name Date Retired Main Guide Website: Defense Acquisition Guide (see below) Acquisition Directive DoD Directive 5000.01: The Defense Acquisition System 9 Sept 2020 Acquisition Instruction DoD Instruction 5000.02: Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework 23 Feb 2020 […]
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Acquisition Announcements (10/01/2025) New Simplified Acquisition Thresholds (Visit) (11/22/23) New: Selective Acquisition Report (SAR) Preparation and Review Guidance (Visit) (7/22/23) Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) Retired – Replaced by a Series of Guides (Visit) (7/11/23) Update: Cybersecurity Test & Evaluation Guidebook (Visit) (4/1/22) Increase in Buy America Act thresholds (View) (1/1/22) The reorganization of Part V
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The DoD Business Capability Acquisition Cycle (BCAC) is a process that seeks to develop and implement business/acquisition processes to acquire systems more efficiently. The process facilitates changes in the process through doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy to drive performance improvements, efficiencies, and effectiveness. BCAC aligns commercial best practices and
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A fixed-price incentive (successive target) contract (FAR 16.403-2) is an incentive type contract that operates in the same way as a Fixed Price Incentive (firm target) contract except that one or more revisions in the target cost and target profit may be made during performance. At the beginning, the contracting officer shall specify in the
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