Federal Agencies & Procurement Advocacy

Latest News

The Federal Agencies & Procurement Advocacy Committee has undergone considerable changes in subcommittee leadership and staff since the beginning of March. These changes will continue to produce new initiatives and growth areas. In March alone, white and/or discussion papers were generated on Building Information Modeling, Use of Standardized Designs, and Infrastructure (Levee) Liability Mitigation. These and many other initiatives will result in an update to this site following the ACEC Convention in April.

Key Legislative Priorities

• Qualifications-Based Selection
• Government Competition
• Small Business Size Standards
• WRDA Reauthorization
• 3% Withholding Mandate

Reverse Auctions

• USACE Final Report on Reverse Auction Pilot Program

Final Report Index
Section 1:	USACE Executive Summary
Section 2:	Point of Clarification
Section 3:	A Short Primer on Reverse Auctioning
Section 4:	Report Issue #1
Section 5:	Report Issue #2
Section 6:	Report Issue #3
Section 7:	Report Issue #4
Section 8:	Report Issue #5
Section 9:	Determinations

• ACEC Letter to FHWA on Reverse Auctions
• FHWA's Response to ACEC's Letter

Resources and Materials

• Final ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACTING Manuel for USACE
  NOTABLE CHANGES IN OCT 2006 EDITION OF EP 715-1-7
  COMPARED TO 31 JUL 2002 EDITION

• ACEC Annual Convention Federal Agencies Presentations (April 27-30, 2008)
Jerry Laiserin, The Laiserin Letter
Robert Banks, USACE
Charles Matta, USGSA-PBS
Jean S. Walley, U.S. State Department
June Wohlbach, USACE
Leslie Shepherd, USGSA-Chief Architect
Major Clark III, USGSA
Karen Baker, USACE-Small Business Office
John Woods, Woods-Peacock Engineering Consulting, Inc.
Jerry Boyle, CH2M Hill
• ACEC Senate Testimony on Bureau of Reclamation
• FAIR Act
• Status of FY’08 Appropriations Bills
• FY’07 Appropriations Summary
• FY’06 Appropriations Summary
• ACEC State Legislative Resource Center
• QBS Resources Center
• ACEC Publications
• Standard Form 330
• The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP)

Partnering Agreements

• USACE  (PDF format)
• NAVFAC  (PDF format)
• GSA

Federal Agencies & Procurement Advocacy Committee Roster & Subcommittees

Chairman: Stephen Scott

The purpose of the Committee is to undertake advocacy efforts with Congress and federal agencies to promote the interests of ACEC members engaged in contracting with the federal government.

Federal Agencies & Procurement Roster & Goals  (PDF format)

Not on the roster? This is an open committee for all ACEC members - Email Mark Steiner (msteiner@acec.org) if you would like to serve on this committee.

Upcoming Meetings

• Fall 2008 Conference - October 19-22, 2008 Fairmont - The Queen Elizabeth Montreal, Quebec, Canada