Activity 12 Instructions/Document Requirements:

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Activity 12: Prepare the Performance Requirements Summary for your recommended solution (Please see attachment – WBS). Examine the use of the performance work statement (PWS) that is provided to potential contractors as part of a request for proposal (RFP). Metrics are key elements of a PWS.

“Metrics” are a set of measurements that quantify things, such as the results that must be produced by a project. The PWS states measurable outcomes (results) that must be produced by the acquisition project in order for the project to be considered successful. The PWS is a commonly recommended form of the statement of work and it is used by both federal agencies and commercial firms to emphasize the required results rather than the methods of doing the work.

Performance Work Statements rely on metrics to communicate the results required by the RFP. Focuses on the most important metrics—those contained in the PWS.

Providing PWS Information to Potential Contractors

As stated above, the PRS summarizes PWS information. The PWS itself and other parts of the RFP provide contractors with related details. Grants.gov illustrates the more complete information that potential contractors receive in the RFP.

You need to use Template 12 (Please see the attachment) to prepare your Activity 12. In doing so, you will summarize the required results that would be the heart of the RFP for potential contractors.

Please use the following references along with some that you find useful:

• GRANTS.GOV. (2006) Performance Work Statement for Grants.gov System Integration Services. Grants.gov is sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget, with the Department of Health and Human Services serving as the managing partner. This is a 40-page draft of a PBWS. Skim or lightly read the document. Note its contents and how the contents are presented. Notice how parts of the PBWS template are incorporated into the document. 
• Federal Acquisitions Regulations, Subpart 37.6—, is titled Performance-Based Acquisition. The regulations presented here are for preparing performance-based work statements. They are relatively brief, about one screen in length. This FAR subpart is available at: http://www.acquisition.gov/far. Then click on FAR (one of the top bars). Select 37 and go to Subpart 37.6.