CON-IT

Abstract

Contracting Information Technology System (CON-IT) provides a single contract writing system for the Air Force contracting community to support all contracting needs including base operations, logistics, contingency and weapons system contracting world-wide. CON-IT will enable strategic sourcing and other acquisition efficiencies by standardizing data, business rules, and milestone tracking. Furthermore, CON-IT will allow for a standardized and integrated method of anticipating, reacting, and responding to the current pace and changes in process, regulation, and technology across the contract domain. CON-IT will also address the immediate need of a Standard Procurement System (SPS) replacement as directed by Under Secretary of Defense (USD) for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) by 30 SEP 23 (OUSD/AT&L Memo, 12 JAN 17). SPS has an initial brownout date of 30 SEP 20 with a sunset date of 30 SEP 23. When fully implemented, CON-IT will enable process changes necessary to converge on a common contract writing/management capability within the Air Force. CON-IT will address the current inefficiencies in the contracting domain, given there are multiple contract writing systems that continue to challenge the ability to operate responsively, consistently, and cost-effectively to award, administer, and close out mission critical contracts in a timely fashion. CON-IT will allow the contracting community to fully support compliance with financial auditability and Financial Improvement Audit Readiness (FIAR) goals that depend on the integrity of the data flow through the Procure to Pay (P2P) process. CON-IT activities also include utilizing a non-traditional acquisition approach by using United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Enterprise Application Services (EAS) team via an interagency agreement to develop, test, validate, train end users, deploy, and maintain CON-IT. USDA's NITC (National Information Technology Center) will provide and maintain the hosting environment. This program is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 643483_0901410F_4_3600_PB_2018

Tags

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Defense Financial Management and Audit.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.