2.  Roles and Responsibilities.

In addition to the roles and responsibilities identified at FAR 6.502, Air Force Competition and Commercial Advocates must perform the roles and responsibilities identified below.

2.1.  Support the Air Force Competition Advocate General in formulating, managing, and providing oversight of the Air Force Competition and Commercial Advocacy Program.  As required, participate in Air Force Competition and Commercial Advocate meetings in support of the DoD Competition Advocate quarterly meetings.

2.2.  Promote commercial practices and competition in acquisition programs managed by their MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA. Identify, track, and follow-up on actions to remove impediments to commercial practices and competition. Seek to improve the overall competitive performance, including effective competition, and increase the use of commercial practices by overcoming barriers such as defining requirements, policies, procedures, and decisions that restrict competition and limit their applicability. SAF/AQC developed a web based tool for aiding in the development of a MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA contracting competition report and for use as a tool to monitor and proactively affect competition performance throughout the year.

2.3.  Ensure the organization's policies and procedures encourage full and open competition whenever possible, including effective competition, and promote the use of commercial procedures. Review acquisition planning documents, and ensure market research demonstrates that competitive and commercial opportunities were considered.

2.4.  Participate in acquisition strategy planning through forums such as the Acquisition Strategy Panel process.

2.5.  Establish MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA competition goals, including effective competition, using the Department of Defense (DoD) guidelines. Track and report on progress in achieving the MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA competition goal.

2.6.  Track and report the use of fair opportunity and the achievement of effective competition on task and delivery orders written against multiple award contracts for the MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA.

2.7.  Train program managers, contracting personnel, and senior leaders on the advantages of full and open competition and effective competition and communicate success stories.  

2.8.   Stress the need for contracting professionals to complete the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Continuous Learning Module (CLM), Continuous Learning Contracts (CLC) 055, "Competition Requirements for DoD Acquisition" Defense Acquisition Continuous Learning training annually.

2.9.  Assist contracting officers in educating and conveying the advantages of full and open competition and effective competition to program managers and individuals writing the requirements documents.. To assist the Competition Advocate in training acquisition customers, the Competition and Commercial Advocate, (OUSD)/(DPAP) developed a competition training template that can be tailored to the needs of the individuals being trained. The training is located at the DPAP website, Contract Policy, Competition, Training - Competition Requirements for DoD Acquisition (http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/docs/training.ppt)

2.10.  Identify potential for full and open competition and effective competition and commercial opportunities through the J&A and acquisition planning document reviews. Review and approve J&As and fair opportunity justifications in accordance with MP5306.304.

2.11.  Work with government and industry to investigate and eliminate barriers to competition and the acquisition of commercial items.

2.12.  The MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA Competition and Commercial Advocate shall ensure operational contracting Squadrons/Flights have access to an installation Competition and Commercial Advocate.

2.13.  Establish a competition and commercial advocacy program for activities within the MAJCOM/DRU/AFISRA. The activities' Competition and Commercial Program shall meet the oversight and management and reporting requirements identified throughout this MP.

2.14.  Ensure that requirements are stated in the least restrictive manner to allow for effective competition and the use of commercial practices.

2.15.  Review and provide appropriate comments on determinations made in accordance with FAR 9.202(b) that it would be unreasonable to specify the standards for qualification that a potential offeror (or its product) must satisfy in order to meet established qualification requirements.

2.16.  Prepare and submit an annual competition and commercial report in accordance with FAR 6.502(b) (2) and Paragraph 4 of this MP.