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FIBF

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Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF)

The FIBF is a model that enables the Federal government to better coordinate and document common business needs across agencies and focus on outcomes, data, processes and performance. It is the essential first step towards standards that will drive economies of scale and leverage the government’s buying power.

Contract Writing Standards Lead

Name: DHS
Contact: kate.oliver@hq.dhs.gov

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Federal Business Lifecycle - Contract Writing

Federal Business Lifecycles, functional areas, functions, and activities serve as the basis for a common understanding of what services agencies need and solutions should offer.

Functions: Breakdown of a functional area into categories of services provided to customers.

Activities: Within a function, processes that provide identifiable outputs/outcomes to customers are defined as activities.

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ACQ.010 Business Analysis & Acquisition Strategy

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ACQ.020 Acquisition Planning

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ACQ.030 Acquisition Package Preparation

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ACQ.040 Source Selection

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ACQ.050 Contract Administration/Management

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Business Capabilities - Contract Writing

Business Capabilities are the outcome-based business needs mapped to Federal government authoritative references, forms, and data standards.

Business Capabilities Explorer

Capability ID	Function	Activity Name	Input/ Output/ Process	Business Capability Statement	Authoritative Reference

Business Use Cases - Contract Writing

A set of agency “stories” that document the key activities, inputs, outputs, and other LOB intersections to describe how the Federal government operates.

Standard Data Elements - Contract Writing

Identify the minimum data fields required to support the inputs and outputs noted in the use cases and capabilities.

Service Measures - Contract Writing

Define how the government measures successful delivery of outcomes based on timeliness, efficiency, and accuracy targets.