TacCom - Government Executive

Tactical
Communications
(TacCom) & the Future
of Mobile
Purpose
Methodology
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Rise of TacCom
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TacCom created to leverage immense buying
power
“
”
http://www.corp.att.com/gov/images/TACCOM_Ordering_Guide_Version1-12.pdf.
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TacCom planned trajectory follows two
phases
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/mgmt/itpa-cbp-taccom2012.pdf.
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Biggest potential buyer on TacCom increases
spending
3.3
Cost in 2010 Billions
3.5
3
2.5
2
2.8
2.5
1.7
2
2
2006
2007
1.5
1.5
1
0.5
0
2004
6
2005
2008
2009
2010
DHS contract spending by vehicle
7
Respondent
Profile
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Survey respondents are senior federal executives
Senior Executive Service
1%
GS/GM-15
21%
GS/GM-14
25%
GS/GM-13
26%
GS/GM-12
GS/GM-11
10%
1%
Colonel/Captain
1%
Lt. Colonel/Commander
0%
Major/Lt. Commander
1%
9
of respondents
are GS/GM-13
or above
Over 200
4%
51-200
4%
21-50
65%
of respondents
oversee at least
one report
12%
4%
General/Admiral
Other
73%
6-20
23%
1-5
22%
None
11%
35%
Operations is the most common job function
Operations
40%
Human capital
13%
Finance
8%
Acquisitions and procurement
Information technology
Communications and
telecommunications
Facilities, fleet and real estate
management
10
7%
5%
▶
3%
3%
Engineering
3%
Legislative
2%
Other
▶
17%
Most respondents involved with purchases
Under $100,000
26%
$100,001 to $999,999
9%
$1 million – $4,999,999
8%
$5 million - $9,999,999
3%
$10 million - $15,999,999
2%
$16 million - $24,999,999
1%
More than $25 million
None of the above
11
55%
of respondents
are involved in
purchases
6%
44%
Represented agencies
12
Research
findings
13
Current state of
mobile
procurement
14
Agencies’ mobile equipment in need of service
Don't know
3%
Needs
immediate
replacement
17%
Will need to be
replaced soon
23%
15
State of the art
4%
Modern
17%
Serviceable
37%
Use of contract vehicles not widely known
Connections II
Alliant
1%
3%
Technical Acquisition and Business Support Services (TABSS)
4%
Technical Investigative Surveillance Equipment (TechOps)
5%
Tactical Communications (TacCom)
6%
Other (please specify)
7%
Information Technology Acquisitions (EAGLE I, EAGLE II,
FirstSource)
14%
Program Management, Administrative, Clerical, and Technical
Services (PACTS)
15%
16
Internal sources most common educational
materials
Agency intranet
33%
Internal briefing materials
24%
Print publications
15%
Online news sites
14%
Seminars/lectures
13%
Webinars
13%
Trade shows/conferences
10%
White papers
10%
Mobile apps
Social networking sites
3%
Other
3%
TV
3%
Radio
3%
Blogs
3%
I do not seek out information
17
6%
48%
Vendor-specific materials rarely used
Don't know
18%
Often
5%
Sometimes
16%
Rarely
20%
Never
41%
18
Use of Tactical
Communications
(TacCom)
19
Few familiar with TacCom contract vehicle
21%
of respondents
are at all
familiar
14%
79%
Not at all familiar
20
Somewhat familiar
Familiar
Very familiar
4% 2% 1%
Extremely familiar
Respondents unsure about value of TacCom
The TacCom procurement vehicle has streamlined the acquisition
process for tactical communication assets.
35%
The TacCom procurement vehicle has reduced costs for tactical
communication assets.
The TacCom procurement vehicle has eliminated duplication in the
acquisition process for tactical communication assets
Strongly agree
21
Agree
Disagree
28%
16% 2%
16% 6%
35%
Strongly disagree
16% 10%
47%
51%
39%
Don't know
Budget greatest challenge to acquiring tactical
communications
1st
Limited budget (Mean: 2.68)
2nd
Lack of support from senior leadership(Mean: 3.30)
2nd
3rd
Program managers not empowered to make decisions (Mean: 3.38)
4th
Lack of input from end-users (Mean: 3.61)
5th
Disconnect between government and industry expectations (Mean: 4.07)
6th
Lack of framework to guide funding decisions (Mean: 4.54)
7th
Lengthy testing and deployment process (Mean: 4.70)
8th Wide array of stakeholders to manage (Mean: 4.73)
9th
10th
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Vendor lock-in/sole sourcing (Mean: 5.26)
Increased bid protesting (Mean: 6.36)
Greatest need for subscriber equipment
Subscriber equipment
30%
Infrastructure equipment
19%
Operations & maintenance services
19%
Infrastructure services
17%
Test equipment
Other
Don't know
23
8%
3%
47%
Survey respondents prefer vendors as sources
for expertise on TacCom
Vendors/Contractors
38%
Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition (OTIA)
31%
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer/Office of Procurement
Operations
24%
Joint Wireless Program Management Office (JWPMO)
16%
Other
Research and advisory services (e.g., Deltek, Forrester)
Academia/think tanks
24
16%
13%
12%
Final
Considerations
25
As spending rises, more opportunity exists to
educate TacCom community
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▶
▶
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Underwritten by General Dynamics
About GBC
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