Acquisition Center for Support Services
 

Welcome to the Acquisition Center for Support Services (ACSS)!

ACSS Mission:

ACSS is vested with the responsibility for developing, implementing and executing a comprehensive Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) program for the Marine Corps Systems Command. This consolidated office functions in an independent manner to coordinate requirements, establish contractual relationships, provide analytical and procurement planning services, and ensure appropriate regulatory compliance.  The scope of responsibilities for the ACSS also incorporates recurring interface with Command principals to accomplish strategic planning, A&AS policy interpretation and application, and continuous performance assessment.  Additionally, the ACSS serves as the principal interface with the professional services sector; responsible for industry liaison, business relations, and representation of the Command’s A&AS business model to government and commercial organizations. The Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) hosts their entire CEOss business model on a web-based, Enterprise Procurement Portal (eP²). 

Business Model  for MCSC:

MCSC is the principal Marine Corps activity involved in all facets of weapons systems acquisition, life cycle management (inclusive of all budget and contracting functions), and post-deployment logistics support.  The CEOss business model ties together 1300 government customers across 24 technical offices with a vendor pool of 27 prime firms and over 150 participating firms.  CEOss operates under a defined set of business rules, predicated upon competitive sourcing, in conjunction with a back office suite of estimating tools, document generators, and invoice management features residing on an enterprise architecture known as eP².  This application allows the ACSS office to provide end-to-end (e2e) procurement services – from requirements generation to task order management and close out – through a service center organization that employs only 7 full time staff (notably, 2 of these are 1102 contracting interns).  This office provides for competition and award of all technical services requirements using the eP² application to allow customers to input requirements from any of the principal MCSC offices using secure protocols that facilitate on-line, collaborative management of documents and attendant processes by customers, ACSS staff, and participating prime vendors.  Through this business enterprise, the MCSC has expanded their customers’ access to highly-qualified, technical services firms – enabling dozens of companies previously excluded from doing business with the Command to economically participate as in both prime and subcontractor roles.