For Immediate Release                         Contact: Teri Brouillard
                                                                             terib@xla.com

XL Associates, Inc. (XL) Wins 5 Year Competitive BPA for Acquisition Support Services at the US Department of Commerce (DOC).  

September 17, 2007 (Washington DC) XL will provide an array of acquisition support and oversight addressing the full life-cycle acquisition management process and other DOC acquisition-related tasks to improve and/or maintain service quality and maximize the use of available funding.  This BPA will serve as an umbrella to provide acquisition support services to DOC to include Bureaus, offices, directorates and agencies for recurring requirements.  DOC carries out its acquisition function through delegated procurement authority for five Bureaus:  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Census Bureau, and the Office of the Secretary (OS).   Lloyd M. Mustin II, President and Founder of XL, stated:  “We’re privileged to have been awarded this important BPA with DOC.  “The Department of Commerce is focused on improving the living standards for all Americans by promoting U.S. competitiveness in the global marketplace.”  “I can think of no greater honor than being part of the DOC Team as they carry out this impressive, internationally visible  work, so important to us all.”

DOC will require XL to provide the following:  (1) acquisition operational support and advice, (2) relevant acquisition policy, procedures and risk management assistance and advice, (3) customer and program management outreach/support support services, (4) basic contract operational support, and (5) other acquisition tasks as defined by DOC.  The scope of services provided by XL will include pre-award contract support, post-award contract administration, assistance with acquisition planning, development of strategic sourcing options, assistance with source selection evaluation, identification of acquisition problems or concerns, development of innovative and practical solutions, participation in the analysis of the overall effectiveness of DOC acquisition programs, providing recommendations for improvements and/or corrective actions as appropriate, perform contract close-out services, provide policy support in developing, revising and developing acquisition policies, provide risk management support at the various Department-wide acquisitions review boards and contract review boards by reviewing proposed solicitations, management of boards (to include recording of issues), identifying deficiencies and risk areas, developing risk mitigation strategies with customers and related support, providing requirements definition and Statement of Objectives (SOO) support to customers, and providing an array of administrative and junior contract operational duties such as invoice processing, contract file preparation and workload tracking.