s one of six U. S. Army Contracting Command contracting centers, ACC-Orlando provides sound business advice and tailored contracting solutions to acquire a variety of products and services managed by the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation in support of the U.S. Army.

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Asoneof sixU.S.Army ContractingCommand
contractingcenters, ACC-Orlandoprovides sound
business adviceandtailoredcontractingsolutionsto
acquireavarietyof products andservices managed bythe
Program ExecutiveOfficefor Simulation,Trainingand
Instrumentationinsupport oftheU.S.Army.
Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, ACC-Orlando is a
$2 billion acquisition agency and a contracting center
of excellence that focuses on customer satisfaction,
promoting innovative and flexible business practices,
calculated risk-taking, empowerment, partnering with
industry, and emphasizes diversity in the workforce
and professional development. ACC-Orlando consists
of government civilians, military personnel and
contractor teams. It is an integral member of Team
Orlando which consists of military, industry and
academia working together in the world of training
and simulation.
On February 9th, 2015, Heidi Shyu, assistant secretary
of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology, signed a memorandum aligning the PEO
STRI Contracting Center in Orlando with ACC.
ACC-Orlando will remain in its present location and
continue to support PEO STRI and other Army
contracting missions. ACC-Orlando is under the
operational control of ACC and has entered the initial
operating capability phase of its transition. This
continues the history of Army contracting providing
critical procurement support to PEO STRI since
February 2007, when PEO STRI was designated with
authority as the head of contracting activity by Claude
M. Bolto, the Army’s senior procurement executive at
that time.
This acquisition support consists of procuring a wide
range of training and testing products and services to
include non-system and system training devices,
simulations and simulators; operations, maintenance
and service support for non-system and system
TADSS, test range instrumentation, ground and aerial
targets, and
services and threat systems for the Army. The
contracting support services provided by ACC-
Orlando are crucial for providing Soldiers with the
latest live, virtual, constructive and gaming training,
simulation and instrumentation, goods and services,
on time and at the best value for the government.
ACC-Orlando’s primary contract vehicles are the
warfighter Field Operations Customer Support
contract that provides live, virtual, constructive and
gaming training operations support; PEO STRI
Omnibus Contract that provides training products and
services, and the Systems Engineering and Technical
Assistance contract that provides support services to
the PEO.
ACC-Orlando is comprised of five contracting
divisions and a supporting staff of policy, cost and
pricing, systems, business operations, plans and
operations, and a source selection center of
excellence.
Since 2009, the contract execution divisions have
awarded, on average, just over 3,200 contract actions
annually, with annual contract obligations averaging
$2.3 billion per year with approximately 16 percent
awarded to small businesses annually.
ACC-Orlando provides contracting expertise from its
staff of about 150 people, of which 93 percent are
civil service employees and about 7 percent military
ACC-Orlando’s vision to be a contracting center of
excellence, one that is viewed by its customers as
superior and is recognized for outstanding support
throughout Department of Defense. Its staff is
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
certified at the appropriate level.
As of May 2015