Acquisitions

EEI provides Program Management Support for the US Army Environmental Command Acquisition Program.  The Acquisition Branch provides input to DoD Policy and guidance and works with various federal agencies on Environmental Quality (EQ), Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) and other Pollution Prevention (P2) issues of importance to the Army and DoD. 

The goal of the program is to reduce environmental impact on installations from fielded systems; integrate P2 into the acquisition process; and prevent environmental requirements from adversely impacting schedule, performance or budget of an acquisition program.

EEI has provided Technical Support to the Acquisition Program for the past 7 years.   The EEI Acquisition Team provides environmental review of acquisition programs to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health ODASA (ESOH); to the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics (ODASA (CE)) in the development of valid environmental life cycle cost estimates.

In addition, EEI personnel are responsible for providing technical environmental review of Army Acquisition programs for the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment) ASA (I&E) in their role as voting member on the Army System Acquisition Review Council (ASARC) and the Cost Review Board (CRB), and for the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) in their role as Army Requirements Oversight Council (AROC) advisor. 

The Acquisition Branch represents and coordinates installation interests regarding new Army weapon systems and their impact on installation operations, and for providing the ODASA (CE) with technical support regarding Environmental Quality Life Cycle Cost Estimates (EQLCCE); ensures that known or potential environmental impacts are identified, mitigated in the system development where possible, and installations are made aware of those impacts prior to any ASARC or CRB reviews; and provides the ASA (I&E) with an independent Environmental Quality Impact Assessment (EQIA) for all major milestone decision reviews for weapon systems. The EQIA includes, but is not limited to: review and evaluation of Programmatic Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Evaluation (PESHE) documents, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation, acquisition strategies, statements of work, fielding plans, test and evaluation master plans, safety assessment reports, health hazard assessments, and EQLCCE documents, etc.