The Federal Acquisition Certification-Contracting (FAC-C) certification program is for Federal acquisition workforce members performing contracting and procurement activities and functions.
The FAC-C program has three levels. At each level there are specific education, training, and experience requirements. To find out more information about the requirements for each level, click on the links below.
You can find information regarding equivalent courses on the Courses Equivalent to Mandatory DoD Acquisition Courses page of the DAU website. (If you are accessing this page from a non-DoD computer, you may encounter an invalid security certificate error. If you have difficulty accessing this page, please contact the DAU help desk.)
In order to maintain their FAC-C, a workforce member is required to accumulate 80 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs) every two years. More information on CLPs is available in another section on this site and from your agency’s acquisition career manager (ACM).
Competencies refer to the knowledge, skills, and abilities a workforce member must have in order to perform their contracting duties. Below is a link to the most current sets of competencies for the FAC-C program.
In addition to the OMB Policy memo and the FAC-C Competency Model, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) maintains the Qualification Standards for persons in the GS 1102 [contracting] series.
Qualification Standards for the 1102 Series
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) qualification standards for persons in the GS 1102 contracting series.
In order to achieve certification, please contact your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM).
The FAC-C requirements and Agency guidance for implementation of FAC-C are provided in OMB issued FAC-C Memo January 20, 2006 (PDF 306KB).
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