Course Scope:
This training course is designed for personnel new to the contracting workforce who are seeking FAC-C or DAWIA Level I certification training, or noncontracting personnel who play a role in the acquisition process and require this course for certification in their career field. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform planning and presolicitation activities during the acquisition process from forecasting requirements through receipt of procurment requests.
Suggested Prerequisite: CON 100: Shaping Smart Business Arrangements
Course Objectives:
- Establish successful customer relationships
- Develop a mission support strategy
- Apply acquisition regulations
- Conduct market research
- Analyze requirements documents
- Implement socioeconomic programs in accordance with regulations
- Understand methods of acquisition and types of contracts
- Provide for competition
- Plan for source selection
Major Topics:
- Mission Support Strategy: Developing a mission support strategy. Customer relationships. Ethical decision making.
- The Federal Acquisition System: Authority. Organization of the FAR. Locating information in the FAR. FAR maintenance. Deviations and approvals. Agency FAR supplements.
- Market Research: Purpose, characteristics, and benefits. Sources of market information. Effective market research.
- Sources: Determining if required sources can satisfy the need. Interagency acquisitions under the Economy Act. Qualified bidders, manufacturers, and products lists.
- Requirements Documents: Definitions. Responsibilities of the business advisor. Types of requirements documents. Reviewing requirements documents.
- Services: Definitions. Performance-based service acquisition. Service Contract Act. Construction. Architect-engineer services.
- Socioeconomic, Labor, and Environmental Concerns: Small Business Act. NAICS codes and size standards. Small business programs, including set-asides and sole source awards. Foreign acquisition. Labor and environmental policies affecting acquisition.
- Acquisition Methods: Simplified acquisition methods. Sealed bidding. Negotiation. Determining how to solicit.
- Contract Types: General classifications. Risks associated with an acquisition. Factors in selecting contract type. Fixed-price contract types. Cost-reimbursement contract types. Time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts. Alternatives for recurring requirements. Unpriced contracts.
- Competition: Competition when using simplified acquisition procedures. When other than full and open competition is justified. Full and open competition after exclusion of sources.
- Acquisition Plan Development: Identifying the customer base. Understanding the business environment. Making the acquisition business case. Teaming. Acquisition planning. Preparing a written plan.
Special Information:
There is no Special Information.
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Course Scope:
This training course is designed for personnel new to the contracting workforce who are seeking FAC-C or DAWIA Level I certification training, or noncontracting personnel who play a role in the acquisition process and require this course for certification in their career field. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to perform planning and presolicitation activities during the acquisition process from forecasting requirements through receipt of procurment requests.
Prerequisite: CON 100: Shaping Smart Business Arrangements
Course Objectives:
- Establish successful customer relationships
- Develop a mission support strategy
- Apply acquisition regulations
- Conduct market research
- Analyze requirements documents
- Implement socioeconomic programs in accordance with regulations
- Understand methods of acquisition and types of contracts
- Provide for competition
- Plan for source selection
Major Topics:
- Mission Support Strategy: Developing a mission support strategy. Customer relationships. Ethical decision making.
- The Federal Acquisition System: Authority. Organization of the FAR. Locating information in the FAR. FAR maintenance. Deviations and approvals. Agency FAR supplements.
- Market Research: Purpose, characteristics, and benefits. Sources of market information. Effective market research.
- Sources: Determining if required sources can satisfy the need. Interagency acquisitions under the Economy Act. Qualified bidders, manufacturers, and products lists.
- Requirements Documents: Definitions. Responsibilities of the business advisor. Types of requirements documents. Reviewing requirements documents.
- Services: Definitions. Performance-based service acquisition. Service Contract Act. Construction. Architect-engineer services.
- Socioeconomic, Labor, and Environmental Concerns: Small Business Act. NAICS codes and size standards. Small business programs, including set-asides and sole source awards. Foreign acquisition. Labor and environmental policies affecting acquisition.
- Acquisition Methods: Simplified acquisition methods. Sealed bidding. Negotiation. Determining how to solicit.
- Contract Types: General classifications. Risks associated with an acquisition. Factors in selecting contract type. Fixed-price contract types. Cost-reimbursement contract types. Time-and-materials and labor-hour contracts. Alternatives for recurring requirements. Unpriced contracts.
- Competition: Competition when using simplified acquisition procedures. When other than full and open competition is justified. Full and open competition after exclusion of sources.
- Acquisition Plan Development: Identifying the customer base. Understanding the business environment. Making the acquisition business case. Teaming. Acquisition planning. Preparing a written plan.
Special Information:
There is no Special Information.
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