Acquisition Workforce Planning and Certification

Topics on this page:

• Acquisition Hiring Flexibilities
• Acquisition Workforce Planning
• Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC) Programs
• Contract Specialists and Contracting Officers (FAC-C)
• Contracting Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR)
• Program/Project Managers (FAC-P/PM)

NOTE: For small businesses seeking to do business with HHS, please go to http://www.hhs.gov/about/smallbusiness/.

Acquisition Hiring Flexibilities

• HHS Human Resources Manual, 837-1, Reemployment of Annuitants into Acquisition-Related Positions, 3/17/2008 (DOC – 128KB)

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Acquisition Workforce Planning

• HHS Acquisition Human Capital Plan - April 2011 Update (DOC – 984KB) (PDF-9 pages)
  • Supplemental Guidance for Specialized Information Technology Acquisition Cadres
• HHS Acquisition Human Capital Plan – April 2010 (DOC – 1.73MB) (PDF-58 pages)
• HHS Memorandum, Definition of the HHS Acquisition Workforce, 12/02/2008
• Career Planning
  • Individual Development Plan (IDP)
  • Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) Homepage
  • The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Training Homepage
• Contact Information - Acquisition Career Managers

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Federal Acquisition Certification (FAC) Programs

Contract Specialists and Contracting Officers (FAC-C)

• Contracting Workforce Handbook (July 2011) version 3.2 (DOC - 1.3MB) (PDF - 317KB)
  • Summary Of Changes from Version 3.1 Contracting Handbook

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Contracting Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR)

• APM 2012-02, “Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representatives (FAC-COR)”, January 25, 2012
• FAC-COR Handbook, January 2012 (DOC–1 MB)(PDF-52 pages)

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Program/Project Managers (FAC-P/PM)

• FAC-P/PM Handbook October 2010 (PDF)
  • Summary of Changes for Version 1-2 (PDF)
• APM 2009-03, “FAC-PPM Acquisition Policy Memo,” 06-30-2009 (PDF)
• FAC-P/PM Certification Board Members – October 2010 (PDF)

Also see HHS Acquisition Policies and Guidance

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