Contract Closeout procedures can vary widely based on contract type, the complexity of the contract, price adjustments, and even from agency to agency and contracting officer to contracting officer. Government contractors must understand their role in contract closeouts to ensure their interests are fully protected. Contract closeout represents the final step in the contracting process for a government contract. Unresolved or outstanding issue...

The Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) provides a statutory right of public access to Executive Branch records, including records about government contracts, and contractors. This program, taught by a Government FOIA attorney and a private sector government contract attorney, examines FOIA from a variety of contract-related perspectives. What you will learn about: FOIA procedural requirements—What can be requested, how, and...

Refresh on or be introduced to best practices, techniques and tools for managing every aspect of a proposal. Improve your win rates with proven methods to match your proposal process to the pursuit at hand. Course Topics include: Managing proposal time and resources Conducting effective proposal kickoffs Rightsizing proposal processes Techniques for subject mastery and guiding subject matter experts Facilitating solution and section developmen...

Are you using the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) information in your business, marketing, and proposal development? It is a free real-time database serving the government acquisition community and is recognized as the authoritative source of contract information that is updated daily. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) establishes FPDS as the official reporting tool and repository for Federal procurement transactions. Our FPDS: A...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. If you sell health care products/equipment, pharmaceuticals, and services, then our two-day Boot Camp for VA Schedules training course will provide government contracting professionals with insight into how to better negotiate and manage their VA Schedules and may help grow sales in the federal market. The Department of Veteran...

You win the contract, and things are going along great…until they aren’t. This program deals with two of the most important issues in contract performance: changes and equitable adjustments. Taught by an experienced government contracts attorney, this program deals with: How the government issues change orders, both formal and constructive; What can the government change, and what is outside the scope of the contract; Bi-lateral a...

This course taught by an experienced government procurement attorney, William Weisberg. The course will take a deep dive into teaming agreements, a part of the procurement process that too often gets taken for granted. The course will examine key aspects of teaming agreements, including: The basic structure of teaming agreements; How binding is the teaming agreement? (How binding do you want it to be?) What survives the expiration of the teami...

This three-hour webinar is a very abbreviated version of Centre’s two-day class on Contract Administration and is designed to provide participants with a high-level take on the “Do’s and Don’t’s” in contract administration. This webinar will assist participants to determine whether the longer more in-depth Contract Administration course is warranted. Contract administration is without a doubt the most comple...

As part of the government’s administration of Federal prime contracts, the government is required to assess a contractor’s performance at prescribed intervals for contracts at certain dollar thresholds. The official system for evaluating Federal contractor performance is the Contractor Performance Assessment System, also known by its acronym “CPARS.” CPARS is a web-enabled application that collects and manages the libra...

Stay at the forefront of change! Join us for our biggest event of the year to learn about the latest trends and developments in government contracting. For one day only network with industry's top thought leaders and innovators. 2020 TOPICS:Fearless Forecasts for 2020GSA Schedule UpdatesTrends in Bid ProtestsLegal Compliance IssuesFAR UpdatesSmall Business UpdatesGovernment Contract Cases of InterestFederal Market Intelligence& more to be...