Government Subcontract Management, Compliance & Enforcement

As Government Subcontracts become More Important to Your Bottom Line, Mitigate your Risk of Suspension, Debarment, and Steep Financial Penalties!  This is rather generic as a title. 

Flowdown Disagreements.  Payment Disputes. Subcontract Performance Complications. 

Mounting Risks of Suspension, Debarment, Penalties and Lost Business -- There Has never Been a More Critical Time to Attend This Unique, Practical Forum on Negotiating and Managing Successful Subcontracting Agreements.

American Conference Institute’s Industry Forum on Government Subcontract Management, Compliance & Enforcement is a unique event that will bring together primes, subcontractors, lawyers, accountants and government officials - allowing attendees ample time for Q & A and benchmarking with other prime and subcontractors, and gain proven-effective strategies that can be incorporated immediately into your daily work flow.

Whether you are a prime or subcontractor, your organization is contending with heightened oversight, more burdensome regulations and amplified fallout from False Claims Act cases.  Reducing your subcontracting risks is essential to keeping your business on track during an election year with so many uncertainties.

Take Away Best Practices for Complying with Mandatory Subcontractor Flowdown Requirements, Disclosure Guidelines, and Preventing Non-Performance and Payment Disputes

ACI has done extensive research with both prime and subcontractors to deliver this program that addresses the most complex subcontracting compliance and liability risks threatening your bottom line.  Each session is uniquely tailored to discuss how to manage heightened risk factors, and resolve contentious payment and performance disputes.

This is one of the few events that will gather senior government officials, leading prime and subcontractors all into one room for a two-day, in-depth discussion on subcontracting best practices and risk mitigation techniques. [shade this]

Featured Sessions Include:

Q & A and Interactive Panel Discussion: The Agencies Speak on Procurement, Subcontracting Oversight and Enforcement Priorities - led by Michal Tingle, Main Justice, Civil Fraud Division (U.S. Department of Justice) and Kenneth Patton, Assistant General Counsel (U.S. Government Accountability Office)

Small Business Contracting Update:  Pending Legislation, Regulatory Reforms and Case Developments Impacting Your Bottom Line – led by John Klein, Associate General Counsel for Procurement Law (U.S. Small Business Administration) and Devon Hewitt, Member (Protorae Law)

Featured Speakers:

Aileen Heim - Vice President, Legal (American Rheinmetall Munitions)

Cliff Greenblatt – General Counsel (TASC)

Gurmeet S. Chadha – Director, Contracts and Procurement (ECC)

Anna Lueje – Senior Counsel (Northrop Grumman)

Michael W. Mutek – Vice President and General Counsel (Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems)

Scott Lyon – General Counsel (Optimos)

Mark Nackman – Assistant General Counsel (General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems)

Richard Covel – Vice President and General Counsel (Dynamics Research)

Hot Topic: FALSE CLAIMS ACT DEFENSE STRATEGIES - Preventing the high price of False Claims Act whistleblower suits and developing a successful defense strategy for your company

Other topics include:

• Incorporating effective risk mitigation techniques into your subcontracts to prevent payment disputes
• Understanding the nuances of mandatory flowdown requirements in your subcontracts
• Knowing what remedies are available if something goes wrong
• Ensuring teaming agreements are fully compliant to prevent confusion, “bid shopping” and expensive litigation
• Preparing for financial ramifications of potential contract withholds based  on purchasing system deficiencies
• Negotiating the prime’s access to subcontractor records

Enhanced Interactive Benchmarking Sessions – October 1

PLUS, don’t miss the interactive pre-forum working groups to complete your training:

 A: The Ins and Outs of Crafting a Small Business Subcontracting Plan under the Small Business Jobs Act and FAR Part 19: How to Reduce Penalties for False Certifications, Fraud and Non-Compliance with Set-Aside Requirements   

B: Implementing the Most Contentious Mandatory Flowdown Provisions: From Data Rights to Defective Pricing - The Biggest Pitfalls to Avoid When Managing and Allocating Responsibilities and Risks

Send your entire team and register early as seats at this event are expected to fill to capacity.  Registrations will be taken on a first come, first served basis.  Call 1-888.224-2480; fax your registration form to 1-877-927-1563 or register online at www.AmericanConference.com/Subcontracting.