Subcontracting on a Commercial Item Basis to Reduce Risk and Increase Profit

This event qualifies for 2 CPEs

NCMA Tysons Webinar

"Subcontracting on a Commercial Item Basis to Reduce Risk and Increase Profit"

This course will teach you how to benefit from conducting Part 12 Commercial Item subcontract procurements. From streamlining requirements, to reduced regulatory risk and a reduction of administrative costs, leveraging part 12 procurement methods to subcontract is a widely under-utilized procurement method that can save your company time, money and decrease your compliance risk exposure.

This two hour webinar will provide you the knowledge, tools and resources to effective understand what commercial items are, how to determine commerciality, recognize risk associated with the procurement method and conduct price analysis in support of commercial item procurements. Specifically, the course will address the following:

Overview

Commercial Item Definition
Products
Services
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
Categories of Commercial items
Federal Memoranda
Benefits/Challenges

Market Research for Commercial items

Requirements
Market Research Resources
Pricing Factors to Consider in Market Research
Market Research Report

Determination of Commerciality

Strategies
Training
Commercial Item Determination Checklist

Acquiring Commercial Items through Federal Supply and Multiple Award Schedules

Commercial Items Contracting

FAR Part 12 requirements
Mandatory Commercial Item Terms and Conditions
Mandatory clauses
Small Business Preferences

Commercial Items Price Analysis Techniques

Comparison of prices received
Leveraging historical pricing as independent estimate
Comparison of published price lists
Pricing-Support Resources

Speaker and Presenter Information

Christine J. Wade is the CEO and founding partner of CaaSus LLC, a firm that provides Federal regulatory, cost accounting and audit support via a Compliance as a Service model to US Government contractors nationally. Much of Ms. Wade�s current work focuses on enabling small and mid-market companies access to high quality, government contract expertise to facilitate increased growth while decreasing their Federal compliance risk profile. Prior to leading CaaSus, Ms. Wade served as both a government contractor and a government contract consultant for the Big 4 and regional accountancies. She has extensive experience with FAR, agency supplements, business systems and Federal audits as well as with large-scale ERP, Remediation and Business Process Improvement efforts, Program and Financial management, PreAward and Contract Lifecycle administration, Data Integrity, Knowledge and Records management support. Ms. Wade has published articles on various Federal Acquisition topics and teaches courses for private companies and government contracting industry associations. She holds a BA from the University of Virginia and is a Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM) and Project Management Professional (PMP).

Expected Number of Attendees

100

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, DOD & Military, Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, NASA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID