Our comprehensive explanations will help new FAR users, while our in-depth examples will aid experienced contract professionals. This two-day training offers critical information through hands-on workshops that will help both contracting and technical personnel better understand and navigate the FAR. Attendees will come away from the course feeling confident about how to apply the FAR to a variety of acquisition scenarios. Key Topics: Apply F...

The Service Contract Act (SCA) is one of the most challenging acts in federal contracting. The SCA covers the award and administration of covered contracts. Attendees are provided with a detailed comprehensive text that covers more than the regulations, board and court decisions and the latest compliance issues from the Department of Labor. You will learn how to do price adjustments, handle conformance requests and SCA contract management issu...

The purpose of the Contractors’ Purchasing System Review (CPSR) is to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness with which the contractor spends Government funds and complies with Government policy when subcontracting. This course focuses on regulatory and practical aspects of preparing for and successfully passing a CPSR. Participants will understand: regulatory guidance for Government oversight of unapproved/approved purchasing systems...

Using a Public Database to Increase Federal Sales and Gain a Competitive Edge This valuable dynamic one-day course unlocks the mysteries and power of the Federal Procurement Data System–Next Generation (FPDS-NG), for your company’s competitive benefit, and explains the distinct advantages of using FPDS vs. USAspending.gov. FPDS information is frequently used for business development, marketing, and proposal development. What is FPD...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and its supplements are the source documents when contracting with both federal defense and civilian agencies. A close and detailed working knowledge of the FAR is mandatory for government, contractor, and subcontractor personnel.This FAR training course offers critical information that will help both contracting and technical personnel understand how to negotiate superior contracts and maintain compli...

Agencies purchase more than $40 billion worth of goods and services off of the GSA and VA Schedules each year. Centre’s experts will teach you how to tap into this expansive market, increase sales on your contract vehicles, and keep up with the changes that affect your contract administration and compliance efforts. This intensive course will provide you with all the skills you need to understand and negotiate your own GSA Schedule or mo...

This course is designed to provide participants with practical experience writing a statement of work (SOW), a keycomponent of the government solicitation and the heart of the final contract. This two-day course offers a solid framework participants can use to improve their writing skills so that they can craft SOWs that generate competitive proposals and guide quality contractor performance. In engaging team activities, participants apply bes...

Unique Challenges, Practical Solutions The employment laws, executive orders and regulations applicable to federal contractors present an ever changing sea of compliance challenges, and well-meaning contractors often find themselves either under the regulatory microscope or on the receiving end of a demand letter from plaintiff’s counsel (or both!!). Centre’s new, one-day Labor & Employment Law Compliance seminar is designed to...

Contract performance begins after award! Contract Administration starts with key statutes and a quick review of the Government personnel with whom you will interact. Explore the differences in administration with different contract types. Learn the details of contract changes, the intricacy of the Inspection clauses, REAs, Claims and Disputes. This 2-day course is recommended for contract administrators in both industry and Government, progra...

Bid protests are rising rapidly in the federal contracts arena, as are the number of protests being sustained by GAO and the Court of Federal Claims. Both of these trends have enormously negative consequences for your agency. Our instructors are experienced attorneys. They will give you the benefit of their years of experience so you will learn how to avoid bid protests. Learn the most common areas of protest and how you can avoid those mistak...