Understanding how the government evaluates contractors’ proposals is a key step in pricing a deal to win. In this unique course, we review how the government contracting officers analyze contractors’ costs and prices; how they acquire their data; what reviews are performed; how data is validated; and how strategies are changed depending on the type of contract. Armed with this information, contractors can avoid the pitfalls that ca...

Synopsis: If putting a 1500 page FAR under your pillow hoping for brain penetration through the night isn’t working and you need a basic understanding of the FAR, this course is for you. The course provides a quick overview of the FAR to help you understand how to find things and a review of the main topic areas and how they can impact your organization. Armed with this information, you’ll know when you need to refer to the FAR to...

Join us to meet leading manufacturers as they showcase several of the best and brightest emergency vehicles, safety products and first responder technologies designed and manufactured in the United States. Manufacturing Day is an annual national event that supports manufacturers across the nation to showcase modern manufacturing technology and to expand understanding of manufacturing’s value to the U.S. economy. The Expo is a rare opport...

Learn about the current issues and opportunities in Federal Government Contracting. In this webinar you will: Understand and overcome LPTA (lowest price technically acceptable) challenges; Understand how FSSI (Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative) will impact your business; Understand and position your business for small business set-asides; System Requirements: GWebinars are scheduled events simulcast over the web via Adobe Connect. You'll n...

Doing Business with the U.S. Government On September 19, SMC member Leech Tishman and will present a workshop on federal contracting in collaboration with SMC and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Pittsburgh office. Entitled, “Doing Business with the U.S. Government: Strategies for Being a Successful Federal Contractor,” the workshop will be held at the Rivers Club from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Join us for an informative sess...

Businesses (Small/Minority/Women/Veteran-Owned) are welcome to participate with our monthly series that is supporting the businesses within the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. Our subject for September 2014 - Simplified Acquisition with the Federal Government agencies. This is an opportunity on how to gain access to the Federal Government via Purchasing that does not require a formal RFP/RFQ/RFI. To be prepared for this event we are asking t...

The NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) offers free training sessions for procurement teams who purchase information technology products, services and solutions. Each attendee earns 2 CLPs when you learn about our Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs): ECSIII for products, CIO-SP3 for services/solutions and CIO-SP3 Small Business for services/solutions with socioeconomic set-asides. NITAAC is only OMB...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) presents its latest e-Training Core Course, ESPCs: Five Phases to Success! This training provides an introduction to the fundamentals of an Energy Saving Performance Contract (ESPC), an alternative financing vehicle that allows Federal agencies to complete energy-savings projects without up-front capital costs and special Congressional appropriations by partnering wit...

Power Seminars and KM Systems Group - a nationally acclaimed Earned Value Management expert – presents a Program Management One-Day Training Workshop: When: Friday, August 22nd 2014 Where: 1331 G ST, NW Washington DC, 20005 Government programs are increasing their effectiveness and efficiency through Agile Development and Earned Value Management. These Government programs are now requiring industry-recognized standards and regulations. L...

Register for our Earned Value Management (EVM) Series in August – Take one and get the other 50% off This two day training workshop is offered by Power Seminars and KM Systems Group - a nationally acclaimed Earned Value Management expert. You can choose either a one day option or two full days. EVM is arguably one of the most important tools you will need to execute a project correctly so don’t miss out on this great opportunity. P...