Registration is now open for the GCMS to be held virtually and in-person at the Omni Shoreham in Washington DC! This year, NCMA is offering two new unique GCMS Experiences to choose from: Option 1: The 2021 Experience: Contracting Creativity and Agility for the Urgent FutureThe near future confronts contracting professionals with a mounting, demanding array of challenges requiring increased speed and new capability. Explore contracting challen...

Join the discussion to learn about the impact on contract management and acquisitions from recent Executive Orders on climate and sustainable U.S. Federal procurement. NCMA's neutral forum and dynamic community can drive and support the evolution of policies, practices, and priorities. In this third presentation in the webinar series you will hear from the Federal Chief Sustainability Officer and others to collaborate on and refine a vision of...

In this webinar, explore the most common issues in negotiating terms & conditions between prime contractors and subcontractors in the government contracts arena. Whether you’re performing as the prime contractor or a subcontractor, each role carries its own challenges and risks. Join experienced practitioners to explore the top issues that primes and subs face when negotiating subcontract terms and conditions. The webinar will provid...

This is a free webinar for all in the community. Join the discussion to learn about the impact on contract management and acquisitions from recent Executive Orders on climate and sustainable U.S. Federal procurement. Executive Orders on climate change and sustainability join a host of previous ones and more action is expected from the Administration. In the second presentation in this webinar series, we discuss sustainable procurement concepts...

Our acquisition community has come a long way in a short time. In recent months, we’ve embraced full-time work from home, virtual collaboration with industry, remote requirements development, video proposals, technical demonstrations, and source selections from afar. We used prize competitions and challenges, FAR flexibilities, and non-FAR authorities to find new suppliers and award contracts quickly. We took advantage of our profession...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New dates: 7/27-7/29/2020 World Congress is the National Contract Management Association's largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and academia. Join more than 2,000 fellow participants for networking and trainin...

Unison will be presenting a new webinar featuring presentations by UiPath and Expert System about AI and Bots’ applications for those in contract management. This webinar will focus on RPA, NLP, data extraction and the various benefits from these technologies.

The Government Contract Management Symposium (GCMS) is held annually by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) in the Washington, DC metro area, providing training for contracting professionals in both government and industry. The two-day symposium consists of keynote addresses from contracting and acquisition leaders, nontraditional panel discussions, 35 breakout sessions, and many networking opportunities with 1,000+ attendees....

World Congress is the National Contract Management Association’s largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals. 2,000+ participants from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and commercial business come together for networking and training for all career levels. This event is worth up to 20 CPE/CLP credits. View photos and the recap video from last year's event in C...

Join NCMA HQ as we host a full-day education and networking seminar. Attendees will receive extensive hands-on learning and scheduled opportunities to network with peers! Participants will earn 6.5 CPE/CLPs. Through hands-on experience you will learn how commercial contracts are priced and negotiated. Participants will work in buyer and seller teams (either government-to-industry or business-to-business perspectives) to perform assignments. P...