March 3-6, 2024, NCMA will be in Jacksonville, FL to convene the entire acquisition team to support our mission to advance contract management’s nexus with related acquisition communities. NCMA is the neutral forum for real conversations across functions and across government and industry. Nexus is a carefully curated event to create an environment where multi-functional buyer and seller teams train side by side on our shared and pressin...

NCMA will host its final Government Contract Management Symposium and send it off with a flourish this November 6-7th in Bethesda, MD. The GCMS theme, Strong Foundation, Endless Opportunities, honors NCMA’s legacy and continued role as the one-of-a-kind neutral forum where government and industry buyers and sellers connect over the opportunities and challenges that shape our way forward. What to Expect?GCMS will focus on front-of-mind to...

In-Depth Subcontracts Training Sharpen your skills and stay up-to-date on critical issues that affect the procurement community at NCMA’s SubCon Training Workshops (SubCon) March 23-24. SubCon will help you understand the role of training agreements, contract clause flow-down, and the subcontract lifecycle. One Great Training Event, Two Great Experiences SubCon offers two great solutions for your convenience: Join us in-person at UVA Dar...

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...

Centre’s Boot Camp for GSA Multiple Award Schedules Contracting (MAS) isn’t just about getting a MAS contract. This course focuses in on obtaining a Schedule, maintaining compliance, and ultimately driving your government sales. Centre’s GSA gurus will help you keep up with the changes that affect your contract administration and compliance efforts. In addition, you’ll learn the key components to making your MAS contrac...

*Registration Coming Soon! The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is the source document when contracting with the procurement offices of both federal defense and civilian agencies for the purchase goods and services. A close and detailed working knowledge of the FAR is mandatory for government, contractor, and subcontractor personnel in order to maintain the best possible contracts and compliance with its requirements. This two-day FAR ...

Are you an in-house attorney working for a federal government contractor? Or does your business want to enter the federal space? Whatever your business’s stage, your employer is counting on you to understand the issues that come with federal contracting. Law school only covers the basics of contract law and the basics of business law. When you begin working for a corporation, you have to handle federal contracting issues that will influe...

Whether you are new to VA’s FSS Program, or have already tapped into this market, the Boot Camp for VA Schedules provides an excellent introduction for the uninitiated and great refresher for even experienced VA FSS contract holders. In response to COVID-19 pandemic, Centre Law and Consulting is for the first time offering this two-day class virtually—participate and learn remotely from a healthy, safe and secure environment avoidi...

This one hour crash course will cover the most important aspects of government contract accounting. The webinar is intended to portray at a high level what is needed to retain practical, compliant and useful skills that can make an immediate impact on your organization. What You’ll Learn: Government terminology and definitions The difference between direct and indirect costs What a “wrap” rate is How to calculate indirect rat...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and agency acquisition regulation supplements require Federal prime contractors and under certain circumstances, first-tier and lower-tier subcontractors, small and large alike, to flow-down certain clauses from their Federal contracts and subcontracts when buying items from their suppliers and subcontractors. Although Small businesses are...