Who Should Attend:All federal users including contracting officers, program office officials, managers, and executive staff are invited to participate in these complimentary webinars to learn how the VETS 2 GWAC can support their agency IT project initiatives. Warranted contracting officers must complete this training before requesting a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA), which will authorize them to issue orders against the VETS 2 GWA...

All federal users including contracting officers, program office officials, managers, and executive staff are invited to participate in these complimentary webinars to learn how Alliant 2 can support their agency IT project initiatives. Warranted contracting officers must complete this training before requesting a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA), which will authorize them to issue orders against Alliant 2. This webinar is not open to...

Target Audience: Federal/State/Local Agencies and MilitaryAttention all public sector employees in the contracting and acquisition career field! In GSA's Market Research As a Service (MRAS) Customer Training: Effective Market Research (Fed/Military), you'll learn the importance of market research, how and when to conduct it, and how to get the best results by making your data collection methods more efficient. You'll also delve into the regula...

OASIS+ Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA) Training gives procurement staff access to the new OASIS+ contracts and teaches best practices for task order issuance. The DPA clearly delineates the roles and responsibilities between the GSA contracting officer and the ordering contracting officer and complies with the Office of Management and Budget's executive agent designation to GSA. Warranted OCOs (a contracting officer appointed pursuan...

Excess property is the first source of supply - learn how to acquire items for your agency using PPMS. This training will provide you with information on who can acquire excess personal property, requirements from the Federal Management Regulation (FMR 102.36), whether reimbursement is required, and how to use the “want list” feature in order to be notified when property is reported on PPMS.gov. We’ll also review the standard...

This is Delegation of Procurement (DPA) Training for all active GWACs Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) enable federal agencies to buy cost-effective, innovative solutions for information technology (IT) requirements from a Best-In-Class (BIC) designated contract vehicle. Because most, if not all, government agencies have a need to buy IT services and solutions, GSA has made this purchasing convenient through its GWAC Programs. In t...

As part of GSA’s mission to make buying and selling services more efficient and effective, we continue to build new tools and enhance existing tools to help agencies make better buying decisions including contract and task order pricing information. There are several unique CALC+ tools available on buy.gsa.gov to support government acquisition professionals in services pricing business intelligence. Join us this month to learn more about...

Target Audience: Federal/State/Local Agencies and MilitaryAttention all public sector employees in the contracting and acquisition career field! In GSA's Market Research As a Service (MRAS) Customer Training: Effective Market Research (Fed/Military), you'll learn the importance of market research, how and when to conduct it, and how to get the best results by making your data collection methods more efficient. You'll also delve into the regula...

Use of AI in government agencies requires that agencies manage the risks and performance and implement structures to govern and manage the process of acquiring AI. This was addressed by OMB in "Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government (M-24-18). The latest Executive Order is on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence to strengthen AI safety, security, equity, privac...