This webinar goes beyond the basics! Join experts Barbara Kinosky and David Warner for an informative, interactive and very witty advanced 90-minute webinar covering complex issues in the Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly SCA.) Learn about conformances, retroactive application of the act, equitable adjustments, DOL investigations, and price adjustments. Understand current audit focus issues and how to make it right if you got it wrong...

Thinking of Becoming a GSA Schedule Holder? This is a concise, fact-packed webinar of GSA’s massive ($40 billion per FY) Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) program (also known as the Multiple Award Schedule or MAS program). It is designed for members of industry (individuals or companies) who are seeking – or considering seeking – a GSA Schedule contract, and need a basic understanding of the program to make informed business dec...

The Advanced FAR Workshop goes beyond entry level discussion to examine important and emerging topics in greater depth using cases studies and current examples. Topics Covered Include: Labor Laws and ApplicationCompetition RequirementsSmall Business ProgramsFederal Supply Schedule ContractingModificationsTerminationsUnique elements of Simplified Acquisition ProceduresContractor Teaming: joint ventures, mentor-protegeEvaluation Factors...

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 “Less Complicated...

The trend toward more Task Order contracts continues including the use of GWACs, Strategic Sourcing initiatives and cross-agency agreements. Agencies establish patterns of use of Task Order contracts and make proclamations about future use, which sometimes come to fruition and sometimes don’t. Being on the right vehicle and being successful in the pursuit of Task Orders present multiple levels of challenges to the government contractor....

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 “Less Complicated...

Keep up to date with your federal contracting knowledge by attending Centre’s Mid-Year Update: Hot Issues in Federal Contracting at the Tysons Tower Club, on June 13, 2018, from 8:00 am – 10:30 am. This breakfast seminar is a great opportunity to get together and network with your fellow federal contracting peers. Mid-Year Update attracts both industry and government personnel to review the recent events and changes in the contract...

The Advanced FAR Workshop goes beyond entry level discussion to examine important and emerging topics in greater depth using cases studies and current examples. Topics Covered Include: Labor Laws and ApplicationCompetition RequirementsSmall Business ProgramsFederal Supply Schedule ContractingModificationsTerminationsUnique elements of Simplified Acquisition ProceduresContractor Teaming: joint ventures, mentor-protegeEvaluation Factors...

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 “Less Complicated...

If you need to improve or polish your negotiation skills, then this is the class for you! This course provides participants with negotiation frameworks and methods relevant to Federal contracting and the current acquisition environment. Frameworks, methods and specific techniques are previewed and then put into practice in structured, observed and critiqued role-play scenarios. Scenarios are based on acquisition life-cycle events and circumsta...