With a focus on using your company's culture to differentiate your brand, explore the essential lessons of strategy, business development, cultural issues and operations. Hear real-world examples and benefit from actionable ideas, then expand on what you learn through valuable networking opportunities with other attendees. This four-hour symposium features industry expert and author David Kriegman, who spent 30 years growing and managing compa...

Prerequisite: Should have at least six months of contract experience, have taken the FAR Workshop or another basic FAR course before this course. What you will learn: The Advanced FAR Workshop provides an in-depth analysis of the most important parts of the FAR. In this two-day class, we will focus on those FAR Parts that tend to generate the most issues and questions, specifically: • The classification of workers • Intellectual Prop...

The Service Contract Act (SCA) covers the award and administration of covered contracts and is one of the most challenging acts in federal contracting. This course is taught by experts in the field, and provides attendees with a detailed comprehensive text that covers the regulations, board and court decisions and the latest compliance issues from the Department of Labor. This class provides detailed information on how to identify and mitigat...

Doing business with the U.S. Government is extremely challenging. In 2015, both professionals and representatives from the government and the industry, collaborated at DHG's 20th Annual Government Contracting Update to provide the most up-to-date information, materials, industry insight, and experience, enabling them to stay ahead of competition in the current turbulent fiscal environment. On October 25th, 2016, DHG will partner with BB...

This course gives in-house lawyers working for federal government contractors or those wanting to enter the federal space critical insight to both traditional and contemporary issues. It is taught by lawyers for lawyers. Law School only covers the basics of contract law and the basics of business law. Your first legal position may have prepared you to negotiate or litigate. When you begin working for a corporation you have to handle federal co...

This annual webinar will cover the most important changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) in the last year. There have been major changes to a variety of labor and employment law sections in the regulations, as well as new compliance requirements in a wide variety of areas. These, along with more modest but still important changes and updates, will be covered. New FA...

The October meeting will be at the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and the facilitator will be Rebecca Kehoe, a government contracts attorney with Cohn Reznick specializing in development of teaming agreements, nondisclosure agreements, subcontract cost/price analysis, time and cost negotiations, and administration of Multiple Agency and Government Wide (GWAC) FFP, CPFF, CPIF, CPAF, labor hour, and T&M type contract agreements and small...

Gain an in-depth understanding of the basic framework and core principles governing federal procurements, from the issuance of the solicitation to contract closeout. This course is specifically tailored for procurement professionals who desire both a strong overview of federal contracts, including GSA Schedules, and a current and in-depth understanding of the legal, policy, and performance issues associated with government contracts. You will...

After an award is lost there is little time to decide whether to file a bid protest. A disappointed bidder has the difficult task of quickly determining whether there is any chance of success in protesting the award and determining which forum is best. Bid protests can be filed either with a procuring agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), or with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”). Each forum...

Abstract: Government and industry must understand the rules of engagement as both parties enter into contract negotiations. Key Take-aways: Understanding FAR Part 15. Using the appropriate types of exchanges. Competitive discussions. Interested in learning more about the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)? Join NCMA for our first three-week FAR Webinar Series! Earn 4.5 CPE hours by attending all three webinars or 1.5 CPE hours for each indi...