Objective:
The course objective is to help FAC-COR certified professionals develop critical thinking, procurement strategy, requirements definition, and contract management skills necessary for successful contract performance.
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain the benefits of performance-based service acquisition
- Recommend acquisition strategies to ensure supplies and services are available when needed
- Develop technical evaluation factors and sub-factors that discriminate between offerors and tie back to technical requirements
- Monitor contract performance and recommend necessary action to the contracting officer
- Document the contractor's actual performance under the contract
- Collect and analyze relevant market information and identify possible sources
- Define the necessary requirements to fill the mission needs
- Identify contract performance risk areas and plan for contract management
- Recognize situations that require a modification to the contract and communicate the requirement to the contracting officer
General Course Topics:
- Performance-based service acquisition
- Acquisition planning and market research
- Job analysis
- Performance work statements
- Quality assurance surveillance plans
- Developing evaluation factors
- Post-award planning
- The COR work plan
- Post-award orientations
- Inspection and acceptance
- Performance management
- Contract modifications
- Evaluating and documenting the contractor's performance