Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

MACI-0122

Organization's ID:

1233

Organization:

Management Concepts, Inc.

Location:

Classroom-based

Length:

8 days (64 hours)

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate	4	Procurement Management

Students cannot receive a credit recommendation for this course and the Career Gateway - Acquisition (MACI-0121) course.

Description

Objective:

The course objective is to enable contracting specialists to be prepared for a career in the contracting profession. CON 1300 aims to provide participants with both the government and industry perspective within the award process. Students will discover the skills and competencies that contracting specialists must acquire and apply throughout their careers. This course addresses skills and competencies most basic and fundamental to the contracting professional specific to contract award, which includes conducting cost or price analysis, planning negotiations, selecting a source, and understanding protests. This course is one of four courses within the Contracting Certification Training Program, based upon specific competencies within the Contracting Training Model.

Learning Outcomes:

Outline the process for the initial screening of offers.
Summarize contract risk, including cost, schedule, and performance risk .
Given a contractor's offer, perform price analysis.
Recognize actions required for the final award decision.
Outline the process for the initial screening of offers.
Recognize key offer elements.
Summarize cost realism analysis techniques.
Document the proposal analysis results.
Given the FAR, DFARS, and PGI, summarize the policies and procedures for planning contract negotiations.
Select the negotiation principles applicable to government contracting.
Outline the process for requesting and preparing final offer revisions.
Summarize the aspects of managing disagreements from buyer's perspective.
Recognize key offer elements.
Summarize contract risk, including cost, schedule, and performance risk.
Summarize the proposal analysis techniques.
Summarize cost analysis techniques.
Summarize cost realism analysis techniques.
Document the proposal analysis results.
Given the FAR, DFARS, and PGI, summarize the policies and procedures for planning contract negotiations.
Select the negotiation principles applicable to government contracting.
Recognize actions required for the final award decision.
Summarize the steps to document the outcome of an offer.
Summarize the proposal analysis techniques .
Summarize cost analysis techniques .
Summarize the process for evaluating offers.
Summarize the steps for finalizing the contract award.
Summarize the steps to document the outcome of an offer.
Summarize the aspects of managing disagreements from seller's perspective.
Given a contractor's offer, perform price analysis.
Summarize the process for evaluating offers.
Outline the process for requesting and preparing final offer revisions.
Summarize the steps for finalizing the contract award.
Summarize the aspects of managing disagreements from seller's perspective.
Summarize the aspects of managing disagreements from buyer's perspective.