Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
MACI-0101
Organization's ID:
1190
Organization:
Management Concepts, Inc.
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
19 days (152 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 4 Procurement, Contract Administration, Purchasing Management, or Business Administration
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to help new contracting personnel develop the skills to locate and interpret the rules in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and the DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI), and then apply those rules to real-world contracting scenarios.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Identify the fundamental concepts of contract administration, including the initiation of work, managing contract performance, policies and procedures for contract modifications, applicable payment clauses, and contract disputes and appeals, and terminat
  • Use online resources to locate, cite, and interpret information in the FAR and DFAR's
  • Identify the policies and procedures related to acquisition planning, preferred and required sources, competition requirements, methods of contracting, describing agency needs, publicizing contract actions, and socioeconomic programs
  • Identify policies and procedures for soliciting offers, evaluating bids and offers, evaluating proposals and conducting exchanges with offers, awarding contracts, managing protests, and conducting simplified acquisitions

General Topics:

  • Federal acquisition environment
  • Using and interpreting the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and DFARS Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI)
  • Acquisition planning
  • Sources of supply and services
  • Competition requirements
  • Method of contracting
  • Types of contracts
  • Special contracting methods
  • Describing agency needs
  • Publicizing contract actions
  • Socioeconomic programs
  • Contract formation principles
  • Solicitation of offers
  • BID evaluation
  • Proposal evaluation and exchanges
  • Contract award
  • Protests
  • Simplified acquisition procedures
  • Contract administration basics
  • Contract delays
  • Quality assurance
  • Contract modifications
  • Administration of selected terms and conditions
  • Payment
  • Disputes and appeals
  • Contract terminations
  • Contract closeout
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Lectures

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

80%
Supplemental Materials