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...

Partnering in IT to Protect the Homeland The Department of Homeland Security is one of government’s largest purchasers of information technology, with $6.8 billion in its fiscal 2018 budget. With $100 million in appropriations from the Modernizing Government Technology Act expected to be distributed later this year, DHS, like all departments, is eager to spend more on IT modernization. DHS’s IT demands are vast and vary widely betw...

Held each May, the SAME Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo is the premier education and training conference for engineers and related professionals working in the A/E/C industry and focused on developing solutions that benefit national security, including uniformed service members, federal, state and municipal civilians, and private sector industry firms. This year's Table Top Exercise is about the New Madris Fault line. The exercis...

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...

Government contracting is continuously changing—especially now. This webinar will help contracting professionals understand the latest legal and compliance changes, and discuss how to adapt. Key Takeaways: The latest labor regulations and enforcement priorities.Changes to small business contracting.How the new cyber requirements are impacting contracting.What’s new from the 2018 NDAA and Section 809 Panel.Compliance changes ass...

The Better Home Expos are regional events that aim to bring local and regional businesses together with consumers for the sole purpose of creating a better and more beautiful home.At the Better Home Expo our goal is to excel in all areas. We take tremendous pride in our Shows and take the extra steps to be sure we produce a quality Home Expos. Our goal is to help businesses thrive. We provide a venue and an inexpensive way of advertising tha...

Our popular online training for GSA contractors is open for April through June. Spots are filling up fast. This is an online/remote training class customized to your company and your attendees. To reserve this special pricing, just go to our calendar at https://teamup.com/kspom8vwuvpnwxbzcv choose an open date from April until June and email me with your date preference. There are a lot of changes coming up in GSA, be prepared, get in front of...

In the last two years, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has made monumental changes to its regulations concerning the eligibility of joint ventures to compete on small business and status-based set-asides. These include major revisions to the 8(a) mentor-protégé program, creation of the “All Small Business” mentor-protégé program, and opening the door to joint ventures comprising multiple sma...

Discover Spectra Logic's approach to satisfying California's 1-year video surveillance retention policy, with an affordable, scalable archive solution.The amount of video data created within surveillance environments has exploded astronomically, and the challenges are many. Further complicating the issue are retention mandates being passed down by state and local governments, such as California's requirement to retain all video surveillance fo...

Meet with government procurement directors and contracting officers from the DoD, State and Federal Agencies, as well as Prime Companies looking for small businesses. This is a Virginia PTAP sponsored event, as such, the purpose of the event is to advance the mission of the SBA, PTAC, OSBP’s and OSBDU’s by providing networking opportunities for government agencies seeking small business contractors. Register for this free event at...