Understand the laws and regulations that apply to government contractors with hourly service workers. The Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS/SCA) are one of the most challenging requirements for contractors with federal service contracts, from award competition to successful contract administration. This course is designed to help you understand the laws and regulations that apply to government contractors with hourly service workers and a...

Remaining compliant with ever-changing GSA updates can be a challenge. This short webinar will take you and your team through the latest GSA updates concerning the Trade Agreement Act and Section 889 of the 2019 NDAA that imposed new, unique supply chain constrains on government contracting officers. Course Topics Included: TAA Requirements How to establish an internal program to meet TAA requirements Review of the test applied to products New...

Learn best practices, techniques, and tools for managing every aspect of a proposal from our expert instructor. Improve your win rates with proven methods to match your proposal process to the pursuit at hand. Course Topics Include: Managing proposal time and resources Conducting effective proposal kickoffs Rightsizing proposal processes Techniques for subject mastery and guiding subject matter experts Facilitating solution and section develop...

When pricing US Government contracts based on cost, a contractor must identify and segregate unallowable costs, regardless of the contract type. When billing flexibly-priced contracts, unallowable costs must be excluded from all claimed cost – both direct and indirect costs. FAR Part 31, Contract cost principles and procedures proscribe the requirements for cost allowability. In this course, you will gain an understanding of FAR Part 31...

Thinking of Becoming a GSA Schedule Holder? This is a concise, fact-packed webinar covering GSA’s massive ($40 billion per FY) Federal Supply Schedules (FSS) program (also known as the Multiple Award Schedule or MAS program). It is designed for members of industry (individuals or companies) who are seeking – or considering seeking – a GSA Schedule contract, and need a basic understanding of the program to make informed busine...

The final step in the indirect rate lifecycle is reconciling indirect cost rates. Government contracts subject to the Allowable Cost and Payment and the Payments Under Time-and-Materials and Labor-Hour Contracts clauses must submit an adequate final rate proposal — the indirect cost rate reconciliation or incurred cost submission. The incurred cost submission is due no later than six months after the end of the fiscal year and is used t...

Increase Compliance and Mitigate Your Firms Risk! The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS), and agency acquisition regulation supplements require Federal prime contractors and under certain circumstances, first-tier and lower-tier subcontractors, small and large alike, to flow-down certain clauses from their Federal contracts and subcontracts when buying items from their suppliers...

Explore the Relationship Between Contract Pricing and Contract Accounting. In Government contracts, contract types drive contract pricing and administration requirements, including pre and post award contract audit requirements. There are two primary contract types – Cost reimbursable and Fixed Price. And then there are the hybrids which include characteristics of each contract type. Join this webinar to learn more about the various con...

Start building your understanding of the requirements under DFAR business systems. We will discuss the FAR requirements to perform subcontractor price analysis when responding to proposals and prior to issuing subcontracts. We will discuss analysis under FAR part 15 and FAR part 44. Key Topics Covered: What is required by FAR part 15 and 44 when reviewing subcontractor proposals How price analysis builds on the source selection and technical...

Boot Camp for GSA Multiple Award Schedules Contracting (MAS) isn’t just about getting a MAS contract, it's so much more. This course focuses in on obtaining a schedule, maintaining compliance, and ultimately driving your government sales. Centre’s GSA gurus will help you keep up with the changes that affect your contract administration and compliance efforts. In addition, you’ll learn the key components to making your MAS co...