Who should attend: This key course is essential for all contractors. It is designed for professionals with 1 or more years of experience with cost and price information. Attendees include accounting, finance, compliance, management, contracting personnel and anyone who must have a solid knowledge of cost and price analysis. What you will learn: Government Contracting Officers are required to “purchase supplies and services from responsi...

Success! Your company has become a successful government contractor and business is growing! You’re winning higher dollar, flexibly priced contracts and the future is bright! But then you receive a risk assessment form from your Contracting Officer asking for information that’s needed to determine if you are subject to a Contractor Purchasing System Review (CPSR), a government review to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of...

NCMA will be hosting its first "Spotlight on Negotiations" webinar series. Particpants earn 3.0 CPE/CLP credits for the webinar series and 1.5 CPE/CLP credits for the individual webinars. There is no limit to the number of people who can participate in each webinar. This discounted series allows an entire staff to be trained for one low cost, and with 14-day unlimited access to the webinar streams. Sign up now! September 14: Negotiations: Crea...

If your company is involved with federal contracting, do you know all the employment rules and regulations you’ll need to follow in order to stay compliant within your contract? Are you not following proper protocol without even realizing it? The employment laws, executive orders, and regulations applicable to federal contractors present an ever-changing sea of compliance challenges, and well-meaning contractors often find themselves eit...

Proposals, Negotiations, Audits: a review of the requirements, process, negotiations, audits and an analysis of the latest developments in the use of Forward Pricing Rate Agreements (FPRAs), Forward Pricing Rate Recommendations (FPRRs) and Formula Pricing Agreements (FPAs) in government contracting An FPRA is a written agreement between the Government and a contractor. The Government will enter into an agreement with a contractor who has a sig...

There is nothing more fundamental, more critically basic, to the success of a Government contractor than preparing proposals. One of the keys to preparing successful proposals is knowing how they are evaluated by the Government. Another is how the source selection process works -- especially in the new acquisition environment of performance-based contracting and oral presentations. As the detailed Course Curriculum illustrates, this program is...

Please join Jennifer Schaus & Associates along with various subject matter experts for a series of informative & short webinars on relevant US Federal Government contracting topics. Webinars are complimentary, will be recorded and posted. For the full schedule (and recordings), please visit: http://www.JenniferSchaus.com/webinars

NCMA will be hosting its first "Spotlight on Negotiations" webinar series. Particpants earn 4.5 CPE/CLP credits for the webinar series and 1.5 CPE/CLP credits for the individual webinars. There is no limit to the number of people who can participate in each webinar. This discounted series allows an entire staff to be trained for one low cost, and with 14-day unlimited access to the webinar streams. Sign up now! September 7: Buyer vs. Seller Ne...

Are you ready to move to the cloud but looking for practical guidance? Buying cloud computing services takes different skills and strategies than buying traditional IT. Our experts at AWS have helped many government IT leaders select the right acquisition approach for their agency. Register today for our webinar: How to Buy Cloud Computing Services for Your Agency. In this recorded webinar, you will learn: - How to manage a traditional price l...

ComDef 2017 Washington, DC Conference | Sep 6th | Building on the successful ComDef 2016, where 35 nations participated with the United States in a lively and informative presentation and Q&A format, ComDef returns to the DC area to provide further insight, discussions and networking for government, military, academia and industry. Goals for ComDef 2017 Conference A changed security situation in Europe, in particular in the Baltic Sea area...