The Department of Homeland Security is a wide-ranging federal cabinet department with an annual budget of more than $40 billion, and with substantial procurement and grant-making functions. This webinar will: provide an overview of DHS' organization, including its operating agencies such as TSA, CBP, FEMA, Coast Guard, and others; discuss its procurement and grant-making challenges and strategies; andexplain unique aspects of DHS' procurement...

Prerequisite: Should have at least six months of contract experience, have taken the FAR Workshop or another basic FAR course before this course. What you will learn: The Advanced FAR Workshop provides an in-depth analysis of the most important parts of the FAR. In this two-day class, we will focus on those FAR Parts that tend to generate the most issues and questions, specifically: • The classification of workers • Intellectual Prop...

This webinar will highlight changes in the counterfeit electronic parts regulatory framework since its introduction in 2014.In response to statutory requirements promulgated in NDAA FY's 2015 and 2016 further implementing Sec. 818 of NDAA 2012, DoD published final and proposed rules requiring Contractors and Subcontractors, large and small, to enhance internal policies, procedures and purchasing activities to further mitigate the risk of count...

After an award is lost there is little time to decide whether to file a bid protest. A disappointed bidder has the difficult task of quickly determining whether there is any chance of success in protesting the award and determining which forum is best. Bid protests can be filed either with a procuring agency, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), or with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“COFC”). Each forum...

One challenge many companies have when creating marketing materials is that they don't create messages and designs that connect with their government customer. It is common for marketers and executives who live and breathe their own products and services to share everything they know with a prospect in an effort to prove they are the best solution. But this approach often fails to make a connection with the target audience, and can push away p...

Join Borden Ladner Gervais LLP of Canada and Steptoe & Johnson LLP of Washington DC for a 90 minute webcast geared to US companies wishing to perform work for Canadian public sector customers, particularly in the aerospace, defense, engineering and government services areas. The program will include: A brief overview of Canadian business culture and the government procurement market. Basics of Canadian government procurement rules and regu...

The new Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulations contain the most dramatic overhaul of labor compliance for government contractors in decades. Within the 800+ pages of the final regulations and guidance are numerous pitfalls and additional burdens for contractors. This webinar will examine some of the most significant and vexing compliance challenges for contractors and will provide practical guidance on how to: handle the numerous new reporti...

On June 9, the Professional Services Council (PSC) released its 2016 Acquisition Policy Survey. This biennial survey, conducted jointly by PSC and member firm Grant Thornton Public Sector since 2002, is the only report of its kind, capturing opinions and insights on the current and future state of federal acquisition from interviews with 80 senior federal acquisition executives. This webinar roundtable will discuss key findings in six core are...

This summer the Pentagon rolled out new source selection procedures in a detailed memorandum. These procedures include a number of changes as to how the Department of Defense approaches the acquisition process. This webinar will cover those changes including the value-adjusted total evaluated price or VATEP algorithm. Attendees will learn what VATEP is, when it applies, and how it will impact the selection process and bid protests. This webina...

This summer the Pentagon rolled out new source selection procedures in a detailed memorandum. These procedures include a number of changes as to how the Department of Defense approaches the acquisition process. This webinar will cover those changes including the value-adjusted total evaluated price or VATEP algorithm. Attendees will learn what VATEP is, when it applies, and how it will impact the selection process and bid protests. This webina...