This intensive one-day course provides an overview of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions involving government contractors and discusses the unique business and legal issues they face. The course includes a discussion of key due diligence issues that may arise in the acquisition or sale of a government contractor. The course also gives tips on conducting a successful transaction, discusses specific provisions of an acquisition agreem...

GSA Schedules 101 Doing business successfully in the government sector starts with accurate and reliable information to support the identification and pursuit of business opportunities. For that reason we have secured the support of Global Services, a reliable and trusted member of The ASBC community since our inception, for this edition of The ASBC's of Government Contracting. This three hour workshop covers important topics related to deter...

This is a fast paced course where the participant will learn 1) regulatory requirements and expectations related to price and cost analysis; 2) how and when to perform document price analysis; 3) how and when to perform document cost analysis; 4) how and when to request performance of and incorporate results of a technical analysis and 5) documenting source selection including justification for single/sole source acquisitions and related negot...

This course focuses on all of the aspects of contract administration. It is intended to expand on the working relationship between government employees and the contractor. We address the rules governing: the interpretation of contract language, the allocation of risk between the parties, the application of the major contract clauses, the negotiation of price adjustments, and the submission of requests for equitable adjustment and claims. Stude...

Part One: Agreement Awards. The Background of Federal Assistance; A Snapshot of Federal Assistance Funding; The Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act; The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; Types of Assistance Strategies and Awards; Grant Regulations; Selecting the Relationship: Assistance or Procurement; Selecting Assistance Relationship: Grant or Cooperative Agreement; Competition for Awards; The Evaluation of Proposals; Rights of...

The Federal Contractors Roundtable provides a highly-relevant forum where business leaders and industry professionals can discuss current and upcoming legislative, agency-specific policy and regulatory changes impacting how they find and win government sector business. This Month's Topic: Teaming and Subcontracting - Get Noticed, Get Selected, Get Work! Finding the right companies to partner with is tough. Getting picked to be on a team and ge...

The Federal Contractors Roundtable provides a highly-relevant forum where business leaders and industry professionals can discuss current and upcoming legislative, agency-specific policy and regulatory changes impacting how they find and win government sector business. This Month's Topic: Teaming and Subcontracting - Get Noticed, Get Selected, Get Work! Finding the right companies to partner with is tough. Getting picked to be on a team and ge...

SAP Task Force Briefing Federal agencies leverage multiple acquisition methods to acquire the goods and services needed to support mission-related activities and business operations and your knowledge of these methods and how and when they are implemented are among the factors that determine your chances of success. In FY2010 federal agencies processed over 600K contract actions totaling nearly $11B using Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SA...

This one day course provides an overview of the significant statutory, regulatory and other changes in the general realm of federal acquisitions, specifically Department of Defense acquisitions, over the past twelve months. This course is designed for high-level leaders and executives who do not practice in this area on a day to day basis, but nonetheless need to understand the constantly changing Federal procurement environment in order to su...

Doing business with the US Government can be extremely challenging, but when you layer in the extensive accounting requirements, internal controls, and system expectations that come with US Government contracts, it can become downright frightening. The purpose of this class is to help contractors navigate the details of these requirements so that they can successfully recover all allowable and allocable contract costs incurred in support of th...