Government
Best Practices Training Course:
A Two-Day Workshop
June 1-2, 2005
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
801 Mount Vernon Place, N.W. Washington, DC 20001
Please
note: Advanced registration for this workshop is now closed. Space is
available for walk-in registrations. To register onsite, please bring
your payment and completed
registration form with you to the registration desk outside Room 151.
Registration: 8:00 AM (Day One Only)
Program Starts: 8:30 AM
Wrap-up: 3:30 PM
Course materials, continental breakfast, refreshments included.
In the last few years, the use of Indefinite Delivery contracts has grown tremendously. These contracts provide the agency with the opportunity to create a streamlined procurement process that maximizes the beneficial effects of competition, while reducing the risk of bid protests.
The Indefinite Delivery Contracts Workshop will cover all aspects of Indefinite Delivery contracting, with a particular emphasis on Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) and Requirements contract types. Topics include the various pricing structures used, selection techniques, preparing the Statement of Work, providing a “fair opportunity to be considered” to all offerors and ordering procedures.
You will develop skills through various practical exercises and will receive a course manual containing many useful references that can be used long after you have completed the class.
Continuing Professional Education Credits (CPE's)
This course
offers Continuing Professional Education Credits (CPE's). A certificate
of course completion will be issued the last day of the event verifying
the total credits received.
- How to effectively use indefinite-delivery (ID) and indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract
- How to differentiate between task order contracts and other service contacts
- Strategies for awarding task order contracts that streamline agency procurement procedures
- To identify the limitations on using task order contracts
- Various methods of Incorporating appropriate terms and conditions in task order contracts
- The
unique requirements for competition applicable to multiple award ID/IQ
contracts
- Agency Program Managers
- Budget and Financial Officers
- General Counsel
- Contracts Administrators
- Procurement Executives
- Federal support contractors
- Federal
product and services suppliers, systems integrators
1.
Essential Elements of Task Order Contracts
a. Statements of work
b. Task order clauses
c. Task orders
d. Pricing structures
e. Single vs. multiple awards
f. Use of options
g. Level-of-effort specifications
2.
Statements of Work for Task Order Contracts and Task Orders
a. Tips and techniques for writing the statement of work
b. Scope of work and objectives
c. Effective use of requirements documents
d. Requirements definition alternatives
e. Quality assurance
3.
Task Order Contract Pricing Structures
a. Fixed-price
i. By labor category
ii. By work category
b. Cost-reimbursement
c. Time-and-materials
d. Labor-hour
4.
Pricing the Task Orders
a. Applicability of the Truth in Negotiations Act to Task Orders
b. Fixed pricing
c. Cost-reimbursement pricing
d. Time-and-materials/labor-hour pricing
e. Use of cost/price ceilings
f. Allowability and allocability of direct and indirect costs
g. Materials and equipment costs
h. Labor costs
i. Travel costs
5.
Task Order Procedures
a. Writing task orders
b. Understanding the “fair opportunity” requirement
c. Issuing task orders
d. Funding task orders
e. Modifying task orders
f. Reporting progress
g. Providing quality assurance
h. Closing out task orders
6.
Source Selection for Task Order Contracts
a. Effective use of evaluation factors
b. When and how to evaluate key personnel qualifications
c. "Soundness of approach"
d. Meaningful evaluation of past performance
e. Management controls
f. When and how to evaluate sample tasks
g. Evaluation of cost/price
h. Effective use of oral presentations
Robert Watts
Mr. Robert Watts has over 26 years of federal acquisition experience in the disciplines of contracting, project management and financial management. He is the President of LodeStar Acquisition Services, a small business, acquisition training and consulting firm headquartered in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Previous to founding LodeStar Acquisition Services, Mr. Watts was Vice President of Acquisition Services at ManTech Integrated Data Systems from 1998 – 2004. The organizations he has led have helped over 500 government teams efficiently select and manage mission critical contractor products and services.
Mr. Watts is a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel and a former member of the Defense Acquisition Corp. Prior to his retirement from the USAF, he was the Director of the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO’s) Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE), a unique organization of over 60 personnel dedicated to providing the NRO workforce a dedicated acquisition support capability and infrastructure. As ACE Director, Mr. Watts was the architect of the NRO’s process for competitive procurement of over $15B in space-related hardware and software.
Mr. Watts is also a senior instructor, researcher, writer and consultant for The George Washington University’s (GWU’s) Educational Services Institute International. He received his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
- For registration information, please contact Stacy Dellinger at (703) 807-2753
- For general
information about this workshop, please contact Laura
Johnson, (703) 807-2747
[2] Fax our downloadable registration form to (703) 807-2728
[3] Phone (703) 807-2753
[4] E-mail Stacy Dellinger
[5] Mail our downloadable registration form to:
Market*Access International
4301 Wilson Blvd. #1003
Arlington,
VA 22203
Registrations are payable by Visa, American Express, Mastercard, company check or government purchase order.
- Government attendees: $595 per person
- Small Business (less than 100 employees): $695 per person
- Industry: $795 per person
Registrations
are payable by Visa, American Express, Mastercard, company check or government
purchase
order.
CANCELLATION POLICY: You may designate
a substitute in writing any time before the conference. If you need to
cancel your registration, you must send your notice in writing and will
be subject to a 100 processing fee. No refunds are given for cancellations
received 3 business days prior to the conference start date or later.
Location
and Nearby Hotel Information
The workshop
will be held at the Washington
Convention Center.
801 Mount Vernon Place, N.W. • Washington, DC 20001
phone: 1-800-368-9000 / 202-249-3000
Special
room rates are available for attendees at several Washington DC Hotels.
All are within walking distance of the Washington Convention Center. (see
map for
location.) Be sure to call prior to the cut-off dates (listed below) and
mention the group name — Homeland Defense Conference
to get the discounted rate. Rooms are subject to availablility.
Sleeping room space is being held at the following hotels:
Renaissance
Washington DC (across the street from Convention
Center)
999 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Reservations: 202-898-9000
Room Rate: $189 + tax (there are very limited number of government perdiem
rooms available under this block for attendees with government id)
Cut-off Date: May 16, 2005
Henley
Park Inn (two blocks from the Convention Center)
926 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Reservations:
1-800-222-8474 or 202-414-0503
Room Rate: $153 + tax
Cut-off Date: April 31, 2005
Morrison-Clark
Historic Inn (three blocks from the Convention Center)
Massachusetts Avenue & 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Reservations:
1-800-222-8474 or 202-414-0503
Room Rate: $169 + tax
Cut-off Date: April 31, 2005
Morrison-Clark
Historic Inn (three blocks from the Convention Center)
Massachusetts Avenue & 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Reservations: 1-800-222-8474 or 202-414-0503
Getting There
By
Car/Metro
Please see http://www.dcconvention.com/directions/default.asp
for directions by car or city metro.
Parking
There
are no parking facilities at the Washington Convention Center, but there
are numerous public lots available in the area. Please see http://www.dcconvention.com/directions/parking.asp
for a map of nearby parking garages.
Have a Large Staff to Train? Can't Make These Dates? Tight Travel Budget?
Market Access can provide training, wherever and whenever you need, including on-site at your facility. Our staff will cost-effectively implement training customized to your needs. If you have group of attendees (usually 15 or more), we can bring this course to you and help save you time, travel costs, and more!
To request a proposal and schedule training, e-mail Laura Johnson, Director of Conferences & Strategic Planning, at ljohnson@marketaccess.org or call (703) 807-2747.
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Market*Access
International, Inc.
4301 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 1003
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 807-2755
