Government Best Practices Training Course:

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Registration: 7:30 AM (Day One only)

Program Starts: 8:30 AM

Wrap-up: 4:30 PM (4PM on Day Three)

Course materials, continental breakfast, refreshments included.

About This Course

This three-day course will assist agencies in meeting their performance-based contracting goals. The course provides a step-by-step analysis that will enable you to successfully conduct a performance-based acquisition and minimize the risk of protest. Topics include: development of the work statement and identification of key performance metrics, setting performance standards and acceptable quality levels, developing an effective incentive plan that will achieve results and writing a customized quality assurance plan to verify performance levels achieved.

Course Syllabus

Introduction to Performance Based Contracting (PBC)
· Goals
· Roles and Responsibilities
· Applicable Statutes and Regulations

How to Successfully Implement PBC
· Analyze the Organization
· Analyze the Work
· Establish Performance Standards
· Establish QA Methods
· Develop Incentives

Planning for a PBC Source Selection
· Performance-Based Evaluation Factors
· Performance Based Evaluation Methods
· The Best Value Decision in a PBC Source Selection

How to Successfully Administer a PBC
· New Roles and Responsibilities
· Management Challenges
· Effective Use of Payments in a PBC

 

Who Should Attend

• Agency Program Managers
• Budget and Financial Officers
• General Counsel
• Contracts Administrators
• Procurement Executives
• Federal support contractors
• Federal product and services suppliers, systems integrators
  

About Your Instructor

Steven N. Tomanelli owns an acquisition training and consulting company, Steven N. Tomanelli & Associates, a ten-year old professional services company with a proven track record of performance. Mr. Tomanelli offers high quality acquisition training and consulting services to public and private sector customers worldwide as well as a wealth of practical experience and has consistently achieved the very highest levels of customer satisfaction.

Mr. Tomanelli has authored over 35 coursebooks on federal procurement and fiscal law, including A Practical Guide to Federal Appropriations Law (MCI, 2003), Evaluating and Managing Performance-Based Contracts (Federal Publications Seminars), Performance-Based Contracting Workshop (Federal Publications Seminars), Basics of Commercial Contracting (Federal Publications Seminars), Basics of Government Contracting (Federal Publications Seminars), Advanced Source Selection (ESI International), Task Order Contracting (ESI International), and many others.

Mr. Tomanelli served as Chief, Acquisition and Fiscal Law, Air Mobility Command for several years where he provided senior management oversight and policy guidance for attorneys at fourteen Air Force bases nationwide. He served as program attorney for several large software development and transportation services contracts and provided legal advice on a broad spectrum of acquisition and appropriations law issues, including protests, A-76 actions, privatization, source selections and the Antideficiency Act.

Mr. Tomanelli is an attorney in good standing of the New York State and Florida Bars, serves as an Advisory Board Member of the Government Contractor (West Publishing Co.), is a designated speaker at for the National Contract Management Association and is a member of the American Bar Associations Public Contract Law Section. He received his Master of Laws (LL.M. in Federal Procurement Law) from George Washington University, his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and B.A. from Hofstra University.

Contact Us

• For technical support with this web site, please contact Maurice Martin, (703) 807-2753
• For registration information, please contact Maurice Martin, (703) 807-2753
• For general information about this course, please contact Laura Johnson, (703) 807-2747

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Registration Fee

• Government attendees: $1,095
• Industry: $1,295

Registration Options

[1]  Online with your credit card using our online booking form

[2]  Fax our downloadable registration form to (703) 807-2728

[3]  Phone (703) 807-2753 and speak to Maurice Martin

[4]  E-mail Maurice Martin

[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.

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 $50 processing fee. No refunds are given for cancellations received 48 hours prior to the conference start date or later.

Location and Nearby Hotel Information

The conference will be held at the Executive Conference Center, NRECA (National Rural Electric Coop Assn) Headquarters Building, 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203. The Conference Center is one block from the Ballston Metro stop on the orange line.

Map and directions to the conference location

Ballston Metro stop information

Nearby hotels include:

• Hilton Arlington Towers, (703) 528-6000 (one block from conference site)
• Comfort Inn Ballston, (703) 247-3399 (four blocks from conference site)
• Quality Inn Courthouse Plaza, (703) 524-5000
• Holiday Inn, (703) 243-9800 (three blocks from conference site)

Quality Inn Courthouse Plaza, (703) 524-4000

Holiday Inn, (703) 243-9800 (three blocks from conference site)

 

Marketing, Conference Management and Production by:

Market*Access International, Inc.
4301 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 1003
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 807-2753