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Center for Contracting

and Outsourcing

Managing Partnerships and Contracts for Results

MISSION:
The Center for Contracting and Outsourcing promotes best practice models of procurement, privatization, contract management and outsourcing. The Center specializes in advice and training that aligns organizational strategy with opportunities for partnerships among government agencies, among businesses and between government and business.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

2003 Competitive Sourcing Summit
Date: February 10-12, 2003
Location: Arlington, VA

2003 Defense Acquisition Summit
Date: March 5-7, 2002
Location: Washington, DC

Contract Negotiation Techniques
Date: March 17-18, 2003
Location: Washington, DC

Competitive Sourcing Under a Revised A-76 Process
Date: April 22-23, 2003
Location: Arlington, VA

Performance-Based Contracting in Government
Date: April 24-25, 2003
Location: Arlington, VA

2003 National Summit on Performance-Based Contracting in Transportation
Date: May 12-13, 2003
Location: Arlington, VA

NEWS AND INFORMATION:

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Topic Areas Addressed:

Performance-based Contracting

Statements of Work

Requests for Proposals

Contract Monitoring

IT Outsourcing

A-76 Compliance

Relations with Unions

FAIR Act Implementation

Utility Privatization

e-Procurement

Vendor Selection

Cost and Value Comparisons

TRAINING PROGRAMS:

The Institute offers a number of courses in the areas of procurement, contracting, outsourcing and privatization. Courses range from performance-based contracting and conducting A-76 studies to effectively establishing an e-procurement system for your organization. Our contracting and procurement courses are highly hands-on in their structure and feature content drawn from the latest best practices. Course instructors are veteran contract and outsourcing professionals with a wide-range of experience in a variety of organizational and programmatic settings.

Course Options: Half day, One-day, Two-days and Three-days

Course Content:

A-76 and Government Outsourcing Management
Forging effective public-private partnerships
Devising statements of work
Implementing cost and value comparisons
Ensuring competitive neutrality in outsourcing competitions
Performance-based contracting
Strategic and competitive sourcing

RAVE REVIEWS AND FEEDBACK:

“Dynamic speakers set the standards with a clear grasp of the total subject. I really benefited from the best practices.”

–A. Tilock, DISA-Dept. of Defense

Best Practices and Presentations:
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