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Every year, since 1972, we have offered a specially conceived, advanced program in government contracting: The Masters Institute In Government Contracting. We are pleased to once again offer the Institute-completely updated for this presentation. The Institute is specifically designed for government contract professionals who are already well experienced in procurement.
The foundation of the Institute is its exceptional faculty - five professionals who are yours for five days. These individuals will not "teach" you government procurement. Rather, they will take you beyond, delving into areas which have not been fully explored; considering problems to which there may be no immediate, definite answers; proposing strategies that can directly affect your activities.
Each day will be spent in a variety of ways: lectures, case studies, illustrative examples, group discussions, individual questioning, and considering questions on any procurement subject - not only on matters scheduled to be raised that day. In addition, Institute attendees will receive several manuals of original materials prepared by the faculty. Finally, we believe you will greatly benefit from your association with the other attendees - all of whom are expected to be on your professional level.
This Institute is, in short, a unique educational endeavor. In our view, it continues to be one of the most exhilarating procurement programs we offer. We trust your view will be similar.
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Dates and Locations
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May 7-11, 2012
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine
San Diego, CA
$1545.00
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July 9-13, 2012
The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort
Hilton Head Island, SC
$1545.00
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December 3-7, 2012
AMA Conference Center
Arlington, VA
$1495.00
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Accreditation
This Program is eligible for:
25.25 (60 minute)
30. (50 minute)
This Program is eligible for:
30.0 (CPE) hours of credit
Program Level: Basic
Program Prerequisite: None
Advance Preparation: None
Method: Group-Live
This Program is eligible for:
26.0 (CLP) hours of credit
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Daily Schedule
Schedule for La Jolla: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Schedule for Hilton Head: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Schedule for Washington DC: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
THE MASTERS INSTITUTE IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Registration and Breakfast
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| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
The Government Contracts System
- How it works and how to work within it
- Procurement and Public Management
- Federal Acquisition Reform Act, Sec 4101-4104
- Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996
- National Performance Review
- Purchase Credit Card
- Task Order Contracting
- FAR Part 15 Rewrite |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 AM - 1:00 PM |
- Past performance regulations
- Labor relations debarment proposal
- Illegal contract decision
- "Bad faith" proof
- Enforcement of mistaken contract
- No responsibility for C.O.'s instruction
- Unauthorized clause
- Implied-in-law contracts
- Sovereign Acts Doctrine |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
| 2:00 - 3:00 PM |
The Institutions that "Control" Government Contracts
- U.S. Congress
- Executive Office
- GAO
- OMB
- OFPP
- DOD Directive 500 Series Reforms |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 PM |
Judicial Tribunals
- ASBCA
- COFC
- U.S. Supreme Court
- How they reach decisions and make rules
- How to best approach them for relief |
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Registration and Breakfast
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| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Changes & Equitable Adjustments in Government Contracts
- Why changes clauses
- Changes clause pedigree
- Basic clause coverage
- The C.O.'s change order authority
- C.O. delegations of authority
- Contract interpretation |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 AM - 1:00 PM |
- Formal change orders |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
| 2:00 - 3:00 PM |
- Constructive changes - government misrepresentations
- Price adjustments for changed work
- Pricing change-related costs
- Special equitable adjustment cases
- Proving costs
- Cost reimbursement contracts |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 PM |
- Value engineering
- Changes in data
- Claims presentation and defense |
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Registration and Breakfast
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| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Contract Formation and Source Selection
Past Performance
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| 10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 AM - 1:00 PM |
Commercial Item Acquisition
- Background
- The Homeland Security Act
- The E-Government Act of 2002
- Construction as a commercial item
- Disputes under federal supply schedule contracts |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:00 PM |
Contracting for Services
- Performance-based contracting
- FSS multiple award contracts
- OMB's new rules for contracting |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 PM |
Contract Negotiations in the New Acquisition Environment
- FAR Part 15
- "Reverse Auctions" |
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Registration and breakfast
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| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Preparing and Defending Claims
- Claims during performance
- Preparing claims narrative
- Pricing the claims
- Presenting the claims to government |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 AM - 1:00 PM |
- Claims litigation
- Negotiating with contractor
- The final decision
- Additional government considerations
- Appealing adverse decision
- Board vs. court |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Lunch |
| 2:00 - 3:00 PM |
Terminations
- Types of terminations
- Default terminations
- Government right to terminate
- Grounds for default
- Recovery of progress payments
- Liquidated damages
- Dost-type contract damages |
| 3:00 - 3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 PM |
- Convenience termination
- Termination procedures
- Contractor's dollar recovery
- Partial terminations
- The settlement proposal
- Disputes |
Friday
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM |
Registration and breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:30 AM |
Equitable Adjustment and Cost Recovery
- Contract provisions
- Changes article
- Other clauses
- Equitable adjustment
- Determination of equitable adjustment costs
- Profit
- Interest on claims
- Performance time
- Time for filing notice and/or submitting the claim for equitable adjustment |
| 10:30 - 10:45 AM |
Break |
| 10:45 AM - 1:00 PM |
Cost Principles
- Applicability
- Advance agreements
- Basic considerations regarding cost allowability
- Selected costs
- Limitation of cost clause
- Retroactive cost disallowances
- Changes in accounting methods
- Profit
- Educational institutions
Cost Accounting Standards
- The Statute and the Board
- The CAS Clause
- The Standards
- Adjustments and disputes
- The disclosure statement
Defective Pricing - Truth-in-Negotiations
- Coverage: The Statute
- Audit rights
- The Regulations
- Cost or pricing data
- Adequacy of disclosure
- Significant effect of price
- Refusal to submit cost and pricing data
- When certificate should be submitted
- Subcontractors
- Remedies
- Offsets
Payments
- Progress payments
- Prompt payment discounts
- Prompt Payment Act |
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W. Stanfield Johnson of Washington, DC Senior Partner: Crowell & Moring, LLP. Former Chairman of the Bids & Protests Committee, the Court of Claims Committee, and the Disclosure of Information Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Public Contract Law. Has written and lectured extensively on procurement and for the Briefing Papers series. Lecturer for universities and for numerous professional associations.
Ralph C. Nash, Jr. of Washington, DC Professor of Law Emeritus at George Washington University's National Law Center, where he has taught Federal Government Contracting subjects for 45 years. Professor Nash is the most widely recognized expert in the field of Government Contracting. He established the first and still most prominent Program in Government Contracting at George Washington University in 1961. Professor Nash teaches and writes widely in this area, and he consults and acts as an expert witness for government agencies, companies, and law firms nationwide.
Timothy Sullivan of Washington, DC Partner in the Washington, DC law offices of Thompson Coburn LLP where he specializes in Government contract matters. Former procurement official and contract negotiator for the Central Intelligence Agency. Frequent lecturer on all phases of Government procurement for business groups, professional associations and educational institutions. Author of articles and texts on contracting and Government contract negotiations.
W. Jay DeVecchio Partner in the Washington, DC law offices of Jenner & Block, concentrating on Government procurement issues. Mr. DeVecchio's practice includes litigation and counseling in virtually all areas of procurement law, including Medicare, TRICARE, and FEHBP matters, as well as representation in related issues such as criminal and civil fraud, qui tam actions, and internal investigations. His principal clients are in the aerospace, health care, and service industries.
Mr. DeVecchio has written and spoken extensively. He is a guest instructor at the University of Virginia, as well as the George Washington University Law School government Contracts Program, and he lectures nationwide for Federal Publications. He conducts seminars on a wide range of subjects, including Contract Pricing, Compliance Programs, the Anti-Kickback Act, Qui Tam Litigation, Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software, Claims, and Teaming Agreements. Mr. DeVecchio also has developed and appears in a series of training videotapes, used by over one hundred companies, addressing Labor Charging, Materials Charging, and Procurement Integrity. Mr. DeVecchio holds an Undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Duke University, law degree, with distinction, from the Catholic University School of Law where he served as an Editor of the Law Review.
Louis Rosen is the president of Potomac Partners R & M, LLC, and the founder and former national director of Ernst & Young's Government Contract Services. He is a leading adviser to companies doing business with the government. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Rosen served as associate director of the Cost Accounting Standards Board. In this role, he contributed significantly to Cost Accounting Standard 410, "Allocation of Business Unit General and Administrative Expenses to Final Cost Objectives," Cost Accounting Standard 418, "Allocation of Direct and Indirect Costs," and the definitions of "Cost Accounting Practice" and "Change to a Cost Accounting Practice."
Mr. Rosen has worked closely with government procurement and audit agencies, industry associations, the accounting profession, and legal counsel. A frequent speaker on government contract issues in forums across the country, he is co-author of a widely used handbook, Government Contract Accounting.
Thomas J. Driscoll is Senior Vice President with Hill International. Tom has over 45 years of program, project, construction management and claims experience, specializing in large-scale construction projects. He has also served as an expert witness in the areas of construction management, construction claims and scheduling and delay analysis. Prior to joining Hill, Driscoll was a Senior Vice President with URS Corp. for nearly 20 years and prior to that he was a Senior Vice President with Hill for more than ten years. He is a Fellow and a former President of the Construction Management Association of America
Accreditation
This Program is eligible for:
25.25 (60 minute)
30. (50 minute)
This Program is eligible for:
30.0 (CPE) hours of credit
Program Level: Basic
Program Prerequisite: None
Advance Preparation: None
Method: Group-Live
This Program is eligible for:
26.0 (CLP) hours of credit
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San Diego, CA 92122
The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort Two Grasslawn Ave
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
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