A step-by-step guide to the State, County, Town, and Municipal purchasing systems in Pennsylvania.
- How they work
- Taking advantage of business opportunities
including public works
- Effectively managing the process — from initial bidding to final payment
Pennsylvania Government — State, county, city and municipal agencies — offer extraordinary opportunities for the sale of equipment, material, supplies, construction work, and other goods and services. The key for an individual or company seeking to do business with any Pennsylvania Government entity: Understanding precisely how the public contracting system works and how it differs from commercial transactions and from transactions with the Federal Government.
The purpose of this course: To show you how to effectively take advantage of available contracting opportunities at all levels of Pennsylvania Government and to guide you in the special procedures and strategies contractors need to know.
Who will benefit from this course? All individuals, agencies or companies who are directly or indirectly involved with public business in Pennsylvania. It will not only benefit companies seeking to provide goods/services to state, county, agency, city or municipal departments, but also those already involved in public contracting wishing to swiftly update their knowledge of business opportunities and of contracting requirements. This special one-day program will benefit company executives and project managers, sales directors, program managers, contract administrators, marketing personnel, attorneys, government personnel, insurers, and others.
A review of the detailed Course Curriculum illustrates how this program will take you, step-by-step, through the full cycle of the public contracting process—Locating and developing opportunities. . . contract administration. . . subcontracting . . . disputes resolution while addressing specific procurement needs—maintenance, construction, supplies, services, and more. Further, the specialized characteristics of the Pennsylvania public contract law are highlighted and explained—including prevailing wage requirements, exemptions to the rules, and when competitive bidding is not required.
The program will be presented by a veteran professional Course Faculty, who are able to teach what they know in terms you can immediately apply to your individual needs. And, each attendee will receive a Course Manual of original materials prepared by the Course Faculty exclusively for your use during the program and as a source-book of continuing value to you.
We look forward to having you join us.
Course Curriculum
- Overview
- Basic Public Procurement Concepts
- The Commonwealth Procurement Code
- Basic Public Procurement Concepts
- Contracting Methods
- Competitive Sealed Bidding
- Competitive Sealed Proposals
- Small Procurements
- Sole Source Procurements
- Multiple Awards
- Competitive Sealed Bidding
- Responding to Solicitations
- Identifying Opportunities
- Proposal Preparation
- Responsibility & Responsiveness
- Evaluation Criteria
- Bid Protests
- Identifying Opportunities
- Contract Administration
- Payments
- Changes
- Delay
- Contract Termination
- Payments
- Contract Disputes
- Timeliness
- Claim Preparation
- Appeals
- Debarment/Suspension
- Timeliness
- Additional Considerations
- Socio-Economic Requirements
- Right-to-Know Law
- Separations Act
- Lobbying Disclosure Act
- Campaign Finance Prohibitions
- Socio-Economic Requirements
Faculty
Brian Bannon is a partner at Blank Rome LLP, where he focuses his practice on government contract law, including bid protests, claims litigation and government investigations.
Mr. Bannon’s experience includes the review of contracts and providing advice and counsel to clients in the public as well as private sector, contract negotiation, the administration of grants and contracts and the conduct of internal investigations related to compliance. His clients include government contractors and subcontractors, grant and cooperative agreement recipients, government corporations and Government Owned Contractor Operated (GOCO) facilities contractors.
Mr. Bannon represents and advises clients on a wide variety issues including:
- construction claims and litigation
- contractor teaming agreements, and defense production and research and development pools
- cost accounting and defective pricing issues
- due diligence in acquisitions of government contractors and restructuring to avoid FOCI issues
- false Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Act investigations and developing compliance programs
- Federal Supply Schedule contracts
- labor standards, including Service Contract Act and Davis-Bacon Act compliance
- mentor-protégé agreements and mentor-protégé joint venture agreements
- National Cooperative Research and Production Act collaboration agreements
- Defense Base Act issues
- proposal review and risk analysis
- suspension and debarment proceedings and administrative agreements
Prior to joining Blank Rome, Mr. Bannon served as a Procurement Analyst for the Department of Defense and a Contracting Officer and Deputy Chief of Contracts with the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in Washington, DC.
Brian Gocial is an associate at Blank Rome LLP, where he focuses his practice on federal and state government contracting, advising clients on issues related to:
- proposal preparation
- bid protests
- contract administration
- Requests for Equitable Adjustments
- claims under the Contract Disputes Act
- drafting of subcontracts, and joint venture and teaming agreements
- implementing ethical compliance programs
- suspension and debarment issues
Mr. Gocial has represented government contractors before the Government Accountability Office, federal district courts, the Court of Federal Claims, boards of contract appeals, the Small Business Administration Office of Hearing and Appeals, and the Federal Aviation Administration Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition.
Mr. Gocial earned his B.A. from Boston University and his J.D. from Temple University. Mr. Gocial is a member of the board of directors of the National Defense Industrial Association, Delaware Valley Chapter.