This introductory two day course on US Procurement will concentrate on how to understand and use the US Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in your daily contracting activities including in-depth analysis of the FAR system, the key contract clauses and contract forms. This course provides comprehensive coverage of the FAR for new users and an advanced treatment of specific issues for experienced contract professionals.

The FAR directly affects the purchase and sale of over $200 billion worth of supplies, services and construction each year by federal and state procurement offices. This critically important document is comprehensive, complex, and continually changing. All contract professionals involved in a FAR-based procurement must have a detailed working knowledge of the FAR to ensure that they are getting the best possible contract and that they are in full compliance with all applicable laws.

Course includes an explanation and demonstration of how to use the FAR online for research, reference, and updating.

This course is designed to address these challenges in a highly practical and use-friendly way. As the name indicates, this course is a Workshop. The instructor and students will work through practical exercises specifically designed to demonstrate how to work with the FAR. Students will develop and refine the skills necessary to apply the FAR to virtually any acquisition situation. The FAR provides considerable flexibility in many aspects of federal procurement. Often, however, buyers and sellers are unfamiliar with the range of discretion in the FAR. This course will distinguish between those sections of the FAR that are mandatory and those that allow the parties to structure the contract to fit the situation.

The course will also cover court and board decisions that have interpreted the most important FAR clauses. Such knowledge can provide a significant business advantage to those who understand how a particular FAR clause is likely to be interpreted in litigation. Since most users of the FAR access it through their computers, this course will include a computer demonstration of various techniques for searching and updating the FAR. Both a paperback desk copy and an electronic version of the FAR will be provided to each participant.

**Please stay tuned for upcoming registration information on this program.  Call 888-494-3696 and a Federal Publications Seminar representative will address your questions.