Available courses
This GMIG training focuses on planning for and administering a performance-based acquisition (PBA). GMIG instructors use lectures, discussions, class exercises and case studies to cover the entire performance-based acquisition process from planning to close-out. The training covers PBA issues related to service contracts, evaluation factors, benchmarking and appropriate metrics, monitoring contractor performance, source selection best practices, the roles of different contract types, personal and non-personal services, the quality assurance surveillance plans (QASP), the performance work statement (PWS), the statement of objectives (SOO), achieving best value, and the use of incentives. Students are taught how to effectively manage the performance based acquisition, and how to address common PBA issues.
GMIG’s COR Recertification class comprehensively covers critical elements of the federal acquisition and procurement process. The training covers contract administration from the perspective of the COR. Students learn their duties through a targeted review of essential COR functions, such as Contract Management, Federal Appropriations Law, Risk Management, CPARS, Green Procurement, and other topics. The training provides well-structured coverage of acquisition topics for both new and seasoned Contracting Officer’s Representatives but is valuable to anyone involved in federal contracting.
This construction-centric virtual instructor-led training (VILT) course is designed to improve a student’s ability to review and analyze contractor proposals, conduct technical and cost/price analysis, and adequately document modifications in a contract file. Content focuses on proposal analysis in a sole source environment (Contract Modifications, 8(a), etc.) utilizing examples, exercises, and case studies to expose students to reliable analysis tools and techniques. Issues encountered are based on actual findings of deficiencies in contract files. Students will analyze these issues and practice their writing skills daily. The content is presented in three Modules. Module One focuses on formal Technical Analysis and the foundation of the Independent Government Estimate. Module Two teaches students how to calculate and negotiate overhead rates by focusing on the cost principles of Allowability, Allocability, and Reasonableness. Module Three is a large case study that allows students to apply to learn gained in Modules One & Two while analyzing multiple elements of a contractor’s proposal. Participants are expected to perform appropriate levels of technical, cost, and price analyses, develop negotiation positions, and document their results in formal Technical Analysis and Pre-Negotiation Memorandum formats
Contracting Officers Representative/Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COR) is a comprehensive course of the acquisition process and contract administration from the perspective of the technical manager/COTR. Students have opportunities to learn and practice the duties of the COR/COTR and Contracting Officer. This comprehensive course is valuable to anyone involved in the acquisition process.
GMIG’s COR Recertification class comprehensively covers critical elements of the federal acquisition and procurement process. The training covers contract administration from the perspective of the COR. Students learn their duties through a targeted review of essential COR functions, such as Contract Management, Federal Appropriations Law, Risk Management, CPARS, Green Procurement, and other topics. The training provides well-structured coverage of acquisition topics for both new and seasoned Contracting Officer’s Representatives but is valuable to anyone involved in federal contracting.
This Virtual Instructor-Led Training (VILT) course addresses those skills and competencies most basic and fundamental to the Contracting Functional Area/Career Field. These include general principles, such as an overview of the acquisition process and how to research the regulations, as well as an introduction to fundamental soft skills and professional skills that will serve these acquisition professionals at almost any point in their career.
Writing the Requirement PWSQASP
Through the use of classroom exercises, students will learn the correct way to write requirement documents focusing on language concerns and associated problems with poor requirements documents. Students will learn the difference between statements of work and performance work statements. Students will also learn how to develop evaluation factors and estimate costs based on a requirements package.