Course Description

This eight-day course will provide you with basic skills and foundations required for navigating the contracting field. During this course, you will acquire and apply a variety of competencies such as understanding market research, the elements of a contract, contract types and more. In addition to learning these contracting competencies, you will understand how to research the regulatory guidance. When researching, you will then be able to apply the guidance to your organization’s contracting requirements. By the end of this course, you will be prepared to enter the contracting field with a variety of soft skills and contracting basics in your tool belt.

This course is also available as a 19-day blended option.

Learning Objectives

• Define the ethical behavior expected of all contracting professionals and their organizations
• Recognize general contracting concepts and understand the contracting process
• Navigate the FAR to arrive at an appropriate solution
• Explain how the collective acquisition team functions together to successfully accomplish the mission
• Identify the parts of a solicitation and contract
• Recognize how communication and documentation impact overall contract management effectiveness
• Given a contracting scenario with lessons learned, apply acquisition life cycle principles to the management of current and future contracts
• Identify all aspects and phases of the Acquisition process

For more information, please contact businessdevelopment@bmra.com or call us at (703) 691-0868 ext. 100.