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NCMA offers the following professional certifications in contract management: [7]. Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) based on demonstrating certain education, training, and experience requirements and successfully passing a comprehensive exam on a broad body of knowledge (BOK) for contract management.
Civilian and military positions in the acquisition workforce have acquisition duties that fall into fifteen functional areas. For each area, certification is available at three levels typified as Level I Basic or Entry (GS5-9), Level II Intermediate or Journeyman (GS 9-12), and Level III Advanced or Senior (GS 13 and above): Auditing
The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) requires Defense Acquisition Workforce members to be certified for the positions they hold. DAU offers training courses for all Defense Acquisition Workforce members in 7 functional areas and at three certification levels. [12] Functional Areas: Auditing; Business: Financial Management
The Government cannot issue a unilateral modification forcing delivery of rights in computer software; mutual consent is mandated by law and DFARS provisions for commercial software acquisitions. The contract clause that is normally in a commercial software contract acquisition is the FAR 52.212-4, Commercial Items, clause.
Contracting with the federal government or with state and local public bodies enables interested businesses to become suppliers in these markets. In fiscal year 2019, the US Federal Government spent $597bn on contracts. [2] The market for state, local, and education (SLED) contracts is thought to be worth $1.5 trillion.
Contract administration within DoD has been studied and modified for many years. In the early 1960s, a study was commissioned by the Secretary of Defense to examine the entire DoD contracting process. Known as "Project 60," the findings pointed to numerous benefits of consolidating contract administration and audit.
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) General Services Administration, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Federal Procurement Policy: 2: 52-99 3: 2: 200-299: Defense Acquisition Regulations System (DARS), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Department of Defense: 4: 3: 300-399
FEDSIM’s business lines include system and network operations and maintenance, development of new applications, purchases of hardwares and softwares, and many other IT goods and services, as well as professional services such as logistics. FEDSIM contracts with large and small private sector companies for these systems and services.