Federal Contract Training

On-demand, live, training and self-paced online courses on federal contracting issues  

GCP offers on-demand, live training and self-paced online courses on Federal contracting issues that enable you to learn more about: what it takes to win the best contracts, the ins and outs of the entire contract awarding process, and contract performance requirements as they apply to your business. For live trainings, each Each topic area includes a live “question and answer” style web-presentation and a practical “one pager” highlighting key concepts and/or regulations. 

Pre-Contract Award Training

Before you try to capture your first contract, get a full-scope training on all stages of government contracting so you can prepare your business for success.  Training topics include: 

  • Socio-Economic Certification and Continued Compliance   
  • 8(a) sole source procedures 
  • HUBZone regulations 
  • Buy Indian Act at Departments of the Interior and Health and Human Services  
  • Mentor-Protégé Requirements 
  • Joint Venture Requirements 
  • Joint Venture Performance Work Share requirements  
  • Joint Venture Contract-Specific Addendum requirements 
  • Preparing and drafting contractor teaming arrangements 
  • Reviewing solicitation instructions to offerors and evaluation criteria 
  • FAR ethics and improper business practices 
  • “Green” procurement planning 

 Post-Contract Award Training

After winning a contract, following up is an important step to ensuring your contract remains beneficial for your business. Get help on every piece of that puzzle. Post-contract award training topics. Training topics include: 

  • CPARS 
  • Preventing and/or responding to Show Cause/Cure Notice 
  • Contract modifications and option exercise 
  • Requests for equitable adjustments/claims 
  • Planning for limitations on subcontracting 
  • Roles and Responsibilities of Contracting oOfficers and Contracting Officer’s Technical rRepresentatives roles and responsibilities 
  • Preparing for 8(a), HUBZone, or Mentor-Protege annual reviews 
  • Services contracting matters  
  • Construction (architect and engineering) contracting matters