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FINAL PROGRAM AND EXHIBITORS GUIDE
Contract Management
Education, Engagement, and Excellence
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PROGRAM AGENDA
WELCOME
Dear Colleagues,
Harry P. Hallock
World Congress
2016 Event Chair
Welcome to the National Contract Management Association’s World Congress.
As the prime education event for contract management, procurement,
and acquisition professionals, World Congress provides a unique attendee
experience, with sessions for all stages of your career and networking events
that allow you to make strong, meaningful connections. This year’s theme,
Contract Management Education, Engagement, and Excellence, is focused on
high-quality training in an interactive, engaging learning environment.
We have a record number of attendees this year! Make the most of your time
by asking questions and participating in the live polls during general sessions,
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your organization achieve results.
Thank you for joining us this year. Whether this is your first
time at World Congress or if you’re a regular, we promise
you’ll enjoy the event!
Harry Hallock
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement)
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CONTENTS
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Take Note
Full Program Agenda
Keynote Speakers
Executive Panel Discussions
Networking & Social Events
National Education Seminars
Education Tracks
Competency-Based Training
Breakout Sessions
Sponsors & Exhibitors
Exhibit Hall Information
Exhibitor Booth Index
Convention Center & Hotel Maps
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www.ncmaworldcongress.org
TAKE NOTE
Visit the Learning Pavilion in
Exhibit Hall EF!
Reminders
Breakout Session Presentations
Access approved presentations in the mobile app and the
World Congress website at www.ncmaworldcongress.
org/sessions. Check back after the event for updated/
additional presentations.
2016
Prizes
Join these sponsors as they showcase products and
services during short sessions on our expo floor!
Prizes will be awarded to attendees whose names are
drawn during the raffle. Stop by the NCMA booth to
enter your name—an entry ticket was included on your
registration badge! Attendees should consult their
ethics policies/officer prior to accepting any gifts.
Certificates of Attendance
You’ll receive your certificate of attendance via e-mail
within 7–10 business days after the event.
Questions?
Monday ✹ July 25
12:40pm–1:00pm
Compusearch
1:10pm–1:30pm
American Public University
2:10pm–2:30pm
CACI
Stop by the NCMA Booth located in the center of
Exhibit Hall EF to speak with an event staff member.
Or contact us after World Congress at
[email protected].
Tuesday ✹ July 26
12:40pm–1:00pm
SourceAmerica
1:10pm–1:30pm
NIB
1:40pm–2:00pm
FedBid
2:10pm–2:30pm
Deltek
First-Time Attendee?
Join us for the Newcomers Networking Reception
on Sunday at 6:00pm in Osceola 1–2 to meet NCMA
leadership and staff and hear how you can make the
most of your time here.
Participate in the Community
Service Project!
In partnership with Play with a Purpose (PWAP),
help us assemble medical bands for children of
the Nemours Health System during breaks in the
exhibit hall.
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FULL PROGRAM AGENDA
SUNDAY, JULY 24
12:00pm–2:00pm Free Contract Management Career Fair
Exhibit Hall EF Foyer
4:00pm–5:00pm Opening Keynote Address
Denise Roth, Administrator,
U.S. General Services Administration
Osceola Ballroom
5:00pm–6:30pm Exhibit Hall Ribbon-Cutting and Opening Reception
Exhibit Hall EF
Sponsored by
5:30pm–6:00pm Virtual Chapter Meet-up
NCMA Booth,
Exhibit Hall EF
6:00pm–7:00pm Newcomers Networking Reception
Osceola 1-2
6:30pm–7:30pm NCMA Communities Night
Osceola 3-6
Sponsored by
MONDAY, JULY 25
7:00am–8:00am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
Exhibit Hall EF
8:00am–9:00am Keynote Address
David Loseby, Group Procurement Director, Arriva plc.
Osceola Ballroom
9:00am–10:45am Executive Panel Discussion
Defining Innovation in Acquisition
Osceola Ballroom
(see page 10 for full details)
10:45am–11:15am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
Exhibit Hall EF
11:15am–12:30pm 17 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
12:30pm–2:00pm Networking Lunch with Exhibitors
2:00pm–2:30pm Coffee and Dessert with Exhibitors
Exhibit Hall EF
Exhibit Hall EF
2:30pm–3:45pm 17 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
3:45pm–4:00pm Break
6:30pm–10:30pm
Hard Rock Live at
Universal CityWalk®
NCMA Celebrates!†
Sponsored by
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FULL PROGRAM AGENDA
TUESDAY, JULY 26
Exhibit Hall EF
8:00am–9:30am Executive Panel Discussion
The Great Debate: Agency Perspectives on Procurement
Osceola Ballroom
Alan Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics),
U.S. Department of Defense
10:30am–11:15am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
Osceola Ballroom
Exhibit Hall EF
12:30pm–2:00pm Networking Lunch with Exhibitors
Exhibit Hall EF
1:30pm–2:30pm CMLDP Alumni Community Book Discussion
St. George 102
2:00pm–2:30pm Coffee and Dessert with Exhibitors
Exhibit Hall EF
5:30pm–7:00pm CM Redesign Launch Party (by invite only)
Orange Blossom Ballroom
Sponsored by
6:00pm–10:00pm Tuesday Night Outing
I-Drive 360
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
7:30am–8:30am Breakfast with CMLDP Graduation and Awards
Presentation
Osceola Ballroom
Connie McClendon, Supply Tech, Skookum Contract
Services at Fort Meade, AbilityOne Participant
Osceola Ballroom
9:30am–9:45am Break
9:45am–11:00am 17 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
11:00am–12:30pm Closing Executive Panel Discussion
Bridging the Contract Management Age Gap
Osceola Ballroom
1:00pm–5:00pm NCMA Certification Exams *†
Miami 1
2:00pm–5:00pm NASA SEWP Training Event**
Naples
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FULL PROGRAM AGENDA
THURSDAY, JULY 28
8:30am–4:30pm National Education Seminars *†
Miami 1-2
World Congress Registration Hours: World Congress Exhibit Hall Hours:*
Sunday, July 24 ✹ 10:00am–6:30pm
Sunday, July 24 ✹ 5:00pm–6:30pm
Monday, July 25 ✹ 7:00am–5:15pm
Tuesday, July 26 ✹ 7:00am–5:15pm
Wednesday, July 27 ✹ 7:00am–12:30pm
*Community Service Project open during
scheduled breaks in exhibit hall.
*Indicates a pre– or post–World Congress event.
** Indicates a complimentary event requiring a separate registration.
† Indicates a special event requiring a separate registration fee.
Attendees will receive 20 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) hours for their attendance.
This event meets all requirements laid out in 5 C.F.R. 410.404.
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Government Contracting
and Acquisition
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
• Bachelor of Arts: Government Contracting and Acquisition*
• Master of Business Administration: Concentration in Government Contracting and Acquisition
American Public University System offers a 5% tuition grant; over 100 courses that are eligible for
NCMA CPE credit; and all undergraduate books and ebooks are provided at no cost.**
To learn about our customized training solutions, contact [email protected].
Get started today at APUSpartners.com/NCMA or visit us at Booth #601.
*This program takes advantage of the Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK) as defined by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA). We
want you to make an informed decision about the university that’s right for you. For more about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed each
program, and other important information, visit www.apus.edu/disclosure.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Denise Roth
Administrator, U.S.
General Services
Administration
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David Loseby
Group Procurement
Director, Arriva plc.
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Alan Estevez
Principal Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition, Technology,
and Logistics), U.S.
Department of Defense
1. Sunday, July 24 ✹ 4:00pm–5:00pm
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Connie McClendon
Supply Tech, Skookum Contract
Services at Fort Meade,
AbilityOne Participant
Tina Ballard
Executive Director, U.S.
AbilityOne Commission
Denise Roth, Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration
Denise Roth is the 21st Senate-confirmed administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Drawing on 18
years of public service, Roth continues GSA’s efforts to deliver the best value in real estate, acquisition, and technology
services to government and the American people.
2. Monday, July 25 ✹ 8:00am–9:00am
David Loseby, Group Procurement Director, Arriva plc.
David Loseby has over 25 years’ experience at the senior executive/director level driving value and change through
procurement and organizational transformation. His varied background enables him to draw on not only his various global
experiences, sector diversity, and responsibilities within many public bodies and FTSE 100 companies, but also his experience gained in the construction and property sectors.
3. Tuesday, July 26 ✹ 9:30am–10:30am
Alan Estevez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics),
U.S. Department of Defense
Alan Estevez develops and implements strategies, policies, and programs that increase the warfighting capabilities,
management efficiency, and buying power of the Department of Defense (DOD). He has held several key positions within
the Office of the Secretary of Defense, including assistant secretary of defense (logistics and materiel readiness), principal
deputy assistant secretary of defense (logistics and materiel readiness), and the assistant deputy under
secretary of defense (supply chain integration).
4. Wednesday, July 27 ✹ 8:30am–9:30am
Connie McClendon, Supply Tech, Skookum Contract Services at Fort Meade, AbilityOne Participant
Connie McClendon is an Iraq War veteran. For 18 years, she served with the National Guard one weekend a month and
in 2008, her unit was deployed to Iraq where she worked in detainee operations. She returned with serious neurological
disorders. In 2011, through the AbilityOne Program and SourceAmerica, she began working for Skookum at Fort Meade
as a materials expediter and was promoted to her current role as supply technician.
Tina Ballard, Executive Director, U.S. AbilityOne Commission
Following Connie McClendon’s presentation, we’ll hear from Ms. Tina Ballard, who will give an overview of the AbilityOne
Commission. Ms. Tina Ballard is the Executive Director of the Commission. The Commission is an independent Federal
agency responsible for directing and managing the AbilityOne® Program through which Federal activities purchase products and services from nonprofit agencies associated with National Industries for the Blind (NIB) and SourceAmerica®.
AbilityOne Program procurements provide high quality products and services needed for the operation of the Federal
Government, while providing employment and training opportunities for tens of thousands of people who are blind or
have other significant disabilities. Prior to serving as the Commission Staff’s Executive Director, Ballard served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Policy and Procurement). She directly supported the Army Acquisition Executive and
the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology).
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EXECUTIVE PANEL
DISCUSSIONS
Monday, July 25 ✹ 9:00am –10:45am
Tuesday, July 26 ✹ 8:00am –9:30am
Defining Innovation in Acquisition
The Great Debate: Agency
Perspectives on Procurement
This unique, two-phased panel of senior acquisition leaders will discuss actions they’re implementing to achieve
innovative success. Following a panel of chief procurement
officers from the state and local contracting community,
the panel will transition into an “innovative” assembly of
acquisition leaders from major firms and civilian and defense agencies. They will review the results of a nonprofit
study of innovative acquisition practices and discuss their
own activities in this area. Hear what different leaders from
very different organizations attribute their achievements to
and where future success lies.
Join the exciting “World Congress Procurement Primaries”
as senior procurement officials from various agencies
take the stage to discuss contracting solutions, legislative
issues, shared services, and more.
MODERATOR: Tom Temin, Anchor/Managing Editor,
Federal News Radio
PANELISTS: Maj. Gen. Casey D. Blake, USAF,
Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting),
Assistant Secretary (Acquisition)
MODERATOR: David Gragan, Senior Procurement
Executive, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Elliott Branch, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(Acquisition & Procurement)
PART ONE:
Rosalyn Ingram, Director of State Purchasing and
Chief Procurement Officer, State of Florida
Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer,
Department of Homeland Security
Jan R. Frye, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and
Logistics, Department of Veterans Affairs
Robert Johnson, Manager of Procurement,
Central Florida Expressway Authority
Harry Hallock, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Procurement)
Diane Lancaster, Chief Procurement Officer,
Department of Administrative Services, State of Oregon
Jeffrey A. Koses, Senior Procurement Executive, Office of
Acquisition Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP)
Larry Maxwell, Director of State Purchasing,
State of New Mexico
Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, USAF, Director, Defense
Contract Management Agency
PART TWO:
Erin Alkire, General Counsel,
Aviation’s Avionics and Digital Solutions, General Electric
Bill McNally, CPCM, Fellow, Assistant Administrator for
Procurement and Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, NASA
Greg Giddens, Principal Executive Director,
Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction,
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Wednesday, July 27 ✹ 11:00am–12:30am
Larry Lohman, Vice President, Associate General
Counsel, Harris Corporation, Electronic Systems
Bridging the Contract
Management Age Gap
Ben Marglin, Principal, Finance and Economic
Development, Booz Allen Hamilton
Different generations can occasionally cause a divide in the
workplace based on the various ways we all work. Join this
inspirational mixed-generation panel—from millennials to
traditionalists—as they discuss their perspectives on bridging the age gap in the contract management profession
between workplace communication preferences, the use
of technology, and how it all impacts the project at hand.
Adarryl Roberts, Director, Defense Business Systems
Center of Excellence
Thomas Sharpe, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition
Service, U.S. General Services Administration
MODERATOR: Ronald C. Flom, Senior Federal Acquisition
Consultant; SAGE Program Member, Partnership for Public
Service; Board of Directors, Procurement Round Table
Participate in polling
and view full speaker
biographies in the
mobile app.
PANELISTS: Delia A. Adams, SES, CPCM, Director,
SAO West, Department of Veterans Affairs
(Baby Boomer Generation)
Sara Brown, CFCM, Fellow, Senior Contract
Administrator, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
(Millennial Generation)
General Session Live Polling!
Visit ncma.cnf.io or access via the
polling button in the mobile app.
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Kim Denver, Senior Vice President, Corporate Contracts,
Procurement, and Pricing, Leidos (Generation X)
John L. Kreideweis, CPCM, Fellow, Partner, KL Contract
Consulting LLP (Traditionalist Generation)
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NETWORKING &
SOCIAL EVENTS
Meet Your Fellow Attendees!
World Congress offers several exciting networking activities to enhance your experience.
All events are complimentary with the exception of NCMA Celebrates!
OPENING RECEPTION
Sunday, July 24 ✹ 5:00pm–6:30pm ✹ Exhibit Hall EF
Celebrate the kickoff of World Congress 2016 and the opening of the
exhibit hall! Join Sunday’s keynote speaker, Denise Roth, along with
event chair Harry Hallock, NCMA President Terry Raney, and NCMA
Executive Director Michael Fischetti, as they conduct the ribboncutting ceremony. Then gather in the exhibit hall to enjoy a drink and
hors d’oeuvres, visit the sponsors and exhibitors, and begin networking
with 1,800+ contract management professionals.
Sponsored by
VIRTUAL CHAPTER MEET-UP
NCMA Booth ✹ Exhibit Hall EF
Have you always wanted to be involved in an NCMA chapter but aren’t
located near one? Come check out the NCMA Virtual Chapter—a chapter
without borders! Anyone who is interested in the Virtual Chapter should
plan to stop by the NCMA booth in the exhibit hall to discuss the 2016–2017
program year goals and new program initiatives.
NEWCOMERS NETWORKING RECEPTION
Sunday, July 24 ✹ 6:00pm–7:00pm ✹ Osceola 1-2
NCMA invites first-time World Congress attendees and new NCMA
members to the Newcomers Networking Reception! This will be an
opportunity to meet NCMA leadership and staff and hear how you can
make the most of your time at this four-day education event. Afterward,
attendees are invited to Communities Night to enjoy a drink and hors
d’oeuvres and learn more about the benefits of NCMA membership.
COMMUNITIES NIGHT
Sunday, July 24 ✹ 6:30pm–7:30pm ✹ Osceola 3-6
Learn more about NCMA communities—Women’s Forum, Advancing Professionals, and Contract Management
Leadership Development Program Alumni—while networking with colleagues, NCMA staff, and new connections!
Sponsored by
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NETWORKING &
SOCIAL EVENTS
NCMA CELEBRATES!
Monday, July 25 ✹ 6:30pm–10:30pm
Hard Rock Live at Universal CityWalk®
NCMA celebrates YOU! This year’s event will offer something different
and unique for everyone. You’re invited to a totally tubular night out at
the Hard Rock Live at Universal CityWalk®! Dress to impress in your best
‘80s attire and let us transport you to a decade of big hair and neon
with an ‘80s cover band, vintage arcade games, green screen
photo ops, and more. Refreshments and a rad ‘80s musically themed
dinner buffet will be served. Best dressed wins a prize! Tickets still
available—stop by the registration desk!
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CMLDP ALUMNI COMMUNITY BOOK DISCUSSION
Tuesday, July 26 ✹ 1:30pm–2:30pm ✹ St. George 102
Join the Contract Management Leadership Development Program (CMLDP) Alumni
Community for a book club discussion on Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces
That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, by Ed Catmull (co-founder of Pixar Animation
Studios) and Amy Wallace. Feel free to come whether you’ve had a chance to read the book
or just want to learn more about it!
CM MAGAZINE REDESIGN LAUNCH PARTY
Tuesday, July 26 ✹ 5:30pm–7:00pm
Orange Blossom Ballroom
This special invite-only reception celebrates NCMA’s newly redesigned
CM Magazine! The magazine is NCMA’s flagship publication, having been
published for almost 40 years, and its new look debuted with the July issue.
Stop by Deltek’s booth for a ticket!
Sponsored by
TUESDAY NIGHT OUTING
Tuesday, July 26 ✹ 6:00pm–10:00pm ✹ I-Drive 360
Join your fellow World Congress attendees in exploring I-Drive 360: Home
of the Orlando Eye! Located in the heart of Orlando’s popular International
Drive, the Orlando Eye’s 400 foot iconic observation wheel is the centerpiece
of this metro-chic themed complex featuring a dynamic blend of attractions,
restaurants, clubs, and shops. The evening promises to provide unparalleled
networking opportunities! Complimentary shuttle buses will run continually
from the Gaylord Palms beginning at 6:00pm.
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NATIONAL EDUCATION
SEMINARS
Additional Training Opportunity—Earn 7 More CPE Hours!
ATTEND A NATIONAL EDUCATION SEMINAR
Thursday, July 28 ✹ 8:30AM–4:30PM ✹ Check-in: 8:00am
NCMA Member: $345
Nonmember: $395
After World Congress concludes, stay another day and attend one of the National Education Seminars
(NESs) below. The NES is a specialized one-day training seminar led by expert presenters and covers topics
suitable for professionals of all levels. Stop by the registration desk to add this additional training to your
World Congress registration.
FAR ESSENTIALS
CONTRACT CHANGES, DISPUTES,
AND TERMINATIONS—MASTERING
THE FUNDAMENTALS
NEW! Miami 1
Presenter: Jim Kirlin,
CPCM, CFCM, Fellow
Miami 3
What must you absolutely
know in order to thrive as a
government contractor or
government contracting
professional? Our contracting experts have singled out
the most essential aspects of the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) and designed a one-day National
Education Seminar that helps participants understand
the complexities and relationships within each topic.
The seminar covers 28 essential topics ranging from
competition and thresholds to small business and
quality assurance, and much more. Attendees will have
many opportunities during the seminar to relate these
essential topics to their own work experience. Each
participant will receive a copy of the Desktop Guide
to FAR Essentials, an invaluable research tool for use
during the seminar and on the job.
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Presenter: Donald Shannon,
CPCM, CFCM, Fellow
Contract changes are inevitable
and must be anticipated and
properly managed. Learn how to
handle any and all ambiguities,
differences of opinion, or potential
and real conflicts between parties.
These can arise through verbal discussion, letter, the
proposal, the basic contract, or any of its subsequent
modifications. They can involve everything from the
interpretation of the statement of work to the minutes
of a meeting. Changes can also come from various
sources—some with the authority to make them and
sometimes not. They can impact the success of your
contract as well as the relationship between
the parties.
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EDUCATION TRACKS
World Congress 2016 Educational Tracks
Customize Your Training Experience to Suit Your Individual Needs
World Congress 2016 offers over 115 breakout sessions from 7 revamped education tracks! With a wide variety of
topics, you’re sure to find training in your specific areas of interest. Choose to focus on breakouts of one specific
track or follow multiple tracks throughout the event.
All breakout sessions in the program are color coded by track.
ACQUIRING DIGITAL SERVICES
The government aims to bring its digital services acquisition in line with private sector processes and innovations.
This track includes sessions covering modular contracting, cyber services, and cloud services. Learn best practices and
solutions that can help with your government IT acquisition. (This track is focused primarily on government acquisition
team members challenged with acquiring digital services.)
BUSINESS ACUMEN
Wikipedia defines business acumen as “a keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a business situation
in a manner likely to lead to a good outcome.” These sessions are designed to provide government with an understanding of how industry conducts business and provide industry with an understanding of how government conducts business.
(This track is appropriate for both government and industry acquisition professionals. Individual breakout session descriptions will indicate whether sessions are more appropriate for industry or government.)
CONTRACTING EXCELLENCE
Whether you’re relatively new to contracting or you’re a more seasoned contracts professional, you’ll find training
targeted to your level of expertise on the topics of contract administration, commercial item procurement, small business
contracting, and more. The track will explore contracting challenges from the perspective of making well-considered
decisions. Contracting Excellence–Fundamentals sessions will be taught at a level appropriate to a contracts novice,
while Contracting Excellence–Art of Contracting sessions are designed to train more advanced professionals.
INTERACTIVE TRACK
Social learning occurs through connection, engagement, and conversations with peers. This track consists of collaborative
breakout sessions conducive to networking through roundtable discussions, audience participation through mobile
technology, group brainstorming, and more. Subjects covered include acquisition, cybersecurity, and negotiation.
(This track is appropriate for government or industry contracting professionals.)
MANAGING CONTRACTING ORGANIZATIONS
Ever notice that very little attention is paid to training contracting leaders on tools and processes for managing their organizations? This track aims to fix that by offering sessions covering best practice approaches to organizational benchmarking, performance measurement, acquisition processes, compliance, data, and of course, managing people. (This track is
appropriate for government and industry professionals managing or planning to manage a contracting organization.)
SOURCING STRATEGIES & SOLUTIONS
Today there’s a broad spectrum of sourcing options available to government contracting professionals. That means there’s
also a broad spectrum of contract vehicles and schedules available for industry participation. This track provides sessions
that go in depth on GSA schedules and gateways, as well as other sourcing alternatives. (This track is appropriate for
government buyers and industry sellers.)
THE ACQUISITION TEAM
The acquisition team consists of all participants in government acquisition, including not only repre-sentatives of the
technical, supply, and procurement communities, but also the customers they serve and the contractors who provide
the products and services. These sessions are aimed at helping team members function together to successfully achieve
acquisition goals. (This track is appropriate for all acquisition professionals and leaders.)
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COMPETENCY-BASED
TRAINING
Competency-Based Training
All sessions at World Congress are based upon the CMBOK, DAWIA, and FAC-C, covering over 100 technical,
business, and professional competencies!
What is the CMBOK?
The Contract Management Body of Knowledge (CMBOK) documents the evolution and
expansion of the professional competencies of contract management and outlines the skills,
abilities, and information necessary to excel within the profession. Purchase the CMBOK,
Fourth Edition at the NCMA booth in the exhibit hall.
• Acquisition Strategy, Planning & Sourcing
• Business & Proposal Development
• Case Studies & Experiential Learning:
Lessons Learned in the Real World
• Category Management
• CCCM: Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
Review
• Commercial Contracting Practices &
Authorities
• Contract Disputes, Suspension,
Terminations & Debarment (NEW)
• Contract Ethics & Conflicts of Interest
• Contract Performance & Administration
• Cost & Price Analysis
• General Business
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• Human Capital Program/ Human
Relations/Communication Skills/
Leadership Skills/ Risk Assessment
and Mitigation
• Legislative & Regulatory Updates in
Acquisition
• Negotiation & ADR Principle Strategies
• Performance-Based Services Acquisition
• Program Management
• Small Business Programs
• Source Selection Policies & Best Practices
• State and Local
• Subcontract Management
• Technology & Innovation/Cybersecurity/
Cloud Computing
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AGENDA: MONDAY
7:00am–8:00am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall EF
8:00am–9:00am Keynote Address | Osceola Ballroom
9:00am–10:45am Executive Panel Discussion | Osceola Ballroom
10:45am–11:15am Refreshment Break with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall EF
A01
Commercial Item Pricing:
Meeting the Demands of
Regulatory Changes
A02
“Teamwork”—What the
Congress Expects in
Achieving Mission Critical Success
A03
MIAMI 1–2
MIAMI 3
NAPLES 1
A07
A08
Past Performance
(Attention, Contractors—
You Will Be Graded!)
OSCEOLA 5–6
A13
The Digital Divide: Closing
the Technology-Humanity
Gap When Acquiring Digital Services
ST. GEORGE 114
VHA Acquisition
Alignment
PALM BEACH
A14
Asking the Right
Questions: Is Yours a
Request, an Invitation, or a Weapon?
A09
The Subcontract
Management Body of
Knowledge©: The Competitive Edge
SANIBEL 2–3
Go or No Go? How to
Decide Whether to Protest
SUN A
A15
Avoiding Cost and
Price Analysis Pitfalls in
Source Selection
SUN B
12:30pm–2:00pm Networking Lunch | Exhibit Hall EF
2:00pm–2:30pm Coffee and Dessert with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall EF
B01
Unraveling Contract
Disputes—The Principles
of Contract Interpretation
B02
MIAMI 1–2
MIAMI 3
B07
Advanced Teaming
Strategies To Accelerate
Small Business Government Revenue
B08
Expounding on a Local
Government Contracting
Success in Massachusetts
B09
OSCEOLA 5–6
PALM BEACH
SANIBEL 2–3
B13
B14
Data Analytics and the
Changing Acquisition
Paradigm
B15
SUN A
SUN B
How To Best Prepare for
Buying Cloud Services
ST. GEORGE 114
Successful Client
Engagement in
Pre-Award Activities
3:45pm–4:00pm
Break
4:00pm–5:15pm
17 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
C01
The Five Most
Important Cost
Accounting Standards
MIAMI 1–2
C07
Don’t Just Price—Price-toWin it!
C02
Managing Acquisitions
Like a Project
MIAMI 3
Getting the Requirement
Right is Your Responsibility
NAPLES 1
Improving DoD’s Services
Acquisition Tradecraft:
What’s New in 2016?
(Un)allowable Costs—
An Interactive Experience
with FAR Part 31
C03
Debate
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
in Contracting: A Friendly
NAPLES 1
C08
OSCEOLA 5–6
Lessons Learned from the
IG—Acquisition Best and
Not-So-Best Practices
C13
C14
Cybercompliance in
Government Contracting:
2016 and Beyond
B03
C09
Understanding the CCCM
C15
EVM—Contracting and
Subcontracting
SANIBEL 2–3
PALM BEACH
FAR-TAC-TOE
SUN A
TALLAHASSEE
ST. GEORGE 114
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7:00am–8:00am Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall EF
A04
Rights in Technical Data
& Computer Software:
Maximize Your IP Investment
A05
NAPLES 2–3
OSCEOLA 1–2
A10
See mobile app, Daily
How to Make Your
A11
News, and Addendum for
A12
Service Contract
session information.
Performance-Based
Winning Best-Value
Solutions (Trade-offs, LPTA
& the New VATEP) for Pricing to Win
Driving Compliant
Purchasing Through
Electronic Commerce
SARASOTA 1-2
A16
Government Contract
Reporting Requirements:
What Did You Just Sign Up For?
TALLAHASSEE
A06
The ONLY Smart Use of
a Debriefing
OSCEOLA 3–4
ST. GEORGE 112
A17
Category Management and
the Acquisition Gateway
TAMPA
B04
Navigating the Vast and
Diverse Environment of
State and Local Contracting
NAPLES 2–3
B10
Mythbusting—
Communication
with Industry
SARASOTA 1-2
B16
Cost and Price Analysis:
Not Just Protest Avoidance
TALLAHASSEE
B05
The Ten Commandments of
GSA Schedule Compliance
B06
Claim Quantum and Audit
Issues
OSCEOLA 1–2
OSCEOLA 3–4
B11
B12
We Found the Enemy and
It Is Us
ST. GEORGE 108
Using Data to Drive
Improved Acquisition
Performance
ST. GEORGE 112
B17
Understanding Contractor
Team Arrangements in the
GSA FSS Environment
TAMPA
C04
CPSR Expectations—
Before, During,
and After Review
C05
GSA Schedule
Reseller–Manufacturer
Relationships...Risky Business?
C06
NAPLES 2–3
OSCEOLA 1–2
OSCEOLA 3–4
The Truth About Bid
Solicitation & Source
Selection Methods in Contracting
C10
Improving IT Acquisition:
Leveraging FITARA, Agile,
and Digital Services
C11
C12
SARASOTA 1-2
ST. GEORGE 108
ST. GEORGE 112
C16
C17
The FAR Congress
Challenge
SUN B
Lessons Learned From the
Government Contracts
Battlefield
Above the Line:
Applying Practical
Everyday Leadership Skills
Understanding
Governmentwide
Strategic Sourcing (GSS)
TAMPA
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11:15AM–12:30AM
A04 Rights in Technical Data & Computer
Software: Maximize Your IP Investment
A01 Commercial Item Pricing: Meeting the
Demands of Regulatory Changes
Jonathan Baker, JD, Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP
Contracting Excellence—Art of Contracting
Miami 1–2 | Intermediate
Shawn Haque, JD, Corporate Counsel,
Accenture Federal Services
Business Acumen | Naples 2–3 | Intermediate
John McCarthy Jr., JD, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
Robert Jones, CPCM, CFCM, CCCM, Fellow,
Government Contracts & Accounting Expert,
Left Brain Professionals Inc.
Aaron Raddock, CFE, CFCM, Senior Manager,
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
Stephen Trautwein, Senior Price/Cost Analyst,
DCMA Cost & Pricing Center
As budgets shrink, federal agencies continue to look for
ways to increase efficiencies and reduce procurement
costs. To that end, the government is increasing its
emphasis on the acquisition of rights in technical data and
computer software during contract formation and administration. This panel will provide an overview of the standard
rules governing these rights, discuss recent developments,
and highlight a number of techniques that contractors
employ to help preserve and maximize their intellectual
property rights.
Ronald Youngs, Assistant Vice President, Acquisition Policy,
Aerospace Industries Association
Commercial item acquisition continues to be one of the
hottest topics in DOD. Better Buying Power 3.0, the 2013
NDAA, and in particular the 2016 NDAA have put this
front and center as a critical element of change in terms
of how DOD acquires products and increases its base of
suppliers to spur competition and increase innovation.
This session will look at some of the changes to commercial pricing practices beginning to emerge in response to
DOD objectives and legislative mandates.
A05 Driving Compliant Purchasing Through
Electronic Commerce
Sourcing Strategies & Solutions | Osceola 1–2
Intermediate
A02 “Teamwork”—What the Congress
Expects in Achieving Mission Critical Success
Brianna Durkin, CMLDP Alumni, Contracts Specialist,
Battelle Memorial Insitute, PNWD
The Acquisition Team | Miami 3 | Intermediate
Landon Hill, CMLDP Alumni, Team Leader, Procurement,
UT-Battelle, for Oak Ridge National Laboratory
George Bath, MC, MBA, Senior Advisor, Procurement and
Logistics, U.S. House of Representatives
E-commerce advancements continue to drive commercial
and consumer purchasing trends, yet it is still an underutilized sourcing strategy in the contracting community.
Explore how a focused e-commerce catalog strategy
can be effective in streamlining procurement operations,
driving compliant purchasing behaviors, and identifying
opportunities for decreased prices and increased customer
service levels.
John Dobriansky, MS, MBA, CPCM, Fellow, Acquisition
Policy Lead , FAR Civilian Agency Acquisition Council
Representative, U.S. Department of Justice
Congress hears from all parties within the acquisition lifecycle. The legislative process, through oversight and law,
plays a key role in ensuring tax dollars are spent properly
and for the purpose they were designated and are a winwin for government, industry, and ultimately its intended
target. Success in meeting the mission is a result of a solid
acquisition and performance strategy supported by a
dynamic acquisition team, with industry as a team player.
A06 The ONLY Smart Use of a Debriefing
Business Acumen | Osceola 3–4 | Intermediate
Terrence O’Connor, J.D., LL.M., Partner, Director of
Government Contracts, Berenzweig Leonard LLP
A03 Asking the Right Questions: Is Yours a
Request, an Invitation, or a Weapon?
Stephanie Wilson, Senior Associate Attorney, Berenzweig
Leonard LLP
The Acquisition Team | Naples 1 | Intermediate
Vicki Wrona, PMP, President, Forward Momentum, LLC
The ONLY smart use of a debriefing is to use it as a marketing opportunity and not as a prelude to protesting. A
debriefing has limited value as a litigation tool so the best
approach is to use a debriefing to build a relationship with
a government. Agency personnel can use a debriefing to
develop a better relationship with vendors and increase
competition for future buys. This session will describe
the FAR debriefing rules and pitfalls they contain for both
contractors and government.
Contracting professionals need to have productive conversations, but it’s getting more challenging to do that. We’re
all short on time, so how do we maximize the time we
have? It’s all about asking the right questions! Too often
we are passive participants in conversations and don’t gain
the full benefit of discussions. This session will highlight
the challenges presented by today’s communication
trends and give you ways to elevate your conversations.
Attendees will receive a handout and eBook.
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A07 Past Performance (Attention, Contractors—
You Will Be Graded!)
Business Acumen—Industry | Osceola 5–6 | Basic
Mark Blando, JD, Partner, Eckland & Blando LLP
Is the past performance information (PPI) held by the government about your company accurate and up to date?
Are you aware of recent changes to the systems used by
the government to track that information and then use it
in award decisions? Learn how PPI is collected and shared
by federal agencies and then used in the solicitation
process—and what contractors can do to obtain that
information and challenge it if necessary.
A08 VHA Acquisition Alignment
Managing Contracting Organizations | Palm Beach
Intermediate
Delia A. Adams, SES, CPCM, Director, SAO West,
Department of Veterans Affairs
Get an inside glimpse of the realignment of the nationwide acquisition team of the Veterans Health Administration. Started in 2009, it was a major shift from the siloed
single acquisition support system that had been used for
many years. With technological advances, the ability to
create a systemwide acquisition network was realized. Hear
about the development of the Service Area Office regions.
A09 The Subcontract Management Body of
Knowledge©: The Competitive Edge
Contracting Excellence | Sanibel 2–3 | Intermediate
Vic Avetissian, VP, CFO, ScMI™
The Office of Secretary of Defense recently updated the
DoD Source Selection Guide. This guide provides improved
source selection procedures for achieving best-value continuum (LPTA, trade-offs, & VATEP) and implementing Better
Buying Power initiatives, modified evaluation methodologies,
updates to statutory and regulation references, and includes
best practices through peer reviews. This session offers understanding, trade-offs, and implications for the government
and contractors in pricing to win during declining budgets.
Dan Jacobs, CPCM, CMC, PRT, Chairman, ScMI™
Tom Reid, CPCM, Fellow, President, ScMI™
Lenn Vincent, Fellow, Industry Chair,
Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
The Subcontract Management Body of Knowledge©
(ScMBOK) defines the essential knowledge and skills for
successfully managing subcontracts in publicly funded
contracts. This session focuses on the unique knowledge
and skill areas in which organizations must insist their subcontract professionals maintain proficiency. Organizations
that embrace the knowledge and skills enterprise-wide
take a proactive, problem-avoidance approach and realize
greater efficiencies and higher profitability. Hear how to
minimize risks, embrace repeatable processes, ensure success, gain the competitive edge, and realize more profit.
A11 See mobile app, Daily News, and
Addendum for session information.
A10 Winning Best-Value Solutions (Trade-offs,
LPTA & the new VATEP) for Pricing to Win
Business Acumen—Government | Sarasota 1–2
Advanced
Michael Santens, PhD, CPCM, Fellow, PMP,
Contracts Professor, Defense Acquisition University
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We’ll manage your
contracts, you manage
your business.
A13 The Digital Divide: Closing the
Technology-Humanity Gap When Acquiring
Digital Services
Acquiring Digital Services | St. George 114 | Basic
MANAGED
SERVICES
Kay Ely, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Integrated Technology Services, Federal Acquisition
Giovanni Onwuchekwa, Branch Chief, Programs and
Analysis, Office of IT Schedule Programs, Office of
Integrated Technology Services, Federal Acquisition
CONSULTING
& SOLUTIONS
Jeff Peters, Director, Global National Government Sector,
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HOSTING &
SECURITY
V David Zvenyach, Director of Acquisition Services,
18F, GSA
You’ve heard about Category Management the theory,
now hear examples from experts about how that theory is
being applied and making a real-world, positive impact.
GSA continually strives to improve the acquisition process
to help enable customer missions. The agency’s Office of
Integrated Technology Services and 18F excel in making it
easier for customer agencies to procure, and industry partners to offer, innovative information technology solutions.
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A14 Go or No Go? How to Decide Whether
to Protest
Interactive | Sun A | Advanced
David Black, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Gregory Hallmark, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
A12 How to Make Your Service Contract
Performance-Based
Disappointed offerors have a matter of days to decide whether and where to protest a contract award. Yet many proposal
teams are ill-equipped for the task. This interactive session will
help you put aside the understandable disappointment and
emotion, identify the right issues, gather the most appropriate
information, and work towards a “go/no go” decision that
makes business sense under the circumstances. Attendees
will participate by working through case studies.
Managing Contracting Organizations
St. George 112 | Intermediate
Lyle Eesley, Fellow, President, Eesley Consulting
Phil Salmeri, President, M&MH Design Inc
Matt Wilson, PM, Vice President, SimVentions
A15 Avoiding Cost and Price Analysis Pitfalls in
Source Selection
Implementing performance-based service requirements
and business strategies that increase stakeholder value
requires performance based leadership. Leadership that
can shape results-oriented requirements, oversight and
oversight that will drive improved service deliver for stakeholders. This session will help you understand what this
means and how it affects your requirement and acquisition
approach. Learn how to define stakeholder needs in terms
of results, outcomes, standards, deliverables and how
you can assure performance with integrated performance
assessment tools.
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Laurie Davis, CFCM, CCCM, Contracting Officer,
Naval Sea Systems Command
Adam Lasky, JD, Partner, Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP
In recent years, a significant portion of sustained bid
protests have concerned cost or price realism analysis
problems. Attendees will work in groups to solve price/
cost realism problems within solicitation clauses, evaluations and/or proposals that were at the center of some of
these protests. We will then go through these examples,
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and groups’ proposed solutions, and discuss key lessons
learned from these protests, so that procurement officers
and contractors can avoid these same pitfalls.
A16 Government Contract Reporting
Requirements: What Did You Just Sign Up For?
Contracting Excellence—Fundamentals
Tallahassee | Basic
CONTRACTING
Katherine Adams, Senior Contract Manager,
Accenture Federal Services
GOVERNMENT
Nathan Geesaman, CPA, CFE, Manager, Baker Tilly
Virchow Krause, LLP
Cybersecurity in Government
Contracts Institute
For U.S. federal government contractors, there are
myriad contractual reporting requirements that must be
submitted to the government beyond the annual ICS
submitted to DCAA. Contract managers must understand
and communicate what is required in order to comply with
the terms of the contract. This session will discuss some of
these government reporting requirements, such as small
business subcontracting, government property, service
contracts, eCMRA, GSA Schedules, GWACs, and CPARS.
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A17 Category Management and the
Acquisition Gateway
At the end of this 5-day program, participants
will be awarded a CyberContracting™
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Sourcing Strategies & Solutions | Tampa | Basic
To learn more, visit fedpubseminars.com,
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Andrea Azarcon Heller, Acting Director,
Stakeholder Management Division, General Services
Administration–Federal Acquisition Service (FAS),
Office of Strategy Management
Federal procurement is challenging and complex. We
want to work with the acquisition community and our
industry partners to make federal procurement easier and
more efficient. By implementing category management,
we can better address today’s acquisition challenges. The
Acquisition Gateway helps federal government buyers
act as one. The Acquisition Gateway provides governmentwide solution comparisons and much more, assisting
with each step of the acquisition lifecycle.
principles in government contracting.
B02 Successful Client Engagement in
Pre-Award Activities
The Acquisition Team | Miami 3 | Basic
Michelle Warren, Fellow, Director, NOAA AGO Western
Acquisition Division
MONDAY ✹ B SESSIONS
2:30PM–3:45PM
Market research, selecting an acquisition strategy, and
writing an acquisition plan are three areas of pre-award
activities where clients are often pushed to the sidelines.
Hear ways to ensure client engagement so when the
award is made, both you and the client cross the finish line
together—and form a successful team for the next effort,
contract management.
B01 Unraveling Contract Disputes—
The Principles of Contract Interpretation
Kenneth Allen, JD, Author and Instructor, Self-Employed
B03 Getting the Requirement Right is
Your Responsibility
Knowing the principles of contract interpretation is an
essential skill set for all acquisition professionals. This
session will explain these principles, including how they
impact contract disputes, how some principles apply only
to the words of the contract,how some only to matters
outside the contact, and how judges resolve ambiguous
contracts—as well as major and unique exceptions to the
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Phil Salmeri, President, M&MH Design Inc.
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experts in their field. That requirement is multiplied exponentially in state and local contracting. With all the various
regulations in the states and territories, as well as local
governments within those states, state and local cntracting
is much broader and much more diverse than its federal
government contracting counterpart. We will discuss the
differences, similarities, and challenges of state and local
versus federal government contracting.
B05 The Ten Commandments of GSA
Schedule Compliance
Sourcing Strategies & Solutions
Osceola 1–2 | Basic
Jennifer Aubel, Principal Consultant, Aronson LLC
Contractual requirements under GSA Schedules are unique
and complex. Understanding the fundamental principles
of compliance is critical to reducing the very real risks associated with your GSA Schedule contract. This session will
take participants through the “10 Commandments” of GSA
Schedule compliance, using real-life examples to illustrate
what contractors should and shouldn’t do if they want to
avoid the wrath of the inspector general, a whistleblower,
or worse.
B06 Claim Quantum and Audit Issues
Tanner Courrier, Principal, The Kenrich Group LLC
Tim Overman, CMA, PE—Texas and Arizona, LEED—Green
Associate, Vice President, The Kenrich Group LLC
After beginning with an overview of the current fiscal
climate and its influence on claims and audits, this session
will examine claims and damages theory, including specific
approaches to handling different types of costs (e.g.,
overhead). Presenters will then examine the impact of
government austerity on these claim approaches; discuss
the related audit issues that austerity creates (e.g., scope
reductions); and assess how contractors can mitigate the
associated risks.
most government agencies, service acquisitions account for
over half of their annual contract spend, yet most service acquisition teams lack program management. This leadership
gap limits the acquisition team’s ability to perform the critical thinking and analysis needed to develop performance
requirements that can more effectively meet agency needs.
Learn new program manager requirements with a focus on
a structured process, supported by standard tools and templates, to assist the program manager in building the right
requirements and performance assessment documents to
meet stakeholder outcomes.
B07 Advanced Teaming Strategies To Accelerate
Small Business Government Revenue
Business Acumen—Industry
Osceola 5–6 | Intermediate
B04 Navigating the Vast and Diverse
Environment of State and Local Contracting
Joshua Frank, MIS, MBA, Managing Partner, RSM Federal
Business Acumen—Industry | Naples 2–3 | Basic
Regina Samuels, CSCM, Contracts Manager,
Grant Thornton LLP
One of the more educational, fast-paced, high-energy,
and thought-provoking sessions you will find for advanced
teaming strategies in government contracting. Unlike most
sessions, this is more than a general or abstract discussion. This session is designed to accelerate a company’s
teaming strategies by three to five years, providing basic
to advanced techniques to differentiate and build competitive advantage with other businesses.
Sheila Wright, JD, CPCM, PMP, Director of Contracts,
Grant Thornton LLP
B08 Expounding on a Local Government
Contracting Success in Massachusetts
Zelalem Alemayehu, CFCM, Senior Subcontracts
Administrator, Grant Thornton LLP
Virginia Dawson, Senior Contracts Administrator,
Grant Thornton LLP
Federal acquisition professionals are required to be
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Palm Beach | Intermediate
Michael Gauthier, CPCM, MCPPO, Chief Procurement
Officer, City of Woburn, MA
Have a detailed look into the project featured in the July
2015 CM Magazine article titled, “A Case Study in Local
Government Contract Management—Woburn, MA,” but
with little twist. Hear how the technical skillset factors from
the CMBOK likely affected outcome, but also explore
other factors such as probability, emotional intelligence,
and motivation. Through interviews with stakeholders, we
are able to see that success sometimes may not always be
“cause and effect” driven from our own accord.
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B09 Improving DoD’s Services Acquisition
Tradecraft: What’s New in 2016?
Sanibel 2–3 | Intermediate
Kenneth Brennan, Deputy Director, Services Acquisition,
Department of Defense, OUSD(AT&L)
Karen Cook, Senior Procurement Analyst, Department of
Defense, OUSD(AT&L)
Scott Sweeney, Senior Procurement Analyst, Department
of Defense, OUSD(AT&L)
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to enable the DoD to better meet its mission in today’s
austere budget environment. Find out what DoD is doing
to improve services acquisition for warfighters, contracting
officers, vendors, and taxpayers and how it affects you.
Iris Cooper, CPCM, Fellow, Senior Procurement Executive,
Department of Treasury
Tracy Marcinowski, Director, Acquisition Policy,
General Services Administration
B10 Mythbusting—Communication
with Industry
Jeffrey Claar, Senior Procurement Analyst, ACC-Orlando
While the acquisition workforce struggles to find ways
to be “innovative” and “agile,” all the tools needed to
implement agile acquisitions are already available to us. It
is time we go “back to the basics” to re-learn and re-use
the tools we have instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.
Joseph Giunta, Executive Director/Principal Assistant
Responsible for Contracting, Army Contracting
Command (ACC) - Orlando
B12 Using Data to Drive Improved
Acquisition Performance
Lesley Sullivan, Policy Branch Chief, ACC-Orlando
Business Acumen—Government
Sarasota 1–2 | Basic
Learn how to encourage and enhance communication between government and industry. Hear a variety of methods
to actively engage industry early in the communication
process in order to benefit from industry’s knowledge of
available products and technology. This session will particularly address the ACC-Orlando Procurement Administrative Lead Time Industry Day sessions.
Jeffrey Koses, Senior Procurement Executive, U.S. General
Services Administration
Mark Lee, Deputy Director, Office of General Services
Acquisition Policy, Integrity & Workforce, U.S. General
Services Administration
The General Services Administration (GSA) developed an
Acquisition Dashboard to provide a framework for measuring the agency’s efforts at improving the acquisition
function by assessing key performance measures and
evaluating what makes for “good” acquisition. GSA will
B11 We Found the Enemy and It Is Us
Acquiring Digital Services
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Grant Thornton
Jason Whetsell, MBA, PMP, CSM, Manager,
Grant Thornton—Public Sector
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Learn how data analytics can be applied to enhancing
the end-to-end acquisition process. Through a detailed
methodology and real-life examples, learn how to apply
data analytics to their acquisition organizations to better
organize themselves, plan acquisitions, and evaluate
vendor performance.
Acquisition Support
Financial Management
Program Management
Portfolio Management
Contract Management
B15 (Un)allowable Costs—An Interactive Experience with FAR Part 31
Melanie Burgess, CPA, CPCM, CFCM, President,
Burgess Consulting, LLC
Robert Jones, CPCM, CFCM, CCCM, Fellow,
Government Contracts & Accounting Expert, Left Brain
Professionals Inc.
Come prepared to be an active participant as we work
together to expand our understanding of unallowable costs
and FAR Part 31. Very little time will be spent on slides and
lectures as your presenters lead a collaborative effort to
identify unallowable costs and ways to mitigate the risk
of costs being called into question. Attendees will work
together and have fun (yes, FAR Part 31 can be fun) while
learning to think critically about the costs contractors incur.
B16 Cost and Price Analysis: Not Just
Protest Avoidance
Tallahassee | Intermediate
present a suite of data analytic tools that comprise the Acquisition Dashboard and discuss how these tools are being
used to drive improved acquisition outcomes across GSA.
Kathlyn Hopkins, DAWIA Level III in Cost Estimating,
Financial Management and Contracting, Senior
Procurement Analyst, General Services Administration
Janie L. Maddox, Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School
B13 How To Best Prepare for Buying
Cost and price analyses, while key ingredients of a successful proposal evaluation or source selection, are also
critical to understanding the offeror’s technical approach.
Learn the basics of cost analysis, price analysis, cost realism, and price realism, while providing a rich context (in
the form of scenarios) for their effective use.
Cloud Services
Pourya Dehnadi, Co-Founder, Apex Logic, Inc.
Learn the factors to consider when buying cloud services.
The decision process begins with a good understanding
of the business requirements and the characteristics of the
application to be hosted in the cloud. SaaS, PaaS, IaaS,
and DaaS models are compared in terms of applicability
and cost. Spend objectives are discussed in terms of fixed
and variable costs.
B17 Understanding Contractor Team
Arrangements in the GSA FSS Environment
Tampa | Intermediate
G. Thomas Benton, FAC-C Level III, FAC-COR Level III,
FAC-PPM Level III, DAWIA Level III, Senior Procurement
Analyst, GSA Federal Acquisition Service, Office of Acquisition Management, MAS Policy
B14 Data Analytics and the Changing
Acquisition Paradigm
The use of contractor team arrangements (CTAs) among
GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contractors has become a common practice within the federal procurement
marketplace. However, the concept, procedures, structure,
Interactive | Sun A | Intermediate
Kate Eberle, Grant Thornton—Public Sector
Moshe Nelson, CPCM, PMP, Senior Manager,
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and operation of CTAs are often misunderstood and improperly executed. Gain insight into CTA guidelines from
both the federal government and vendor perspective.
MONDAY ✹ C SESSIONS
4:00PM–5:15PM
C01 The Five Most Important Cost
Accounting Standards
Darrell Hineman, CPA CFE, Director, CohnReznick LLP
Kristen Soles, CPA, Partner, CohnReznick LLP
Of the 19 Cost Accounting Standards created for “uniformity” and “consistency” in cost accounting practices, five
of those standards significantly impact government contractors. As a result, it’s crucial for government contractors
to learn their requirements and how to comply.
C02 Managing Acquisitions Like a Project
Chris Hamm, FEDSIM Director, GSA FEDSIM
Implementing integrated project teams (IPTs) and orals/
video evaluations are methods that can significantly impact your acquisition schedule, and ultimately, acquisition
success. This session is in case study format, during which
small and large groups will explore IPTs and scheduling
through the mock roles of CO, PM, requirements stakeholder, and industry partner. Groups will walk through two
scenarios and answer discussion questions that illuminate
methods to positively impact acquisitions.
Operations Center, Defense Contract Management
Agency (DCMA)
Karen Ouellette, Procurement Analyst, DCMA
This session is designed to help alleviate some of the stress
and unknowns that arise with an upcoming Contractor
Purchasing System Review (CPSR). It will examine the
the steps and timelines of the actions taken by the CPSR
team to prepare, as well as the actions required from the
contractor before, during, and after a CPSR.
C03 Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Contracting:
A Friendly Debate
Naples 1 | Intermediate
C05 GSA Schedule Reseller—Manufacturer
Relationships...Risky Business?
John Dobriansky, MS, MBA, CPCM, Fellow, Acquisition
Policy Lead, FAR Civilian Agency Acquisition Council
Representative, U.S. Department of Justice
Chris Robey, MBA, MPP, CPCM , Fellow, Procurement
Analyst, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Rob Austin, CFCM, Director, Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause, LLP
This session will feature a friendly debate on the proposition
that AI-driven business processes will make significant inroads
into procurement activities within 5 years, with major effects
upon the acquisition workforce within 10 years.
Jeff Clayton, Principal, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP
While it’s commonly understood that GSA Schedules have
unique requirements, many are unaware of the specific
requirements faced by resellers and manufacturers selling
through resellers. Gain a fundamental understanding of
contracting, disclosure and compliance requirements, as
well as risks and best practices for resellers and manufacturers selling through GSA Schedules.
C04 CPSR Expectations—Before, During,
and After Review
Andrew Obermeyer, CPCM, Fellow, Director, Business
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C06 Lessons Learned From
the Government Contracts Battlefield
C09 Understanding the CCCM
Business Acumen | Osceola 3–4 | Advanced
Sanibel 2–3 | Basic
John Greenwell, Vice President & Project Executive,
John C. Grimberg Company, Inc.
Gregg Rupkalvis, CPCM, CCCM, ICCM-D III, DAWIA III,
Corporate Contracts Manager, Womack Machine Supply Co.
David Hatwell, PSP, PMI-SP, CFCC, President,
Aegis Project Controls
This session will help you understand the commercial
contracting process under the UCC and further enhance
your knowledge of the requirements and negotiation
techniques necessary to better serve your organization in
the commercial marketplace.
Lawrence Prosen, Esq., Attorney, Thompson Hine, LLP
Stuart Young, Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
AECOM Management Services
C10 The Truth About Bid Solicitation & Source
Whether due to poor specifications, contract documents, or
administration, contracts routinely experience problems and
changed conditions, which result in excessive costs, time,
and other impacts. This lessons-learned session provides
real-world examples of issues and disputes that arise under
government contracts. Walk through the techniques and procedures employed to help successfully resolve the disputes.
Selection Methods in Contracting
Bob Hoffman, Director, Account Operations, FedBid, Inc.
Joseph Jordan, CEO, FedBid Inc.
John Prichard, Professor of Contract Management,
Defense Acquisition University
C07 Don’t Just Price—Price-to-Win it!
Jason Rupinski, Price-to-Win Strategist, Leidos
The bid solicitation methods and source selection processes used in federal procurement often solicit controversy.
Can you get accurate bids in a matter of few days? Can
LPTA truly garner the best price for an acceptable product? Or is the government now faced with lower-quality
products at a cheaper price? The expert panelists in this
session will discuss when and how LPTA can truly benefit
the government, and will put to rest the myths surrounding these topics.
Price communicates more than just the offeror’s bottomline number for goods and/or services. It provides a
commitment that carries with it an implied understanding
of the customer, the competition, and the company’s
assessment of the work and associated risks involved
in completing the contemplated effort. For this reason,
pricing is not a last-minute artifact of an offeror’s proposal,
but a detailed and well-thought-out strategy involving the
discipline of “Price-to-Win”!
C11 Improving IT Acquisition: Leveraging
FITARA, Agile, and Digital Services
C08 Lessons Learned from the IG—
Acquisition Best and Not-So-Best Practices
Palm Beach | Intermediate
Jeffrey Donahue, Chief, Contracts Administration,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Ergene Lee, Director of Contracts and Procurement,
Department of Housing Urban Development, Office of
Inspector General
Mark Junda, Contracting Officer, Technology Acquisition
Center, Department of Veterans Affairs
Speaking from the presenter’s own experience in HUD
OIG, this session will cover best and not-so-best practices
in federal government and state government acquisition.
Learn from the speaker’s experience covering two years of
working with auditors and evaluators to see what makes
inspector general audits and evaluation groups target acquisitions, and how to avoid the most commonly identified
acquisition pitfalls.
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U.S. Digital Services
Joanie Newhart, Associate Administrator of Acquisition
Workforce Programs, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
(OFPP)
With the rapid pace of technological change, the federal
procurement regulations are in a process of adjusting to technology. A framework for modular contracting exists, but is
applied in a waterfall methodology with results being mixed
at best. Through best practices, lessons learned, and collaboration, OFPP has partnered with agencies to leverage FITARA,
Agile, and digital services. Hear about the efforts underway
and the flexibility being built into IT procurement.
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C12 Above the Line: Applying Practical
Everyday Leadership Skills
C15 EVM—Contracting and Subcontracting
Interactive | Tallahassee | Advanced
St. George 112 | Advanced
Dale Gillam, Program Manager, Corporate EVM and
Scheduling Focal Point, SAIC
Ward Dumigan, Contracts Manager, Kratos Technology &
Training Solutions
Lisa Wolf, MBA, PMP, EVP, Senior Executive Manager,
CPSR and EVM Focal Point, Regulatory Compliance, Booz
Allen Hamilton
Borrowing heavily from Urban Meyer’s book, Above the
Line, as well as other sources, this session draws upon simple, straightforward lessons on leadership and teambuilding—intended for all who want to improve as leaders at
any life stage and in any role—and views them through the
lens of contracts professionals.ter serve your organization
in the commercial marketplace.
Things are changing in the EVM government contracting
world. Recently, a class deviation was released lowering
compliance review thresholds and OMB released a memorandum reducing the burden of certifying EVM systems.
These changes have been met with some confusion in industry as to what it all really means. This session discusses
how these changes impact what to look for when contracting with EVM requirements, properly flowing down the
requirements to subcontractors, and ensuring everything
meets the requirements.
C13 Cybercompliance in Government
Contracting: 2016 and Beyond
C16 The FAR Congress Challenge
Christian Henel, Government Contracts Attorney,
Thompson Hine, LLP
Aria Mansuri, Principal Product Manager,
Distributed Solutions, Inc.
Michelle Currier, CPCM,CFCM,Fellow,
Professor of Contract Management, DAU
Gunjan Talati, Government Contracts Attorney,
Thompson Hine, LLP
Studies have shown that interactive gaming increases
knowledge retention. Test your knowledge of the FAR
with this unique interactive game! Team up with fellow
World Congress attendees to take on a series of intensive,
challenging questions. Answer correctly, and advance in
the tournament! Teams will be randomly assigned as you
arrive in the breakout room.
Responding to high-profile data breaches, government
agencies are rolling out new and complex policies, standards, and requirements for handling government data
and personally identifiable information. These changes
will inevitably cascade down to government contractors
and impact the risk and cost of “cybercompliance.” This
session will help contractors understand the legal and
technical challenges of handling and safeguarding data in
this fast-changing cybercompliance environment.
C17 Understanding Governmentwide
Strategic Sourcing
C14 FAR-TAC-TOE
Darlene Coen, Deputy Program Manager, NASA SEWP
This session will discuss the many benefits provided
by strategic sourcing, such as saving money and time,
standardizing technology, and simplifying purchasing
procedures.
Robin Gates, CFCM, Supervisory Contract Specialist,
Department of Transportation
Are you taking the CFCM exam? If so, come test your FAR
knowledge by playing an interactive game of FAR-TACTOE! Test your wits and enhance your teaming skills
through a series of multiple choice questions and scenario-based problem solving. The content is designed for
professionals at all levels. After attending this high-energy,
Interactive session, you will be ready to take the CFCM
exam by storm!
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D01
Current Practices are
Threatening Past
Performance as an Effective Tool
D02
MIAMI 1–2
The Evolving Face of the
Acquisition Workforce:
Building Valued Business Advisors
& Leaders
D07
D08
Procurement Audit
Internal Review (P.A.I.R.)
NAPLES 1
MIAMI 3
Getting Picky—
Teaming Agreement
Pitfalls and Practices
OSCEOLA 5–6
D13
Cloud Solutions:
Infrastructure, Platform,
or Software—Where Should You Go?
ST. GEORGE 114
12:30pm–2:00pm
D03
The FAR Congress
Challenge
D09
Keeping Up With the FAR
SANIBEL 2–3
SUN A
D14
Relational Contracting
Management
PALM BEACH
D15
Cybersecurity Best
Practices for Small
Businesses
SUN B
Networking Lunch | Exhibit Hall EF
1:30pm–2:30pm
CMLDP Alumni Community Book Discussion | St. George 102
2:00pm–2:30pm
Coffee and Dessert with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall EF
2:30pm–3:45pm
17 Concurrent Breakout Sessions
E01
The Evolving Risks of
Commercial Item Contracting
E02
MIAMI 1–2
Bridging the Gap Between
Project Management and
Contract Management
E07
Escape GovCon’s Terrible
Tradeoff: Full Compliance
or Lower Indirect Rates?
E08
OSCEOLA 5–6
PALM BEACH
E13
Service Level Agreements
in Information Technology
Contracts
E14
ST. GEORGE 114
SUN A
E03
CPSR: Easy as 1-2-3?
E09
Navigating Change in Small
Business Contracting
NAPLES 1
MIAMI 3
Business Service
Assessment of NASA
Procurement
Playbook
Winning The Game: The
Contract Administrator’s
SANIBEL 2–3
E15
Manage Risk, Don’t Let it
Manage You!
SUN B
F01
Source Selection—The
Good and Not So Good
MIAMI 1–2
F02
Better Buying Power:
Building a Culture of
Collaboration Between the Program
and Acquisition Office
MIAMI 3
F07
Responding to Cure
Notices—A Strategic
Approach
OSCEOLA 5–6
F08
Post Award Responsibility
Tracker (P.A.R.T.)
PALM BEACH
F03
Toolbox?
Contracts Division Metrics:
What Tools Are in Your
NAPLES 1
F09
A Failure to Communicate?
Why Government and
Industry Don’t Always Hear Each
Other
SANIBEL 2–3
Another Cook in the
Kitchen: The New FAR Rule
on Cybersecurity
F13
Acquiring Good UX:
Contracting’s Impact on
IT Success
F14
F15
ST. GEORGE 114
SUN A
SUN B
Procuring Brand Name
Commercial Items—When,
How, and Why (or Why Not)?
5:30pm–7:00pm CM Redesign Launch Party (by invite only) | Orange Blossom Ballroom | Sponsored by Deltek
6:00pm–10:00pm Tuesday Night Outing | I-Drive 360
AGENDA: TUESDAY
D04
SCA Compliance in Real
Business Government
Contractor Environments
D05
GSA Mini-Bootcamp
OSCEOLA 1–2
NAPLES 2–3
D06
Negotiation:
Beyond the Basics
OSCEOLA 3–4
D10
With Every Mistake:
Lessons Learned From
GAO Protests
D11
Cyber in The Forefront:
The Latest Cyber Threats,
Requirements & Regulations
D12
SARASOTA 1-2
ST. GEORGE 108
ST. GEORGE 112
D16
D17
Pitfalls of State and
Local Contracting
TALLAHASSEE
Determining Source
Selection with the Buy
American Statute
The AbilityOne Program:
A Solution to Your
Acquisition Planning and Strategy
TAMPA
1:30pm–2:30pm CMLDP Alumni Community Book Discussion | St. George 102
E04
Managing Compliance
Concerns throughout
Contract Lifecycle
E05
NAPLES 2–3
OSCEOLA 1–2
E10
E11
What I Wish I Knew as a
Contracting Officer
I Have My Sales Data, Now
What? Developing GSA
CSP Disclosures
SARASOTA 1-2
How to Make Complex
IT Contracts Easy to
Administer (Divide and Conquer)
E16
E17
Contract Closeout for CostType Contracts
TALLAHASSEE
ST. GEORGE 108
E06
Negotiating Value in a Price
Only World
OSCEOLA 3–4
E12
Contract Manager to
Non-Profit Manager
ST. GEORGE 112
Understanding Interagency
Acquisition
TAMPA
F04
Things I Have Learned As
An Arbitrator On How Not
to Draft Agreements
F05
Learn About the Newest
Developments to the
Acquisition.gov Website
F06
NAPLES 2–3
OSCEOLA 1–2
OSCEOLA 3–4
F10
F11
F12
Government Contractor
Mergers & Acquisitions:
Making the Most of the Diligence
Process
Cybersecurity Terms and
Conditions
ST. GEORGE 108
Using Risk/Issue/
Opportunity Management
to Shape Your Acquisition
USACE Contracting Career
Management Program
ST. GEORGE 112
SARASOTA 1-2
F16
What’s Hot in Government
Contracts!
TALLAHASEE
F17
GSA Schedules—
Compliance, News,
and Updates
TAMPA
5:30pm–7:00pm CM Redesign Launch Party (by invite only) | Orange Blossom Ballroom | Sponsored by Deltek
6:00pm–10:00pm Tuesday Night Outing | I-Drive 360
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TUESDAY ✹ D SESSIONS
11:15AM–12:30PM
standard operating procedures. A recurring audit finding
in Office of Inspector General reports and other internal
audit reports was the lack of complete contract files in the
VA electronic contract management system. To address this
specific finding, the PAIR audits were created in FY14.
D01 Current Practices are Threatening Past
Performance as an Effective Tool
D04 SCA Compliance in Real Business
Government Contractor Environments
Gary Poleskey, CPCM, Fellow, Vice President,
Dayton Aerospace, Inc.
Barbara Connell, Senior Consultant, Aronson LLC
The emergence of past performance as a meaningful
program management and source selection tool in the
late 1980s had a simple feature that made it relevant and
useful to both government and industry for more than two
decades. Unfortunately, the treatment of past performance
within the DOD source selection policy and the manner
in which that policy has been implemented threatens
to destroy that simple feature and return the tool to the
marginal status it “enjoyed” prior to its creation.
Service Contract Labor Standards, better known as the
Service Contract Act (SCA), outlines various operational requirements for service contracts over $2,500. The
SCA contains complex elements that make compliance
seemingly unattainable. How can full SCA compliance
be attained and applied to real business situations? This
session will analyze how compliance with the 50-year-old
law can be achieved in today’s government contracting
environment.
D02 The Evolving Face of the Acquisition Workforce: Building Valued Business
Advisors & Leaders
D05 GSA Mini-Bootcamp
Maureen Jamieson, Executive Director of Contracts &
Consulting, Centre Law & Consulting
Zelalem Alemayehu, CFCM, Senior Subcontracts
Administrator, Grant Thornton LLP
Overview of the Federal Supply Schedule Program, including the advantages and disadvantages of GSA Schedules.
Review the GSA proposal process and the requirements
for responding to a schedule solicitation. Learn the negotiation process and GSA’s goal in negotiating schedule
contracts. Discuss the importance of the final proposal
revision. Review e-commerce requirements for award and
administration of your GSA Schedule, including different
types of contract modification actions.
Robbyn Coleman, CFCM, Senior Contracts Administrator,
Grant Thornton LLP
Beth Thanos, CFCM, Senior Contracts Administrator,
Grant Thornton LLP
Sheila Wright, JD, CPCM, PMP, Director of Contracts,
Grant Thornton LLP
The role of the acquisition professional has changed a
great deal over the years in all areas of contracting: federal,
state and local, international, and commercial. Today’s
acquisition experts need to be highly skilled to meet the
growing needs of their customers. Innovative and out-ofthe-box thinking are required to groom the future experts
and to chart a much different path in a more demanding
and complex environment. This session will discuss the
evolving acquisition profession and how to be engaged
and valued by customers.
D06 Negotiation: Beyond the Basics
Ralph Criss, CPCM, C.P.M, Senior Fellow,
Fluor Corporation
A discussion of negotiation topics beyond the basics.
Topics include breaking deadlocks, dealing with difficult
people, and expanding your negotiation alternatives.
D03 Procurement Audit Internal Review (P.A.I.R.)
D07 Getting Picky—Teaming Agreement Pitfalls
and Practices
Business Acumen—Industry | Osceola 5-6 | Basic
Darcy Horvat, M.A.U.R.P., FAC-C Level III, VHA Director
of Procurement Operations, VA Veterans Health
Administration
Sander Wilson, CF APMP, CFCM, Director,
Business Operations, LVW Electronics
In today’s marketplace, it’s more critical than ever for small,
medium, and large businesses to form teams to pursue,
capture, and perform work for government clients who
expect these relationships to be conducted professionally
and to everyone’s mutual benefit. Too often though, the
pressure to team with any firm that checks a particular
box can lead to teaming arrangements that are (at best)
Eldred Jackson, Associate Director Procurement
Operations, VA Veterans Health Administration
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Procurement
Audit Office was created to monitor and report internal
acquisition compliance in accordance with established FAR,
Veterans Affairs (VA) regulations and policies, and VHA
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mutually apathetic, (worse) damaging to one or more of
the team members, or (at worst) their customer.
Hear an overview of all the new cybersecurity threats and
requirements in government contracts and how they impact
the government contracting community. Attendees will be
given a practical cyber toolkit during the presentation to implement no matter whether they are government or industry.
D08 The FAR Congress Challenge
Michelle Currier, CPCM,CFCM,Fellow,
Professor of Contract Management, DAU
D12 Determining Source Selection with the Buy
American Statute
Studies have shown that interactive gaming increases
knowledge retention. Test your knowledge of the FAR
with this unique interactive game! Team up with fellow
World Congress attendees to take on a series of intensive,
challenging questions. Answer correctly, and advance in
the tournament! Teams will be randomly assigned as you
arrive in the breakout rooms.
Shene’ Commodore, CPCM, Fellow,
Commodore Consulting, Owner
Roy Nyquist, CPCM, Fellow, RN Contracting Solutions LLC,
President/CEO
Learn the key rules and strategies of the Buy American
Statute and the Trade Agreements Act (as prescribed by
the FAR and DFARS), including their manufacturing and
country-of-origin requirements—perfect for government
contracting professionals and contractors!
D09 Keeping Up With the FAR
Stephanie Alexander, President, BOOST LLC
Amy Hernandez, CPA, J.D., Principal, Strategic FAR
Advisors, LLC
D13 Cloud Solutions: Infrastructure, Platform,
or Software—Where Should You Go?
Gunjan Talati, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP
Hear about regulatory and legislative changes in government contracts that have occurred since last year’s World
Congress. The panelists will detail the new regulations and
discuss real-life solutions they have implemented for their
clients for compliance. The areas to be discussed include
anti-trafficking requirements, fair pay and safe workplaces requirements, and counterfeit electronic parts. This
session will give you the tools you need to update your
compliance systems.
Arlene Minkiewicz, Chief Scientist, PRICE Systems, LLC
Migrating capability to the cloud comes with several
planning and management challenges. How does an
organization determine the right capability to migrate and
the right platform for the migration? What challenges do
the various cloud solutions (i.e., SaaS vs. PaaS vs. IaaS)
present? This presentation outlines the migration activities
and other implications for migrating the same application
on each of the three cloud solution models.
D10 With Every Mistake: Lessons Learned From
GAO Protests
D14 Relational Contracting Management
Interactive | Palm Beach | Advanced
Sarasota 1–2 | Intermediate
Andy Akrouche, MBA, Managing Partner,
Strategic Relationships Solutions Inc.
John Rush, CPCM, Director, Acqtrain
Aisha Ghadban, Advisor, The Centre for Relationships
Management
Susan Rush, CPCM, Director of Contracts, NAVSEA/MARMC
Each year, approximately 2,400 protests are filed with GAO,
and while the comptroller general will sustain maybe three
to four percent of those filed protests, the impact on an
organization or program can be devastating, resulting in
wasted dollars, time, and effort. Learn the most frequent
reasons for the comptroller sustaining a protest and commonsense practices derived from other people’s mistakes.
The single leading cause of failure in complex business arrangements is that they are structured as static transactions
or deals. “Relational contracting” positions the relationship
among stakeholders at the heart of contract performance.
Business arrangements are structured as dynamic and
adaptive relationships that drive change and deliver improved outcomes. This session provides an overview of
relationship-based contracting and provides a guide to
building a culture of collaboration and trust.
D11 Cyber in the Forefront: The Latest Cyber
Threats, Requirements & Regulations
St. George 108 | Basic
Eric Crusius, JD, Counsel, Miles & Stockbridge
Cyber breaches have robbed the government and
contractors of our country’s most highly guarded secrets.
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cost principles of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
Learn about common pitfalls of state and local contracts,
the basics of the FCA (e.g., what constitutes a false claim),
common terms incorporated to state and local contracts
from the FAR, as well as offer tips and suggestions for
maintaining compliance.
Reverse Auctions
Done Right!
Find out why the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA), Fortune 500 companies
and prestigious universities across the
country have chosen Procurex as their
preferred Reverse Auction Service
Provider.
D17 The AbilityOne Program: A Solution to Your
Acquisition Planning and Strategy
Visit us at Booth 320
Learn about an acquisition planning and strategy solution
that is unique and relatively unknown among acquisition
professionals—FAR 8.7. Understand the procedures put
in place by the Committee for Purchase from People Who
Are Blind or Severely Disabled, now known as the U.S.
AbilityOne Commission, which implements and guides the
policies of the AbilityOne Program.
Sourcing Strategies & Solutions | Tampa | Basic
Chuck Guta, Key Account Executive, SourceAmerica
Marie McManus, Key Agency Executive, SourceAmerica
Contact Michael MacKinnon
[email protected]
814.806.1917
TUESDAY ✹ E SESSIONS
2:30PM–3:45PM
E01 The Evolving Risks of Commercial
Item Contracting
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Phillip Seckman, CPCM, Partner, Dentons US LLP
Recent DOD legislative and regulatory actions send strong
signals to the contractor community that obtaining commercial item status, while still useful, no longer provides
substantial reductions in risk or administrative expense.
Hear a detailed review of the commercial item definition,
explore the details of recent efforts to alter that definition,
and discuss other developments that are complicating
what was intended to be a streamlined form of contracting.
D15 Cybersecurity Best Practices for
Small Businesses
Robert Jones, CPCM, CFCM, CCCM, Fellow, Government
Contracts & Accounting Expert, Left Brain Professionals Inc.
Chapter 3 of NIST 800-171 outlines 14 areas of security requirements for protecting the confidentiality of controlled
unclassified information as required by DFARS 252.2047012. Implementation of procedures of this magnitude
would bankrupt or cripple most small businesses. We’ve
organized the requirements into four main categories, and
we’ll walk you through practical, affordable steps you can
take to improve your IT security.
E02 Bridging the Gap Between Project
Management and Contract Management
The Acquisiton Team | Miami 3 | Intermediate
Ronald C. Flom, Senior Federal Acquisition Consultant;
SAGE Program Member, Partnership for Public Service;
Board of Directors, Procurement Round Table
D16 Pitfalls of State And Local Contracting
Lisa Wolf, MBA, EVP, PMP, Senior Executive Manager,
CPSR and EVM Focal Point, Regulatory Compliance,
Booz Allen Hamilton
In government contracting, the relationship between the
Acquisitions Office and the Program Management Office
can often be an onerous one. With each potentially having
differing goals and objectives, clear communication and
partnering can be complex and often nonexistent. This session explores the responsibilities of both parties, as well as
some best practices for ensuring collaboration and mutual
goal-setting while ensuring appropriate utilization of funds.
Mike LaCorte, CPA, Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA),
Principal, The Kenrich Group LLC
State and local government contracts oftentimes are
tied to federal funds and incorporate federal rules and
regulations, such as the False Claims Act (FCA) and the
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E03 CPSR: Easy as 1-2-3?
Jack Hott, Lifetime CPCM CFCM,
Sourcing Outcomes & Solutions LLC
Erica Nichols, Subcontract Administrator III,
CB&I/AREVA MOX Services
Mike Thacker, Contract Specialist,
Restoration Services, Inc.
Before Microsoft Excel, there was a popular electronic
spreadsheet called Lotus 1-2-3 with the slogan “easy as
1-2-3.” Preparing for and passing a contractor purchasing system review isn’t easy, but there are three steps in
the process that if consistently followed will result in a
favorable audit and purchasing system approval: system
existence, system adequacy, and compliance. Come
learn how to use these steps to achieve and maintain an
approved system.
E04 Managing Compliance Concerns
Throughout Contract Lifecycle
Pat Fitzgerald, CPA, Director, Baker Tilly
Virchow Krause, LLP
Drew Lewis, CPA, CFE, CFCM, Manager, Baker Tilly
Virchow Krause, LLP
The contract lifecycle can be full of landmines, especially with
the government’s increased emphasis on compliance. The
formula for success is to identify which areas may carry the
greatest risk and put your organization in a position to thrive.
Learn about key compliance concerns that arise during
the various phases of the contract lifecycle and strategies
for implementation to not only reduce the risk of adverse
findings, but to become a differentiator in the marketplace.
E06 Negotiating Value in a Price Only World
Jeanette Nyden, J.D., Commercial Contracts Coach,
Sound Partnership Strategies
Every customer wants value, and every supplier says they
provide value. But when it comes time to negotiate the
contract, it’s all about price, price, and more price. So,
how do you break out of the price-only conversation and
get real value? Believe it or not, value can be quantified,
tracked, and measured over time. In this session, you will
learn the four types of value that all buying organizations
care about, and how to ensure that your organization is
getting that value.
E05 I Have My Sales Data, Now What?
Developing GSA CSP Disclosures
Jennifer Aubel, Principal Consultant, Aronson LLC
Barbara Connell, Senior Consultant, Aronson LLC
Drafting accurate GSA commercial sales practices (CSP)
disclosures is the most critical, and most poorly understood,
part of GSA Schedule pricing compliance. This session will
guide attendees through the thought process and analysis
techniques used to develop a CSP disclosure based on a
sample commercial sales data set. Collaboration among the
speakers and participants is a critical component to this
unique, Interactive discussion, so bring your questions and
ideas as we unravel the mystery of the CSP disclosure.
E07 Escape GovCon’s Terrible Tradeoff:
Full Compliance or Lower Indirect Rates?
Melissa Amdahl, Manager, Contract Lifecycle
Management, Compusearch
Reid Jackson, CEO, Compusearch
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E09 Navigating Change in Small
Business Contracting
George Petel, Associate, Wiley Rein LLP
John Prairie, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
Hear about the significant changes to small business
contracting requirements made over the past 1–2 years, as
well as the major changes anticipated in 2016, including such
topics as parity of small business programs;, including recent
changes to the WOSB program; expansion of the mentor/
protégé program; application of the “Rule of Two” to multiple award contracts and task orders; changes to the limitation
on subcontracting rules; and small business subcontracting.
We are pleased to be a strategic partner with the Defense
Acquisition University (DAU) and National Contract Management
Association (NCMA). Southwestern is an approved equivalent
provider of DAU Contracting courses required for DAWIA, FAC-C
and ICCM-D Certifications.
CON 090
Federal Acquisitions Regulations Fundamentals
CON 170
Fundamental of Cost and Price Analysis
ACQ 203
Intermediate Systems Acquisition Part B
CON 270
Intermediate Cost and Price Analysis
CON 280
Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts
CON 290
Contract Administration and negotiation Techniques in Supply Environment
CON 360
Contracting for Decision Makers
Certification Level
DAWIA
FAC-C
NCMA(ICCM-D)
Level 1
CON 090, 170
CON 090, 170
CON 090, 170
Level 2
CON 270, 280, 290
CON 270, 280, 290
CON 270, 280, 290
Level 3
CON 360
CON 360
E10 What I Wish I Knew as a
Contracting Officer
Business Acumen—Government |
Garth Arevalo, CFCM, CEO, Lukos
Kevin Jans, President, Skyway Acquisition Solutions
Two former contracting officers will discuss issues facing
small and large business contractors, including such topics
as how industry reacts to FBO notices, how contracting
actions affect the business development cycle, how communication (or lack thereof) with industry affects outcomes,
and how development of requests for proposals affects
industry actions—as well as a discussion on contractor
teaming, proposal development, and how contractors can
be “frenemies.”
CON 360
Learn More:
http://ccl.sckans.edu | [email protected]
316.866.3304
The GovCon industry is serving a cost-conscious customer in the form of government agencies and military
departments that have caused contractors to retract their
spending and reduce operating costs. This opens doors
for compliance concerns that lead to financial risk for
organizations, triggering potential fines, penalties, and
undesirable audit attention.
E11 How to Make Complex IT Contracts Easy to
Administer (Divide and Conquer)
Hildegard Tuch, Eng. Cybernetics, MBA, CCCM (NCMA),
CCMP (IACM), Contract Manager, Ericsson
E08 Business Service Assessment of
NASA Procurment
IT contract management starts by a good contract design,
since the specialists involved have little or no knowledge of
the other areas. Explaining liabilities, cloud computing, or
SaaS to those unfamiliar with such processes can be a challenge. Further, with IT changes, contracts need flexibility to be
updated. Good contract design allows each specialist to focus
only on his or her section, and the contract agreement and
life cycle management will go smooth and simple.
Palm Beach | Advanced
Monica Manning, Director of Program Opertions, NASA
Bill McNally, CPCM, Senior Procurment Executive, NASA
Given the nature of NASA’s mission and reliance on
procurement to support its needs, NASA established a
Business Services Assessment team to assess business and
mission support services, looking at the current health of
the service as well as opportunities for optimization. The
assessment is categorized into optimizing volume, optimizing time, and enhancing leadership and accountability.
Hear about how it was performed and the results.
E12 Contract Manager to Non-Profit Manager
St. George 112 | Basic
Sara Brown, CFCM, Fellow, Senior Contract Administrator,
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp.
Matt Jeffery, Contract Manager, Ball Aerospace and
Technologies Corp.
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This session focuses on utilizing contract management
skills to successfully support a non-profit business or association. Discussion topics will include designing RFPs to
award organizational funding, building relationships with
potential sponsors, establishing a social media presence,
fundraising, negotiating terms with sponsors, and how
your collective experiences as a contract manager have
prepared you to be an effective non-profit leader and
make a positive impact.
E13 Service Level Agreements in Information
Technology Contracts
Sachin Bhatt, Assistant Attorney General,
State of Maryland
Stacia Roesler, CPCM, Fellow, Senior Licensing
Executive, Microsoft
This session will address the philosophy of service level
agreements (SLAs) in IT contracts from both the buyer’s
and seller’s points of view, negotiation considerations for
SLAs, selecting initial SLAs, and proper drafting of SLAs for
a typical major IT project.
E14 Winning The Game: The Contract
Administrator’s Playbook
Interactive | Sun A | Basic
Laurie Davis, CFCM, CPCM, Contracting Officer,
U.S. Department of Navy
Learn how to “play to win” in contract administration! This
session will focus on empowering industry and government
professionals to take control of the game with a strategic
plan and winning plays. Discussion topics will include preparing a contract administration plan, and the appropriate use of
alpha negotiations as part of an integrated team approach.
E16 Contract Closeout for Cost-Type Contracts
Tallahassee | Basic
Johanna Akinfenwa, Contracts Team Chief, Defense
Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
E15 Manage Risk, Don’t Let it Manage You!
Cassandra McDuff, Chief of Program Coordination,
MOCAS Joint Program Management Office (JMPO)
Vicki Wrona, PMP, President, Forward Momentum, LLC
Jennifer Quinones, Deputy Assistant Director, Policy and
Plans, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)
Looking to be more proactive with your contracting
processes and initiatives to improve efficiency, cost
savings, and risk management? This session will discuss a
proactive risk management process, including completing
an exercise to identify common contracting risks, triggers,
preventive or enhancement actions, and contingency plans.
Participants will receive soft copies of a template and
leave with a completed plan for their most common risks.
Learn about important procedures and guidelines contracting professionals are to follow to close out cost-type
contracts. Learn how the contract closeout process actually
starts in the acquisition phase and continues throughout
the life of the contract, rather than at the end of the
contract’s life. Also, hear tips/best practices from DCMA,
DCAA, and DFAS’s perspectives to make the final closeout
more efficient and effective.
E17 Understanding Interagency Acquisition
Markesha McCants, Contracting Officer, GSA
Steve Sizemore, Director/Program Manager, GSA
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F02 Better Buying Power: Building a Culture of
Collaboration Between the Program and Acquisition Office
Reid Jackson, CEO, Compusearch
Joanie Newhart, Associate Administrator of Acquisition
Workforce Programs, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Debra Scheider, CPCM, Fellow, Director and Chair,
Professional Standards and Ethics Committee,
Guidestar Acquisition LLC
BOOTH
12O
Large programs have many moving parts and many
stakeholders. The pressure is on to improve productivity
and control life cycle costs and to identify, understand, and
minimize risk. This session will help to develop a culture of
collaboration between the program and acquisition office in
your organization to achieve these goals.
Eliminate Paper From
Your Contracts with
E-Signatures
F03 Contracts Division Metrics: What Tools Are
in Your Toolbox?
Landon Hill, CMLDP Alumni, Team Leader—Commercial
Support/Marketplace, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
eSignLive.com
Heidi Timmerman, MBA, CPCM, C.P.M., GWCCM,
Director of Procurement & Contracts Administration,
ORAU
This course will provide a regulatory overview for properly
conducting interagency acquisitions and layout the
ordering activity’s roles and responsibilities, as well as
highlight key features of some of the most widely used
contract vehicles available. The primary focus will be on
direct-acquisition (where the agency places the order), but
will provide an overview of the assisted acquisition process
(where the assisting agency conducts the acquisition on
behalf of the requiring agency).
What metrics do you use to measure success in your
contracts organization? Want to add a few measuring tools
to your toolbox? Explore metrics in the areas of employee,
customer, operations, and finance and walk away with a
few new tools to facilitate better decision-making utilizing
real data and trends.
F04 Things I Have Learned as an Arbitrator On
How Not to Draft Agreements
Naples 2–3 | Advanced
TUESDAY ✹ F SESSIONS
4:00PM–5:15PM
Barbara Kinosky, JD, Managing Partner, Centre Law and
Consulting LLC
F01 Source Selection—The Good and
Not So Good
If you draft any type of agreement, this session is for you.
The speaker has served as an expert witness in prime subcontractor disputes and as an arbitrator on the Complex
Disputes Panel of the American Arbitration Association.
She has seen dozens of cases of “it was clear to me when I
drafted it, so why are we in litigation?” Learn from the mistakes of others and avoid common ambiguities in teaming
agreements, subcontracts, and other legal documents.
Draft better agreements now.
Miami 1–2 | Advanced
Stephen Busch, Vice President, Acquisition Programs,
Kepler Research Inc.
This session will review current source selection policies, examine the possible changes in the policies, and discuss best
practices to survive the source selection process and beyond.
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F05 Learn About the Newest Developments to
the Acquisition.gov Website
VHA. The purpose of the PART is to audit contract officers’
electronic contract management system (eCMS) files for
all required documents related to contract administration
associated with COR responsibilities, as outlined in the
VHA Procurement Manual.
Daniel Briest, FAC Level III, Contracting and P/PM,
PM acquisition.gov, GSA
F09 A Failure to Communicate? Why
Government and Industry Don’t Always
Hear Each Other
This session will provide information about the recent
developments to the Acquisition.gov website. The site’s
new functionality and search capabilities for the FAR will
be shared with the audience.
Contracting Excellence | Sanibel 2–3 | Intermediate
Deidre Lee, CPCM, Fellow, Principal, DLee LLC
F06 Using Risk/Issue/Opportunity
Management to Shape Your Acquisition
Karen Reuter, Lifetime CPCM
Marge Rumbaugh, CPCM, Fellow
What are the opportunities for communication between
government and industry. When should they occur? What
can either side say—what shouldn’t they say—and what
should they say? And why are certain actions misinterpreted by either side? Let’s look at various phases of the
acquisition process and see where we might be able to
change things!
Lawrence Floyd, Learning Director for Services Acquisition,
Phil Salmeri, President, M&MH Design Inc.
F10 Government Contractor Mergers &
Acquisitions: Making the Most of the
Diligence Process
Risk, Issue, and Opportunity (RIO) management plays an important part in every acquisition. Those who identify risk and
manage it are more likely to achieve their desired outcomes.
Explore when, where, and how to do RIO assessments and
strategies for handling RIO with your acquisition decisions
and artifacts. Attendees will participate in a facilitated discussion to identify and discuss acquisition risks they have
encountered and related handling strategies.
Business Acumen | Sarasota 1–2 | Basic
Lance Novak, CFO, UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans
Todd Overman, JD, Partner, Bass Berry & Sims PLC
Aaron Raddock, CFE, CFCM,
Senior Manager, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP
F07 Responding to Cure Notices—
A Strategic Approach
The rise in mergers and acquisitions among federal
contractors is poised to continue. Such transactions are
inherently risky to all parties, especially with the added
regulations unique to the federal marketplace. A thorough
knowledge of these complexities is critical to the diligence
process. Hear an overview of the diligence process, how
contracts professionals can add value, primary risks to look
out for, and new risks for 2016.
Gregory Hallmark, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
A cure notice is a precursor to a potential default termination, which can have a devastating impact on a contract.
Yet contractors have numerous legal and factual tools
to make the government think twice about pulling the
trigger on a termination. Using examples from case law,
this session will outline the key strategies and techniques
a contractor can employ when responding to a cure notice
persuasively and effectively.
F11 Cybersecurity Terms and Conditions
Sachin Bhatt, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the
Maryland Attorney General
Michael Meinl, Assistant Director of Procurement,
Maryland Department of Information Technology
F08 Post Award Responsibility Tracker (P.A.R.T.)
Palm Beach | Basic
Learn about contract clauses that a sovereign entity should
include to improve its cybersecurity protections. This will
include a discussion on what the clause requires, the policy and/or motivation behind the clause, and the burden it
places on the other party to the contract.
Greg Clark, Procurement Analyst, VA/VHA
Eldred Jackson, FAC-C Level III, Associate Director
Procurement Operations, VA/VHA
This session will detail the Post-Award Responsibility
Tracker (PART), created by the associated director of
procurement operations and the operations staff of VA/
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
F12 USACE Contracting Career
Management Program
purpose, and increase return on investment. This session
will give contracting professionals the tools to communicate needs to contractors, assess proposals, and manage
implementation.
St. George 112 | Advanced
Paige Brosch, District Contracting Chief, Savannah District,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
F15 Procuring Brand Name Commercial Items—
When, How, and Why (or Why Not)?
Stuart Hazlett, SES, CACM, CPCM, Director of
Contracting, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Sun B | Intermediate
Colleen O’Keefe, Center Chief of Contracting, Huntsville,
Engineering and Support Center, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers
Erin Felix, Attorney, Polsinelli PC
Gregory Jacobs, Attorney, Polinselli PC
This session will discuss the federal rules related to
procuring commercial brand name items. It will include
an overview of the FAR’s full and open competition
requirements; a discussion of when brand name or equal
acquisitions may be appropriate and when they are not,
and the associated impacts of improper brand-name
acquisitions; practical guidance from the government’s/
buyer’s perspective, as well as the seller’s perspective; and
special topics in the field.
Susan Yarbrough, District Contracting Chief, Baltimore
District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
To combat mounting attrition rates and to help retain U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) talented contracting
professionals, USACE developed an extensive series of
workforce development tools (e.g., Succession Planning
Guide, Developmental Guide for Contracting Professionals, and On-the Job Training). The USACE Contracting Career Management Program serves to manage these tools
and to generate new workforce development initiatives.
F16 What’s Hot in Government Contracts!
F13 Another Cook in the Kitchen: The New FAR
Rule on Cybersecurity
Eric Crusius, Attorney, Miles Stockbridge
Michelle Currier, CPCM, CFCM, Fellow, Professor of
Contract Management, Defense Acquisition University
Michael McGuinn, Counsel, Dentons US LLP
New labor regulations and executive orders have dramatically changed the government contracting landscape. We
will dissect them all and offer practical insight. New cyber
security requirements on agencies and contractors have
increased dramatically. We will give pointers and raise
awareness about these hidden requirements. Bid protests
are a common theme across every agency and looking at
the latest and greatest cases allows for updated procurement best practices.
Phil Seckman, CPCM, Partner, Dentons US LLP
Erin Sheppard, Partner, Dentons US LLP
Contractors already struggling with cyber safeguarding and
reporting requirements will soon be subject to another set
of cybersecurity requirements, in the form of a FAR clause.
Learn about the requirements of the FAR cybersecurity
rule, including NARA’s controlled unclassified information
requirements and the NIST 800-171 security controls. This
session will address the key obligations of the FAR rule
and discuss essential compliance steps for contractors.
F17 GSA Schedules—Compliance, News,
and Updates
F14 Acquiring Good UX: Contracting’s Impact
on IT Success
Maureen Jamieson, Executive Director of Contracts &
Consulting, Centre Law & Consulting
Keith Deaven, CEO and Founder, Media Barn
This session will review the top GSA Schedule compliance
risks, with a focus on the Basis of Award as it relates to
the Price Reduction Clause; an Interactive approach to
completion of a “Commercial Sales Practice” (CSP-1) form;
a detailed review of the recent changes to the Industrial
Operations Analysts Assessments (formerly CAVs); GSA
Contract Continuity Initiatives, including the new Streamlined Offer Process for Successful Legacy Contractors and
Dual Contracts and news on the end of the SIP program.
Jonathan Mostowski, U.S. Digital Services
Mary Ann Wangemann, CPCM, Fellow,
Statewide Director/Professor, University of Virginia/
University of Phoenix
User experience (UX) is critical to IT systems because it
creates ease of use and drives adoption for the system to
meet its mission, yet it is often unplanned, which leads to
user frustration, lack of use, and rework. Acquiring good
UX helps the government meet FITARA goals by ensuring
that systems are properly used, meet the intended
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AGENDA: WEDNESDAY
7:30am–8:30am Breakfast with CMLDP Graduation and Awards Presentation | Osceola Ballroom
G01
Proposal Scoring Plans
and Rating Systems
G02
MIAMI 1–2
MIAMI 3
G07
G08
New to Cost
Reimbursement
Contracts? Meet Your New Friends
Leading and Managing a
Virtual Contracts Team
G03
Agile Acquisition:
Beyond the CMBOK
NAPLES 1
G09
PALM BEACH
Can We Talk? A Frank and
Open Dialogue Between
Government and Industry
G13
Using Modular
Contracting for Better
Digital Services
G14
G15
ST. GEORGE 114
SUN A
OSCEOLA 5–6
Compliance, Ethics &
Irrational People (All of Us)
SANIBEL 2–3
GovConGreyMatters™ Acquisition Critical
Thinking Through Interactive Debate
Ethics in the Workplace:
A Comparison between
the Contract Management and
General Business Workforces
SUN B
11:00am–12:30pm Closing Executive Panel Discussion | Osceola Ballroom
1:00pm–5:00pm
NCMA Certification Exams*† | Miami 1
2:00pm–5:00pm NASA SEWP Training Event** | Naples
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AGENDA: WEDNESDAY
7:30am–8:30am Breakfast with CMLDP Graduation and Awards Presentation | Osceola Ballroom
G04
What Prime Contractors
Need From Small
Businesses—Proposal Preparation
G05
NAPLES 2–3
OSCEOLA 1–2
G10
Procurement Cost
Analysis: Balancing
Compliance with Business
G11
SARASOTA 1-2
ST. GEORGE 108
G16
G17
FPDS-NG Data Quality
TALLAHASSEE
GSA’s EIS: Vision for the
Government’s Largest
Telecom Transition Program
Government and Industry:
Why We STILL Just Can’t
Get Along
G06
The 3-way Squeeze in
Small Business Contractin
OSCEOLA 3–4
G12
Customer-Focused
Procurement—
Organizational Realignment for
Excellence
ST. GEORGE 112
Strategic Sourcing
Gateway Decisions
TAMPA
11:00am–12:30pm Closing Executive Panel Discussion | Osceola Ballroom
1:00pm–5:00pm NCMA Certification Exams*† | Miami 1
2:00pm–5:00pm NASA SEWP Training Event** | Naples
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
WEDNESDAY ✹ G SESSIONS
9:45AM–11:00AM
business strategy. Small businesses are key players in market
research for capabilities (by NAICS codes), local businesses,
team/commitment agreements, mentor/protégé programs,
and small business plans. This session also looks at small
business expectations from the prime after award—based
on the agreement/participation during proposal preparation,
post-award changes, and other requirements.
G01 Proposal Scoring Plans and Rating Systems
Marge Rumbaugh, CPCM, Fellow
G05 GSA’s EIS: Vision for the Government’s
Largest Telecom Transition Program
Contracting officers have to score and rate competitive
proposals without any guidance from the FAR. What do
they do? They use a scoring plan or rating system—tools
agencies use to apply the evaluation criteria. This session
examines these tools, which can vary between or even
within government agencies.
James Mitchell, CPCM, PMP, Contracting Officer QTAEB,
Rodney Rider, Project Manager, GSA Region 4
G02 Leading and Managing a Virtual
Contracts Team
The transition of federal agencies from the Networx and
the Regional Telecommunication Contracts will be one
of the largest telecommunications transitions undertaken
by the federal government. This session introduces GSA’s
Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) vehicle to the
acquisition community, and seeks to increase awareness of
the processes and procedures related to this large activity.
Rebecca Beard, C.P.M., CFCM, A.P.P., Manager of
Subcontracts, American States Utility Services, Inc.
Learn how to lead a cohesive virtual contracts team over
several time zones and across thousands of miles to
achieve both governmental customer expectations and
company goals. Leading and managing a virtual contracts
team is more than using the latest technology; it hinges on
human relations and interactions.
G06 The 3-way Squeeze in
Small Business Contracting
Barbara Kinosky, President, Centre Law & Consulting
G03 Agile Acquisition: Beyond the CMBOK
Ron Smith, CPCM, CPM, Fellow, President,
Ronald Smith Contracts, Inc.
Whether you are a start-up small business entering the federal
market, a certified small business contractor protecting market
position and profitability, or a government (or prime contractor) official managing small business programs and goals, you
face significant new market challenges. This session focuses
on the significant legal, regulatory, economic and competitive
forces that affect your business. Hear practical strategies
for meeting these challenges and improving results.
Chris Hamm, FEDSIM Director, GSA FEDSIM
Kent Taylor, FEDSIM Business Manager, GSA FEDSIM
The ineffective acquisition organization typically organizes
its employees by specialization, treating the organizational
structure as if it were an assembly line. These organizations are distancing contracting personnel from the
mission, adding risk, and ultimately harming the mission
of the agency. Let’s consider an alternative model: “Agile
Acquisition.”
G07 New to Cost Reimbursement Contracts?
Meet Your New Friends
Business Acumen—Industry | Osceola 5–6 | Basic
G04 What Prime Contractors Need From Small
Businesses—Proposal Preparation
Brent Calhoon, CPA, Partner, Baker Tilly
Virchow Krause LLP
Naples 2–3 | Intermediate
Shingai Mavengere, CFE, Director, Government
Accounting, UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans
Jack Hott, Lifetime CPCM CFCM,
Sourcing Outcomes & Solutions LLC
The world of cost reimbursement contracts has many
exciting twists and turns. Contractors have to be ready to
tackle the roller-coaster ride that comes with these complex contracts. This session provides an overview of some
of the strict regulatory requirements that come into play as
contract value and risk increase. The presenters will touch
on the business system criteria, annual cost reporting
requirements, the Cost Accounting Standards, and more.
Debbie Sampson, Small Business Liaison Officer,
Fluor Government Group
Mike Thacker, Contract Specialist,
Restoration Services, Inc.
In government requests for proposals, the small business
program is frequently evaluated. This session examines what
the prime needs from the sub to prepare a winning small
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G08 Compliance, Ethics & Irrational People
(All of Us)
G11 Government and Industry: Why We STILL
Just Can’t Get Along
Palm Beach | Advanced
The Acquisition Team
Adam Turteltaub, CCEP, CHC, Vice President of
Membership Development, Society of Corporate
Compliance and Ethics
Michelle Currier, CPCM, CFCM, Fellow, Professor of
Contract Management, Defense Acquisition University
Heather Dallara, CFCM, Fellow, Senior Director, GDIT
Nothing can ruin a good contract faster than to have a compliance or ethical failure. This fun and interactive presentation explores how the mind works, especially when it comes
to assessing right and wrong and deciding whether or not
to commit an ethical violation. Often surprising, it shows our
tendencies to give ourselves permission to do the wrong
thing, and suggests ways to prevent wrongdoing.
A follow-up to last year’s “Government and Industry: Why
Can’t We Get Along?” this session will feature government
and industry contracting professionals will delve deeper into
the challenges facing the reluctance in the acquisition community to build relationships and engage in open dialogue
with each other. Explore best practices for breaking down
these barriers in order to achieve mission success.
G09 Can We Talk? A Frank and Open Dialogue
Between Government and Industry
G12 Customer-Focused Procurement—
Organizational Realignment for Excellence
David Drabkin, Principal, Drabkin and Associates, LLC
John Pellegrino, CPCM, Director, Purchasing and
Contracting, County of San Diego
Millisa Gary, Procurement Ombudsman,
This presentation was awarded NIGP’s “Innovations in
Public Procurement Award for 2015.” It describes the
County of San Diego’s project to realign its organization to
improve its procurement services by focusing on individual
internal customer departments through improving procurement services to meed needs, providing consistency
in process and interpretation, improving communications,
and fostering earlier engagement. Come learn how this
project helped to eliminate silos between purchasing and
contracting, improve communication, and establish effective performance metrics.
Mike Pullen, Director, Strategic Operations, CGI Federal
Jacqueline Shiner, OSA Proposals LLC
Communication is key to successful partnerships and acquisition outcomes. Yet government and industry have not
mastered the art of meaningful communication. What does
industry need from government to navigate the federal
marketplace? How can government leverage partnerships
that foster innovation and drive value to governmentwide
customers? Let’s examine this lack of communication and
the barriers preventing a healthy and productive dialogue
between government and industry.
G13 Using Modular Contracting for Better
Digital Services
G10 Procurement Cost Analysis: Balancing
Compliance with Business
V. David Zvenyach, Director of Acquisition Services,
18F, GSA
Business Acumen | Sarasota 1–2 | Intermediate
Patrick Mathern, President, 23 Degrees Consulting
Despite statutory preferences and OMB guidance
for incremental and modular contracting, the federal
government approaches software development through
monolithic systems-integration contracts and “waterfall”
practices. Recently, though, the federal government has
been using modular contracting, user-centered design,
and agile software development to help deliver better
results. Explore what works and what’s next for modular
contracting for digital services.
Whether as a buyer or seller, you’ve probably been in a
position where the fact-finding process seemed to drag
on forever. Every answer submitted seems to be followed
with two more questions, with no end in sight—all in the
name of “compliance with FAR 15.4.” This session will walk
through the cost analysis process and pay special attention
to determining when “enough is enough” when it comes
to obtaining (or providing) proposal substantiation.
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G14 GovConGreyMatters™—Acquisition
Critical Thinking Through Interactive Debate
G17 Strategic Sourcing Decisions
Kevin Bess, First Lieutenant, United States Air Force
Markesha McCants, Program Manager/Senior Contracting
Officer, GSA/Federal Acquisition Service–Region 4
Keaston Simmons, Acquisition & Contracting Analyst,
Learning Development, Management Concepts
This session is designed to create a collaborative and fun
learning environment for government buyers who want
learn about strategic sourcing and acquisition strategy
development. Acquisition professionals are constantly
faced with making these decisions. Whether it’s during
the procurement forecasting process or receipt of a new
requirement from a customer, you must be equipped with
the knowledge and critical thinking skills to recommend
the best strategy.
We invite all senior-level acquisition officials, mid-level government contracting professionals, and those new to the
career field to this interactive session seeking to challenge
and/or disprove the 2014 Acquisition Policy Survey notion
that the federal acquisition workforce lacks critical thinking
skills. In this high-energy, technology-enabled accelerated
debate-style workshop, you’ll advance through the six
steps of critical thinking to challenge commonly held assumptions about a hot-topic federal policy or protest issue
faced by today’s federal acquisition professionals.
G15 Ethics in the Workplace: A Comparison
between the Contract Management and
General Business Workforces
Sun B | Intermediate
Skip Lowney, Director, Benchmarking Services,
Ethics & Compliance Initiative
Rene Rendon, CPCM, CFCM, Fellow, Associate Professor,
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
In 2015, the NCMA membership was surveyed to identify
ethics and compliance strengths and challenges in the contract management workforce and to compare the results to
the general business workforce. Hear highlights of the survey
results, key findings and recommendations, and implications
of the survey findings on the contract management workforce.
G16 FPDS-NG Data Quality
Tallahassee | Basic
Robert Harford, MCITP and PMP, VP—
Business Intelligence Products, PotomacWave Consulting
The importance of FPDS-NG data quality is in part
reflected by OIG reports involving incorrect small business
designations, excessive undefinitized contract actions, and
apparent overuse of incentive contracts. Data quality also
impacts the ability to accurately analyze spend. Learn how
to spot FAR violations, probable FAR violations, logical inconsistencies, as well as statistical outliers in an FPDS-NG
contract action report.
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Appian
www.appian.com
Booth #607
Amazon Business is everything
buyers love about Amazon—
convenience, pricing, customer service—optimized for
business purchasing, including additional tools and functionality to consolidate all buyers’ purchasing on Amazon
for more visibility and spend control.
SILVER SPONSOR; SOCIAL MEDIA SPONSOR
As the market leader in modern business
process management software, Appian delivers
an enterprise application platform that unites users with
all their data, processes, and collaborations—in one environment, on any mobile device, through a simple social
interface. On-premises and in the cloud, Appian is the
fastest way to deliver innovative business applications.
American Graduate University
www.agu.edu
Booth #513
SILVER SPONSOR
American Graduate University is a premier
provider of graduate degree, MBA,
Where Leaders Learn
certificate, and training programs for contract, acquisition, supply chain, and project
management professionals in government and industry
with affordable, accredited, online education options
featuring flexible study and open enrollment, including our
new “Leadership and Management” graduate degree.
Army Contracting Command,
Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG)
www.armyhire.com
Booth #103
Anytime, Anywhere.
The U.S. Army Contracting Command offers
civilian procurement professionals unparalleled
opportunities that enable them to make a big
impact. We manage nearly $100 billion in
contracts annually—if a soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it,
wears it, or communicates with it, we provide it.
American Management Association
www.amanet.org/GOV
Booth #207
Army Contracting Command, Rock Island
https://acc.aep.army.mil/sites/ACC-RI/default.aspx
Booth #725
A world leader in professional
development, the American
Management Association supports the goals of individuals,
organizations, and government agencies with a complete
range of corporate talent transformation solutions suited
to your learning preferences, including classroom, online,
and on-demand options.
The Army Contracting Command, Rock Island,
features a professional contracting workforce
dedicated to the support of the warfighter
through the highest quality contracting solutions.
http://StudyAtAPU.com/NCMA
Booth #601
Army Contracting Command, HQ
Booth #124
ACC delivers contracting solutions in order to
support the Army and unified land operations
— anytime and anywhere. ACC is recognized by
our supported commands and stakeholders as a
strategic partner and mission enabler by maintaining the
highest standards in service, reliability, and operational
excellence.
SILVER SPONSOR; NCMA CELEBRATES!
SPONSOR; LUNCH SPONSOR
American Public University is a
global training and education
provider committed to taking
your organization’s training performance to the next level
by delivering a content-rich user experience, multiplatform app, intuitive learner engagement tools, dashboard
reporting, analytics, and more. American Public University
is all about you.
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Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
www.bakertilly.com
Booth #417
Centre Law & Consulting, LLC
http://centrelawgroup.com
Booth #625
LANYARD SPONSOR
Centre Law & Consulting LLC is the only
company that provides integrated legal,
training, and consulting services to both government and
industry clients. Founded in 2002, Centre is a certified
woman-owned small business headquartered in Tysons,
Virginia.
Baker Tilly is a nationally recognized,
full-service accounting and advisory
firm whose professionals connect with
clients and their businesses through
candor and clear industry insight. With approximately
2,500 employees across the United States, Baker Tilly is
ranked as one of the 15 largest accounting and advisory
firms in the country.
CGI Federal, Inc.
www.cgi.com/en/us-federal
Booth #705
Best Value Technology, Inc.
www.bvti.com
Booth #315
BRONZE SPONSOR; LUNCH SPONSOR
CGI successfully provides solutions to U.S.
defense, civilian, and intelligence agencies that
support mission-essential needs at every stage of program,
product, and business life cycles, including procurement
planning, contingency contracting, and acquisition
management. CGI offers “Momentum® Acquisitions,”
our transparent and accountable, built-for-federal
solution—launchable with zero expensive customizations
or software extensions.
SILVER SPONSOR
Best Value Technology Inc. (BVTI) solves
difficult acquisition process issues for
government agencies in both classified and unclassified
environments with proven services and software. BVTI
provides solutions for acquisition forecasts, supplier
registration, managing multiple award contract vehicles,
acquisition workflow, RFx management, cost and pricing,
proposal evaluation, and secure source selection facility
support. BVTI is a service-disabled
veteran–owned small business.
Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.
www.chickasaw.com
Booth #416
Chickasaw Nation Industries Inc. is dedicated to delivering stability, determination, and consistency to all of our efforts.
We offer in-depth knowledge and an unwavering commitment to help our customers succeed in their mission.
CACI
www.caci.com
Booth #213
GOLD SPONSOR; LUNCH SPONSOR
CACI provides information solutions and
services supporting national security missions
and government transformation for intelligence, defense, and federal civilian customers. A Fortune
magazine “World’s Most Admired Company,” member of
the “Fortune 1,000 Largest Companies,” Russell 2000, and
S&P SmallCap600 Indexes, CACI provides careers for over
20,000 employees worldwide.
CohnReznick, LLP
www.cohnreznick.com
Booth #100
CohnReznick LLP is one of the top
accounting, tax, and advisory firms
in the United States. With more
than 40 years of experience, CohnReznick’s Government
Contracting Industry Practice helps contractors nationwide
address complex regulatory requirements and employ
industry best practices in the areas of regulatory and legislative compliance, cost accounting, and audit support.
Centeva
www.centeva.com
Booth #224
Centeva is an 8(a)-certified woman-owned
small business providing an array of
expertise in systems support, data management, and
professional services.
Compusearch
www.compusearch.com
Booth #507
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Central Intelligence Agency
www.cia.gov
Booth #418
Compusearch is the leading
provider of software and services
that advance commerce and collaboration among
government agencies and contractors. Compusearch’s
solution suites support program management offices,
the acquisition and financial assistance communities,
and government contracts professionals.
The CIA is the premier agency responsible for
providing global intelligence for the vast and
ever-changing political, social, economic, technological, and military landscapes. Contracting
officers at CIA work to enable our mission. Everything we
do, no matter how big or small, ultimately protects the
national security of the United States.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Office
of Minority and Women Inclusion
http://www.consumerfinance.gov
Booth #116
www.distributedinc.com
Booth #206
SILVER SPONSOR; PADFOLIO SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSOR
Distributed Solutions Inc. provides premier acquisition solutions and services that
unify program and contract offices and their
business processes. Our solutions enable
integrated team collaboration, workload management,
operational oversight and reporting, process measurement and improvement, compliance, and generational
knowledge transfer. We support thousands of acquisition
professionals across numerous agencies every day.
The Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau (CFPB) is the first federal
agency solely focused on consumer financial protection.
The CFPB protects consumers of financial products or services and encourages the fair and competitive operation of
consumer financial markets. CFPB’s work includes collecting,
investigating, and responding to consumer complaints.
Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau
CORT
www.cort.com
Booth #415
eSignLive™ by VASCO
www.eSignLive.com
Booth #120
CORT offers custom interim furniture and
space-planning solutions for any workplace.
Trust CORT Workplace Solutions for your furniture
needs, including professional space planning, asset
management services, sound-masking services, collaborative work stations, and sustainable solutions.
BRONZE SPONSOR
eSignLive™ by VASCO is the electronic
signature solution behind the most
trusted and security-conscious organizations in the world. Customers include IBM, and the
U.S. General Services Administration. eSignLive makes it
easy to add e-signatures to your workflows. In the cloud
and on-premises, eSignLive provides the highest levels of
security, compliance, and flexibility.
www.dau.mil
Booth #715
The mission of the Defense Acquisition
University (DAU) is to provide a global
learning environment to support a mission-ready defense
acquisition workforce that develops, delivers, and sustains
effective and affordable warfighting capabilities. DAU wants
to be your acquisition solutions provider of choice. We are
part of the community, not just a place to take classes.
FedBid, Inc.
www.fedbid.com
Booth #301
FedBid provides an online reverse auction
marketplace to optimize how businesses,
governments, and educational arenas buy the goods and
services they need. Through our dedicated support staff
and our innovative e-commerce platform, buyers save
time and money, and sellers gain equal access to real
opportunities. Better buying, smarter selling: It’s a risk-free
marketplace win-win.
Defense Contract Management Agency
http://www.dcmacareers.com
Booth #501
SILVER SPONSOR
The Defense Contract Management Agency
(DCMA) is the Department of Defense
(DOD) component that works directly with
defense suppliers to help ensure that DOD, federal, and
allied government supplies and services are delivered
on time, at projected cost, and meeting all performance
requirements.
Federal Acquisition Institute
www.fai.gov
Booth #602
SILVER SPONSOR
The Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) serves
as the nexus for the development and professionalization of the federal acquisition workforce.
FAI promotes acquisition workforce excellence
through human capital planning, career development,
professional certification training, acquisition research,
and tools and technology.
Deltek
www.deltek.com
Booth #200
SILVER SPONSOR; VIP NETWORKING RECEPTION SPONSOR;
LUNCH SPONSOR
Deltek is the leading global provider
of enterprise software and information
solutions for project- and people-based
businesses. More than 20,000 organizations and millions of
users in over 80 countries around the world rely on Deltek
to research and identify opportunities, win new business,
optimize resources, streamline operations, and deliver
more profitable projects.
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Federal Publications Seminars
www.fedpubseminars.com
Booth #306
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
www.gsa.gov
Booth #706
BRONZE SPONSOR
The General Services Administration is the
government’s gateway to a comprehensive
suite of professional and IT products, services,
and expertise. Our acquisition and category
teams are committed to helping you discover the fastest,
most effective way to fulfill your requirements and get the
results you need to deliver your mission.
Federal Publications Seminars has
been the leading provider of quality
training for government contracting
professionals for 58 years. We offer 400+ public seminars,
200+ online courses and webinars, plus customized onsite
training. Federal Publications Seminars covers everything
from contracting fundamentals examining core principals
to highly technical analysis of specific government
contracting subjects.
ICAT Systems
http://www.icatsystems.com
Booth #318
FEDLINK
http://www.loc.gov/flicc
Booth #419
BRONZE SPONSOR
ICAT Systems provides
DCAA-compliant, easy-to-use,
QuickBooks-compatible software, training, and support
that help growing businesses confidently compete for
and manage government contracts.
FEDLINK serves federal agencies as their
purchasing, training, and resource-sharing consortium for information resources. Customers
FEDLINK can utilize the expertise of federal librarians and
information professionals, contracting officers,
financial managers, and customer service representatives
to secure the best information products and services at the
best available prices.
J.A. White & Associates, Inc.
www.JAWhite.com
Booth #414
BRONZE SPONSOR
For over 17 years, J.A. White & Associates Inc.
remains one of the top federal procurement and
compliance firms in the nation. With an unprecedented track record in contractor purchasing
system review (CPSR) management, we tailor
advisory services in government contracting, CPSR-related
compliance, and regulatory compliance for our U.S. and
international clients.
GE Aviation
http://www.geaviation.com
Booth #112
SILVER SPONSOR
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE, is a
world-leading provider of jet, turboprop, and
turboshaft engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial, military, business,
and general aviation aircraft. GE Aviation has a global
service network to support these offerings.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
http://www.kilpatricktownsend.com
COMMUNITIES NIGHT RECEPTION SPONSOR
GEICO
www.geico.com/DISC/NCMA
Kilpatrick Townsend is a multi-practice law firm with 17 offices throughout the United States and abroad.
Our experienced government contracts lawyers provide
comprehensive advice to contractors on a wide range of
legal matters, including bid protests, contract disputes,
internal and government investigations, suspension and
debarments, cybersecurity, regulatory, and transactional
issues, as well as government construction matters.
APP SPONSOR
In business for over 75 years, GEICO
gives you the benefit of great rates on
high-quality car insurance. If you are an
NCMA member, you could be eligible for a special discount on GEICO auto insurance. You’ll also receive 24-hour
service online or by phone, as well as efficient
and fair claim handling.
Marine Corps Systems Command
http://www.marcorsyscom.marines.mil/
Booth #709
George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu
Booth # 209
Marine Corps Systems Command outfits U.S.
Marines with literally everything they drive,
shoot, and wear. MCSC’s team of professional
civilian and active-duty Marines research, develop, test, procure, and sustain—whatever it takes to get
Marines what they need, when they need it, and for the
best value possible.
The George Washington University Master
of Science in Government Contracts (MSGC)
program is one of a kind—blending the study
of government procurement law and policy
taught by the Law School, with a core business curriculum
taught by the School of Business. Now available online!
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NASA SEWP
www.sewp.nasa.gov
Booth #319
solutions that will capture, centralize, manage and secure all
your content.
NIH-NITAAC
http://nitaac.nih.gov/nitaac/
Booth #109
CUSTOM EVENT SPONSOR
NASA SEWP is a governmentwide acquisition
contract that provides the latest IT product
solutions to all federal agencies. With worldclass customer service and the ability to add
new products daily, SEWP has been helping agencies get
access to the technology they need for over 20 years.
OMB Authorized GWACs for IT Acquisition
COMMODITIES/ SOLUTIONS
The National Institutes of Health Information Technology
Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) is an Office
of Management and Budget executive agent with three
governmentwide acquisition contracts valued at $60
billion. A full-service acquisition office, NITAAC can help
any federal civilian or defense agency acquire IT products,
services, and solutions faster and more efficiently.
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
www.intelligencecareers.gov/NGA
Booth #125
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA) delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage
to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence
professionals, and first responders. NGA delivers the strategic intelligence that allows the president and national
policymakers to make crucial decisions on counterterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, global political crises,
and more.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
http://careers.occ.gov/index.html
Booth #612
BRONZE SPONSOR
The Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency, a bureau of
the Department of the Treasury,
charters, regulates, and supervises 1,700 national banks
and federal savings associations, with $10.6 trillion in
assets. We ensure a safe, sound, and competitive banking
system that supports the citizens, communities, and economy of the United States.
Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency
U.S. Department of the Treasury
National Industries for the Blind
www.nib.org
Booth #401
GOLD SPONSOR
PotomacWave Consulting
http://www.potomacwave.com
Booth #624
National Industries for the Blind (NIB)
and its network of associated nonprofit
agencies are the nation’s largest employer
of people who are blind. People who are blind produce
thousands of SKILCRAFT® products and deliver a variety of
knowledge-based services for federal customers, including
contract closeout and contract management support.
PotomacWave Consulting is a small,
woman-owned consulting organization
with a commitment to integrity, innovation, and results. Our “FedDataCheck” product currently
assists six cabinet-level departments to improve procurement data, automate the response to procurement-related
audits, optimize use of strategic sourcing programs, and
analyze competition metrics.
NeoSystems Corp
www.neosystemscorp.com
Booth #221
BRONZE SPONSOR
PREMIER Management Corporation
www.premgtcorp.co
Booth #713
NeoSystems delivers integrated
strategic back-office solutions for
commercial entities, government
contractors, and nonprofit organizations. Utilizing best-ofbreed technology and in-depth expertise in accounting
and finance, contract management, human capital management, hosting, and IT, NeoSystems enables companies
to improve vital operations, reduce their overhead costs,
and become compliant with complex requirements.
BRONZE SPONSOR
PREMIER Management Corporation has
proven experience delivering advanced IT,
cyber security, program management, and
intelligence solutions. An 8(a)-certified service-disabled
veteran–owned small business and certified minority
business enterprise, PREMIER supports corporate and
government agencies in the United States and overseas.
Netlocity
http://www.netlocity.com
Booth #721
PRICE Systems LLC
www.pricesystems.com
Booth #108
GOLD SPONSOR
Netlocity is an IT solutions firm headquartered in La Plata, Maryland. We specialize
in advanced document capture and enterprise content
management systems. We are strategically bringing our
partner Canon to introduce powerful scanning and content
management applications. There will be demonstrations for
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PRICE Systems is a world leader in cost
estimation and analysis solutions. PRICE
delivers cost estimating, cost analysis, and knowledgecapture tools, combined with expert consulting in cost
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estimating and best practices, to enable clients to significantly improve the speed and accuracy of cost estimation
in support of many key processes.
accredited training for government contracting professionals. PCI’s seminars, webinars, virtual classes, and onsite
training are practical, interactive, and of the highest caliber.
Materials for every program are constantly updated to
ensure they cover the most recent developments.
ProcureLinx, LLC
www.procurelinx.com
Booth #525
Raytheon Company
http://www.raytheon.com
BRONZE SPONSOR
BAG SPONSOR
ProcureLinx helps federal contractors efficiently and successfully take purchasing
systems through the contractor purchasing system review
(CPSR) process. Along with services and interactive training, ProcureLinx developed the “ProcureLinx Pro™” CPSR
file audit application, which has helped 18 contractors gain
purchasing system approval since 2013. ProcureLinx is the
strongest link in the federal supply chain.
Raytheon Company, with 2015 sales of
$23 billion and 61,000 employees, is a
technology and innovation leader specializing in defense,
civil government, and cybersecurity solutions. With a
history of innovation spanning 94 years, Raytheon provides
products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries.
Procurex, Inc.
www.procurexinc.com
Booth #320
Simventions, Inc.
http://www.simventions.com
Booth #519
BRONZE SPONSOR
SimVentions specializes in
providing high-quality component-based solutions among engineering disciplines
including systems, software, and security engineering, as
well as modeling and simulation, for the Department of
Defense. Additionally, we’re a leader in program and
acquisition management and support the Defense Acquisition University in the development of tools and workshops
to assist acquisition managers in producing quality performance-based contracts.
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Procurex is a leading provider of reverse auction platform services and e-sourcing technology. Working with leading organizations like
the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, Procurex has created a
better way to conduct reverse auctions in the public sector
space, aimed at high-quality supplier engagement and
cost savings!
Program Support Center (PSC)
www.psc.gov
Booth #518
Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics
www.corporatecompliance.org
Booth #516
The Program Support Center (PSC) is a
federal shared services provider within the
Program Support Center
Department of Health and Human Services.
PSC provides comprehensive start-to-finish negotiated
contracts and simplified acquisitions support overseeing the
entire life cycle—from planning, administering, soliciting
and assessing offers, negotiating, awarding, to closing—so
agencies can focus on their core missions.
The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) exists to
improve the quality of corporate
governance, compliance, and ethics. Members enjoy a
subscription to Compliance & Ethics Professional and
special pricing for conferences and training programs,
including our comprehensive “Compliance Academies.”
PROPRICER
www.propricer.com
Booth #514
SourceAmerica
www.sourceamerica.org
Booth #201
BRONZE SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSOR; OPENING RECEPTION SPONSOR
PROPRICER™, from Executive Business
Services, is the number-one proposal
pricing and cost analysis software used by federal agencies
and small to large government contractors. Eight of the top
10 government contractors use PROPRICER™. PROPRICER
reduces redundant efforts and increases efficiency in the
acquisition process so you can get more done!
SourceAmerica is a national
nonprofit that creates job opportunities for a skilled and dedicated workforce: people with
significant disabilities. We are the vital link between this
exceptional workforce, a network of community-based
nonprofits, and the federal government and commercial
companies that need the products and services they provide. SourceAmerica is an AbilityOne-authorized enterprise.
Public Contracting Institute
www.publiccontractinginstitute.com
Booth #724
BRONZE SPONSOR
The Public Contracting Institute (PCI)
is an instructor-owned small business
dedicated to offering the best up-to-date,
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Southwestern College
http://ccl.sckans.edu
Booth #717
techniques to execute subcontracts more effectively,
reduce performance risk, and deliver value to company
shareholders and taxpayers. ScMI combines qualification
and certification for high performance and profitability.
BRONZE SPONSOR
Unanet
www.unanet.com
Booth #708
Southwestern College is a regionally
accredited, not-for-profit institution of
higher education that provides federal
contract management training. Southwestern College is an
approved partner with the Defense Acquisition University
(DAU), awarding college credit for DAU training courses
and certifications. Southwestern is an approved equivalent
provider of DAU contracting courses required for DAWIA
and FAC-C certifications.
Unanet provides software for projects,
people, and financials in the Cloud or
on-premises. Over 1,000 project-driven
organizations optimize their performance by using Unanet for
skills management, resource planning, budgeting and forecasting, time and expense tracking, billing and revenue recognition,
project management reporting, and integrated financials.
Strategic FAR Advisors, LLC
www.sfarallc.com
Booth #101
Unibind Inc.
www.unibind.com
Booth #809
COMMUNITIES NIGHT RECEPTION SPONSOR
Strategic FAR Advisors
provides federal contractor
accounting, pricing, and business advice. Services include
pricing and estimating, audit assistance, cost accounting,
litigation and expert witness services, and outsourced
compliance services. Our principals and senior consultants
have the depth of experience and knowledge to give you
the best answer on time, every time.
Unibind is a manufacturer of thermal
binding machines and materials. Unibind
offers a wide variety of covers and spines in an assortment
of sizes and colors. The Unibind spines and covers bind
documents up to 340 pages.
United Soybean Board
www.soybiobased.org
Booth #102
Strategic Systems Programs
www.ssp.navy.mil
Booth #106
The United Soybean Board (USB) is a nonprofit, farmer-led, farmer-funded organization that invests soybean checkoff funds
in a variety of areas, including research, development, and
promotion of new biobased products. USB has developed
a number of informational resources for government employees to help in the purchasing of biobased products.
Strategic Systems Programs is a highly specialized workforce composed of military and
civilian scientific, engineering, and professional
personnel who work closely with private contractors and consultants to direct the end-to-end efforts
of the U.S. Navy’s strategic weapons systems to include
training, systems, equipment, facilities, and personnel.
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University of Tennessee
http://execed.utk.edu
Booth #812
TAPE
www.tape-llc.com
Booth #308
UT’s Aerospace & Defense MBA provides an ideal place to grow top A&D
talent and transform key business processes. The program combines five, one-week residence
periods with distance learning seminars to attract top
leaders from all over the country. Participants earn an MBA
in a year while continuing to work.
BRONZE SPONSOR
TAPE provides enhanced technical services
solutions to government agencies. Capabilities range from the full complement of program and
management staffing to information systems, modeling
and simulation, and cyber security solutions. TAPE is a
service-disabled veteran–owned/economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business.
University of Virginia SCPS
http://www.scps.virginia.edu
TOTE BAG SPONSOR
The Subcontract Management Institute
www.sc-m-i.org
Booth #225
The School of
Continuing and
Professional Studies opens the doors of the University
of Virginia to thousands of nontraditional adult learners
for continuing education. With Academic Centers in
Abingdon, Charlottesville, Falls Church, Newport News,
Richmond, and Roanoke, the school strives to meet the
continuing education needs of working professionals.
The Subcontract Management
Institute (ScMI™) is a nonprofit
organization, 501c(3), established
to maintain the global standard
for subcontract management and administration—the
Subcontract Management Body of Knowledge© (ScMBOK™)—of knowledge, skills, competencies, tools, and
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
BioPreferred Program
http://www.biopreferred.com
Booth #107
Wright-Patterson AFB
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/
Booth #803
WPAFB, located in Dayton, Ohio, is the headquarters for the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command
(AFMC), a primary driver of acquisition for the U.S.
Air Force. Within AFMC at WPAFB, acquisition
professionals are recruited in support of the Air Force Life
Cycle Management Center, Air Force Research Laboratory,
and the Air Force Installation Contracting Agency.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) BioPreferred Program’s mission
is to increase the purchase of biobased
products to spur economic development, create jobs, and
provide new markets for farm commodities. The program
includes mandatory purchasing requirements for federal
agencies and their contractors and a voluntary labeling
initiative for biobased products.
YRCI
www.yrci.com
Booth #521
VisibleThread
http://www.visiblethread.com/
Booth #701
YRCI is a professional services firm focused
on the “professional” in the services we
provide. Industry has many choices in
acquiring services in acquisition, human
resources, and financial management. We are the proven
provider of services in our area of expertise—with more
than 15 years of sustained superior performance.
BRONZE SPONSOR
VisibleThread identify liabilities
and streamlines conflict-of-interest compliance. Users can scan documents and entire
websites to identify compliance, legal, and delivery
concerns through automated language scans, which protect organizations from conflict-of-interest risks, improve
efficiency, and drive clearer communication. Users can also
auto-create compliance and responsibility documents, and
coordinate and track changes from multiple stakeholders.
Villanova University
http://villanovau.com/
Booth #719
Villanova University is widely
recognized as a leader in online
professional education, with tens of thousands of enrollments—including leaders from top organizations—and
unparalleled academic and technical support. Professional
certificate programs in cyber security, Lean and Six Sigma,
project management, business process management, contract management, and more are available 100-percent online.
Wolters Kluwer
http://www.wklawbusiness.com/store
Booth #618
SILVER SPONSOR
Wolters Kluwer is the premier
provider of authoritative, timely,
and comprehensive government contracts information
and solutions, like the “FAR and DFARS Matrix” tools. Our
extensive collection of regulatory resources helps you
manage the countless government contract compliance
issues you face on a daily basis.
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BOOTH
Air Force Civilian Service
802
Amazon Business
118
American Graduate University
513
American Management Association
207
601
ANASAZI Integration and Controls Group, Inc.
219
Appian
607
Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground MD
103
Army Contracting Command-HQ
124
Army Contracting Command-Rock Island
725
Baker Tilly
417
Best Value Technology
315
CACI
213
Centeva
224
Central Intelligence Agency
418
Centre Law & Consulting, LLC
625
CGI Federal
705
Chickasaw Nation Industries
416
CohnReznick LLP
100
Compusearch
507
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Office of Minority
and Women Inclusion
116
CORT
415
715
Defense Contract Management Agency
501
Deltek
200
206
eSignLive by VASCO
120
FedBid, Inc.
301
Federal Acquisition Institute
602
Federal Publications Seminars
306
FEDLINK
419
GE Aviation
112
George Washington University
209
GSA Federal Acquisition Service
706
ICAT Systems
318
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J.A. White & Associates, Inc.
414
Marine Corps Systems Command
709
NASA SEWP
319
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
125
National Industries for the Blind
401
Neosystems Corp
221
Netlocity
721
NIH-NITAAC
109
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
612
PotomacWave Consulting
624
Premier Management Corporation
713
PRICE Systems, LLC
108
ProcureLinx, LLC
525
Procurex, Inc.
320
Program Support Center (PSC)
518
PROPRICER
514
Public Contracting Institute
724
Simventions, Inc.
519
Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics
516
SourceAmerica
201
Southwestern College
717
Strategic FAR Advisors, LLC
101
Strategic Systems Programs
106
TAPE
308
The Subcontract Management Institute
225
Unanet
708
Unibind Inc.
809
United Soybean Board
102
University of Tennessee
812
USDA BioPreferred Program
107
Villanova University
719
VisibleThread
701
Wolters Kluwer
618
Wright-Patterson AFB
803
YRCI
521
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