1. Office of Management Proposal to Change Required Training Curriculum for NBS/PRISM Buyers (Purchasing Agents) and NBS/PRISM Approvers (Contracting Officers) in the Delegated Offices of Acquisition Michele McDermott January 30, 2014 1

2. Office of Management Agenda  Mandatory Training Oversight Committee (MTOC) Proposal  Continuous Learning Recommendations  New Buyer Acquisition (Systems) Course  Mentoring  Proposed DOA Training Progression  Buyer and Approver Summary  Proof of Concept  Next Steps 2

3. Office of Management MTOC Proposal  Require SAC-A certification for all DOA Buyers & Approvers  Consolidate and replace 8 courses with 5 courses  Replace custom courses with commercially available courses  Reduce course content overlap, cost, & training time 3 CurrentProposed Simplified Acq. & Delegated ProcurementCON 237 Simplified Acq. Procedures Consolidated Purchasing Thru ContractsBasic Simplified Acquisition Buying From Bus. on the Open MarketNBS Buyer Acquisition (new/systems) Price Reasonableness Federal Appropriations Law Negotiation StrategiesAdvanced Simplified Acquisition Appropriations Law for Simplified Acq. Federal Supply Schedules Federal Appropriations Law

4. Office of Management Continuous Learning Points (CLPs)  Current training structure (8 courses) has no continuous learning requirement  Acquisition Certifications (SAC-A) include built-in requirement for continuous learning  CLP requirement provides opportunities for filling skill and knowledge gaps, e.g.  Basic Contracting for GSA Schedules (FAC 023)  ID/IQ Task and Delivery Order Contracting  Socioeconomic issues, etc. 4

5. Office of Management New Buyer Acquisition (Systems) Course  Decouple acquisition policy from NBS hands-on system training  Require acquisition policy coursework as a prerequisite to new systems course (Buyer Acquisition) 5

6. Office of Management Mentoring “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” -Chinese proverb  Learning will be supported through coursework, hands-on, and mentoring opportunities  Sr. acquisition officials can get continuous learning points for mentoring Jr. acquisition staff 6

7. Office of Management Proposed DOA Training Progression 7 Eligible for provisioning as a Purchasing Agent/NBS PRISM “Buyer ” Purchase Card Training: Micro- purchases Eligible for SAC-A (when additional experience & performance rqmts. met) SAC-B FAC-C Training OL - Online CR - Classroom

8. Office of Management Buyer (Purchasing Agent) Summary 8

9. Office of Management Approver (Contracting Officer) Summary 9

10. Office of Management Proof of Concept  Obtain Stakeholder Agreement  OALM Director  NIH Training Center  Acquisition Career Program  NBS Group  Simplified Acquisition Committee (SAC)  Acquisition Management Committee (AMC)  Intramural Administrative Management Council (IAMC)  Extramural Administrative Officer Group (EAOG) 10

11. Office of Management Next Steps  HCA Proposal Submission to MTOC  Obtain MTOC Recommendation  DDM Approval  Implement Change Management Plan 11

12. Office of Management Conclusion Eliminate custom courses Require SAC certification and continuous learning Decouple policy from NBS Systems Course Better trained acquisition workforce for higher quality acquisitions! Less Redundancy! Opportunity to save money and time! 12

13. Office of Management Questions 13