Acquisition Workforce Professionalism Department of the Interior Business Conference May 2006

2 Background Acquisition identified as high risk by GAO and DOI-OIG Governmentwide Acquisition $ 400 Billion Interior Acquisition $4 Billion Congressional reaction – Professionalize Acquisition Workforce OMB Policy Letters Acquisition Internal Controls

3 Benefits Governmentwide Consistent and current training Develop business managers Improve customer service Departmentwide Improve assurance of A-123 compliance FBMS Standardization Improve partnership collaboration – Wildland Fire, Emergency response Teams, Service 1 st initiative

4 Benefits to Employees More opportunities to qualify for jobs Equalize the workforce Equalize the core competencies and curriculum More flexible workforce Leverage training development dollars Leverage training opportunities

5 Who/What Contracting Officer Representatives - new training/maintenance requirements After January 2007, all new contracting officers and all contracting officers with unlimited warrants must be certified All contracting officers must be certified All GS-13 and above procurement/price analysts and all supervisors of acquisition offices must be certified Program and Project Managers certification program

6 Stovepipes LegacyLegacy New Acquisition Planning I or CON 101 orCON 100 Contract Formation I CON 110 Contract Admin ICON CON 112 Price Analysis or CON 104CON 120 Cost Analysis Negotiation CON 100 only if taking CON 110, 111, 112 and 120

7 Stovepipes continued LegacyLegacy New Acquisition Planning II orCON 202 orCON 214 Contract Formation IICON 215 Contract Administration IICON 216 CON 217 +CON 218 Government Contract Law (CON 210) Intermediate Contract Pricing (CON 204)

8 Level II Curriculum Change CON 214 Business Decisions for Contracting Distance Learning – 24 hrs in 30 days CON 215 Intermediate Contracting for Mission Support 8 days in classroom CON 216 Legal Considerations in Contracting 30 hours in 30 days CON 217 Cost Analysis and Negotiation Techniques 40 hrs in 30 days CON 218 Advanced Contracting for Mission Support 9.5 days in classroom

9 Level II Curriculum Blend of distance and classroom learning Distance learning courses for new knowledge Classroom courses will have case-based to develop critical thinking, technical and business skills Supervisors provide ample time for employees to complete on- line training Pilots are complete Transition starting for civilian agency training providers Transition complete in FY 2007

10 FAI Sponsored Training Classes Tuition costs prepaid by Acquisition Workforce Training Fund Augment not replace training budgets BMRA, ESI and MCI teaching DAU materials/tests No Money directly to agencies Allotments based on surveys Survey in May for FY ’07 training needs Survey in October for FY ’08 training needs

11 AWTF – FAI Registration Process Bureau Training Coordinators collect registration forms/confirm eligibility and prioritize Point of Contact for registration is Acquisition Career Manager – prioritize Interior Needs, balance bureau requests, advocate for additional slots Reschedule or cancel ASAP w/FAI CON 120 (soon) and CON 353 (eventually) More classes and locations in FY’07 Performance Based Services Acquisition – Separate from DAU training – but AWTF money Rescheduling/cancellations w/ BTCs/ACM

12 Federal Acquisition Certification – Contracting (FAC-C) Grandfather Education only (1/1/00) 1102, 1105, warrant holders Legacy Workforce Training – Equivalencies Matrix – on-line soon Civilian Agency-wide consistency and mutual recognition Must have training Certificates or letter from provider FAI general program guidance Program administered by agency 80 CLPs every 2 years – by 10/1/07

13 Additional Info Acquisition Career Manual COR, Warrants, FAC-C, ACMIS, etc Acquisition Career Management Information System – ACMIS Changing to DoD platform – soon Bureau ACMIS coordinators Implement w/in 6 months of availability Manuals/implementation strategy complete