Principles of Defense Procurement and Contracting
(MASL P159202)

From Left to Right- IDARM Adjunct Faculty, Dr. Kenneth Allen and Mr. James Town, IDARM Program Manager, Dr. Elisabeth Wright, and IDARM Adjunct Faculty, LTC (Ret) Richard Zimmerman (USA)

Next Offering: The next course offering is scheduled for 3-14 November, 2008 in Monterey, California. Course Schedule (PDF)

This two week resident course is offered twice yearly immediately following the Principles of Defense Acquisition Management course. The course provides an in-depth examination of policy, procedures and best practices applicable to all phases of the procurement and contracting process. During the course, international practices which include the US, EU and NATO models for procurement and contracting are examined. The goal is to enable course participants to understand and implement, to the extent possible, the principles of efficient and effective procurement and contracting systems.

Specific topics include transparency, procurement planning; market research; writing and reviewing work specifications; competition policies; developing requests for tenders; tendering methods; evaluation techniques; analysis of technical and price proposals; contract administration/management; and contract closeout. Additionally, the course includes in-depth discussions of development and use of reporting systems and creation and sustainment of a professional procurement workforce. A study of concepts and practices related to online auctioning and electronic procurement is also included.

The course is highly interactive and combines lecture and class discussion with group exercises. A sample course schedule is provided on the following page.

This course is suitable for military officers (of grades O-4 through O-6) and civilian officials who deal in any aspect of procurement and contracting or in peripheral fields such as economics, program management, logistics or budgeting and finance. It is approved for E-IMET funding for civilian students.

The next course offering is scheduled for March 17th-18th, 2008 in Monterey, California. Total attendance is limited to 20 students. The schedule also includes a variety of informational program activities, including a trip to Point Lobos and other Monterey Peninsula areas of interest. Each course will be open to both U.S. and international students. The Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA) maintain quota control for this offering under MASL number P159202.

Additional future course dates: 16-27 March, 2009.

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Spring 2008 Class Photo