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Teaching Your Clients How To Navigate the FAR

This page is a compilation of web resources that supplements The Contracting Education Academy’s workshop entitled Teaching Your Clients How to Navigate the FAR and The Academy’s Workbook by the same name.  The workshop was presented on March 10, 2019 in conjunction with the Spring 2019 Training Conference of the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (APTAC).

For the convenience of PTAC Counselors and staff, the links listed below are grouped consistent with the organization of the printed Workbook.  Included in the resources posted below are numerous “Client Tips,” each designed to be used by PTAC Counselors to educate clients about a specific aspect of the FAR.  The “Client Tips” are marked with this symbol: PTAC Tool icon.   The Academy hopes that PTAC counselors find all of these resources helpful as you work with businesses to help them win government contracts.

The Academy intends to maintain this web page as a perpetual resource for use by APTAC members now and into the future.  New resources and updates are made on an on-going basis.  Please email us at info@ContractingAcademy.gatech.edu if you discover a web link that is broken so that we may update it.  Also, APTAC members are encouraged to suggest additional resources which could be added to this page.

Introduction to “Teaching Your Clients How to Navigate the FAR”
  • Where Do I Find It in the FAR? PTAC Tool icon
  • Glossary of Acquisition Acronyms & Terms: https://www.dau.mil/glossary/Pages/Glossary.aspx
  • The FAR Operating Guide:http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/docs/FAR_Operating_Guide_Version_5-5C_20111115.pdf
  • Glossary of Legal Terms
Navigating the FAR
  • Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/
  • The Reg Map: https://contractingacademywebpdf.s3.amazonaws.com/theregmap.pdf
  • The Rule-Making Process
  • FAR Parts Flash Card PowerPoint: https://contractingacademywebpdf.s3.amazonaws.com/FAR-Parts-Flash-Card-PowerPoint.ppt
  • FAR Subchapters and Parts: FAR Subchapters and Parts
  • Creation of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and the FAR – Public Law 93-400: Public Law 93-400 – 08.30.1974
  • OFPP Myth-Buster Memoranda: Myth-Busting – 1 – 02.02.2011 and Myth-Busting – 2 – 05.07.2012 and Myth-Busting – 3 – 01.05.2017
  • Vendor Engagement Tips – OMB 2012
  • Organization and Arrangement of the FAR PTAC Tool icon
  • FAR Numbering and Citing: https://contractingacademywebpdf.s3.amazonaws.com/FAR-1.105-2-Arrangement-of-regulations.pdf
  • FAR Search at Hill AFB: http://farsite.hill.af.mil
  • Official FAR Site at Acquisition Central: https://www.acquisition.gov/far
  • Search USA Government: http://search.usa.gov
  • The Basics Provide an Important Orientation to FAR Details PTAC Tool icon
  • Examining the Structure of the FAR – A Handout PTAC Tool icon
  • DFARS Numbering: http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/201_3.htm#201.303
  • Answer Key to Test Your Clients – and Yourself!
  • PGI 201.6–Career Development, Contracting Authority, and Responsibilities:http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/pgi/pgi_htm/PGI201_6.htm
  • DoD Class Deviations: www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/class_deviations.html
  • GSA Class Deviations: https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/acquisition-policy/acquisition-policy-library#
  • Homeland Security Class Deviations: http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-acquisition-regulations
  • Veterans Affairs Class Deviations: http://www.va.gov/oal/business/pps/deviations.asp
  • Example of a Class Deviation: www.contractingacademy.gatech.edu/2012/08/dod-temporarily-alters-vendor-registration-rule-due-to-sams-launch-shortcomings
  • FAR 1.108 Conventions: http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/48/1.108
  • The FAR’s Conventions PTAC Tool icon
  • GSA Acquisition Letters:  http://gsa.govhttps://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/acquisition-policy/acquisition-policy-library/portal/category/21228
  • Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS): https://www.fpds.gov
  • Decision Tree for Finding the Applicable Acquisition Rule:https://contractingacademywebpdf.s3.amazonaws.com/Decision-Tree-for-Finding-the-Applicable-Acquisition-Rule.pdf
  • FAR Parts and Subchapters
  • Common Elements within the Structure of the FAR
How the Government Plans Its Contracts
  • Guidebook for Acquiring Commercial Items – DoD – January 2018
  • Market Research – A Guide for Contracting Officers – July 2012
  • Anticipating a Market Research Inquiry from a Government Agency PTAC Tool icon
  • HHS Acquisition Plan Template – FY 11-12 – Oct 2010
  • USDA Acquisition Plan
  • Commercial Item Determination Checklist – 02.2010 – Per FAR 2.101
  • Commercial Item Solicitation Preparation Guide – DoD 2010
  • Government Definitions of a Commercial Item – with examples PTAC Tool icon
  • Database of Existing Interagency Contracts
  • Implementation Directive – Better Buying Power DoD AT&L 11.03.2010 – Obtaining Greater Efficiency and Productivity in Defense Spending
  • Better Buying Power 2.0 – DoD AT&L Memorandum to the Defense Acquisition Workforce, Nov. 13, 2012
  • Better Buying Power 2.0 Summary
  • What Is in a Written Government Acquisition Plan PTAC Tool icon
  • Source Selection – FAR 15.3 – https://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/Subpart%2015_3.html
  • Government Supply Sources PTAC Tool icon
  • Competitive Processes in Government Contracting: The FAR Part 15 Process Model and Process Inefficiency – http://www.wifcon.com/anal/analcomproc.htm
  • Contracting Support for Small Businesses – http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/contracting/contracting-support-small-businesses
  • Fact Sheet – 8a Program PTAC Tool icon
  • Fact Sheet – SDVOSB PTAC Tool icon
  • Fact Sheet – HUBZone Concerns PTAC Tool icon
  • Fact Sheet – WOSB and EDWOSB PTAC Tool icon
  • SBA Rules for Small Business Subcontract Reporting – http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-07-16/html/2013-16967.htm
  • Acquisition Plan – Job Order Contract – Sample
  • Program Managers Tool Kit DAU 01.2011
  • The Concepts of Responsiveness and Responsibility PTAC Tool icon
  • The Tradeoff Process in Government Contracting PTAC Tool icon
  • Comparison of Major Contract Types 2012
  • Obligations of the Government and the Contractor in Different Contracting Scenarios PTAC Tool icon
  • Understanding Minimum Wage Laws in Federal Contracting  PTAC Tool icon
  • Understanding Domestic Source Preferences 11.2012 PTAC Tool icon
  • Implications of Contracting Methods on Contractors PTAC Tool icon
  • Mandatory Government Supply Sources PTAC Tool icon
Solicitations, Evaluations and Awards
  • Contract Planning Checklist – DPAP
  • PGI 204_71 – Uniform Contract Line Item Numbering System
  • The-Six-Elements-of-Contract-Formation
  • Steps for Resolving Contract Deficiencies – DCMA Guidebook, Contracts – Initial Receipt and Review (see paragraph 2.5, Resolving Contract Deficiencies)
  • Authority of a Contracting Officer and Delegation
  • Government Bid and Negotiation Rules PTAC Tool icon
  • Negotiation Tips and Bargaining Rules – http://contractingacademy.gatech.edu/2011/02/con-120-lession-6-negotiation-rules-bargaining-process/
  • Constructive Changes
  • FAR Parts 13-14-15 – Use and Features
  • PGI 204.7105 – Revised 09.06.2012
  • GSA’s “Guide for Contracting Officers Technical Representatives”
  • HHS Acquisition Checklists
  • Quick Guide to the Government Handling of Bids and Proposals PTAC Tool icon
  • Do’s & Don’ts Guidelines for Acquisition Personnel
  • GAO Bid Protest Annual Reports to Congress
  • Features of Government Bid Proposal and Simplified Acquisition Procedures PTAC Tool icon
  • Government Purchasing Methods and Dollar Thresholds PTAC Tool icon
The Contract Administration Process 
  • DD 1484 – Post-Award Conference Record – DD1484 Post-Award Conference Record
  • A Guide to Best Practices for Contract Administration, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, October 1994 – https://contractingacademywebpdf.s3.amazonaws.com/A-Guide-to-Best-Practices-for-Contract-Administration-Office-of-Federal-Procurement-Policy-October-1994.pdf
  • Post Award Conference Checklist – DD1484 Post Award Conference Record
  • False Claims Act – a Primer – www.justice.gov/civil/docs_forms/C-FRAUDS_FCA_Primer.pdf
  • Contractor Quality Control Plan Template
  • FAR Part 43 – Contract Modifications – FAR Part 43 – Contract Modifications
  • Authority for Modifying a Contract – http://contractingacademy.gatech.edu/authority-for-modifying-a-contract
  • Unauthorized Commitment Ratification – Unauthorized Commitments & Ratification Process Guide – Army – June 2004
  • Changes Clause Guidance – Changes Clause Guidance
  • Government Payment Clauses PTAC Tool icon
  • Practical Guidance for Contracting Officers/Specialists Venturing Through the Legendary “King Arthur’s Court” of the Contract Appeals Process –http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/PubsCats/PM/articles01/longo-ja.pdf
  • DCMA Contract Closeout Guidebook – Mar. 2016 
  • Official Web Site for DoD Forms –  http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/index.htm
  • DCAA Contract Audit Manual

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