HOLDING TO ACCOUNT
Te team provides training in the acquisition functional areas of contracting, quality and property that cover contract adminis- tration overviews; roles and responsibilities; contract receipt and review; nonconformance reports; the contract performance track- ing tool; property management system analysis outcomes; and government property accountability procedures. Tis instruction includes classroom briefings, systems walk-throughs and hands- on training.
To prepare trainees for this, the CATC takes a three-pronged, immersive training approach in which trainees are engaged in an active ACC-RI contract. In the first phase, trainees complete foundational modules online as a prerequisite to the on-site course. Tese modules were developed by ACC and are hosted on the Defense Acquisition University portal.
In the second phase, trainees spend one week in the classroom with focused training on the essentials they need to perform contract administration. Tis includes functional training from special- ized instructors and mission-specific training of the contract led by the procuring contracting officer (PCO), culminating in a PCO delegation of contract administration to the class. Te class prepares trainees for contract administration through in-depth
reviews of the contract documents and contractor procedures. Te trainees also develop quality and property surveillance checklists and complete a contract receipt and review.
Following the foundational and focused training, trainees spend one week on-site at the place of performance, leading admin- istration of their delegated contract. Tis consists of the class conducting in-briefs and out-briefs with the requirement’s owner and contractor as well as working one on one with the contract- ing officer’s representatives (CORs).
“Trainees are delegated administration on an active, large, complex service contract,” said Armer. “Te hands-on approach to learning leaves trainees with the knowledge and confidence to conduct contract administration of any service contract.”
Tis process evolves into the trainees becoming de facto trainers to the on-site CORs, conducting surveillance of both quality and property processes and, when available, conducting a property damage or loss investigation. Te week concludes with the train- ees providing performance feedback to the requirement’s owner and the contractor. Te out-brief includes recommendations to the requirement’s owner to obtain the right outputs at the right
CAS CLASS, ACC-RI
Class picture for the September 2021 Contract Administration Services course offering at Army Contracting Command — Rock Island. (Photo by Liz Glenn, ACC-RI Public Affairs)
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