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"Ultimately, acquisition professionals complete the course with the skills to hold contractors accountable to perform in accordance with the terms of the contract, producing overall savings and improved readiness for the Army."
cost and identifies areas of success and improvement (as applica- ble) tied to contractor performance.
Maj. Oscar Delgadoveana, a contracting specialist with the Mission and Installation Contracting Command at Fort Camp- bell, Kentucky, who took the training in April 2022 with a focus on the EAGLE contract at Fort Johnson, then called Fort Polk, said it not only prepared him to assume duties as an administra- tive contracting officer, but it also provided him with a deeper understanding and appreciation for quality assurance and prop- erty administration.
“As a student that relies heavily on real-world application to retain information, I found the course curriculum to be phenomenally structured,” Delgadoveana said. “Te practical exercises and hands-on portion of the class helped me gauge my understand- ing of the material by allowing me to apply the new skill set on Fort Polk’s EAGLE contract.”
Maj. Neidas Cezar, EAGLE program procuring contracting offi- cer, who took the CAS training in September 2021 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, has assisted the CATC staff three times for the on-site (at the contract place of performance) portion of the course. Incorporating a PCO, who also participated as a trainee, has been value added to the program of instruction. Specifically, he has been able to assist in mentoring, advising and leading the trainees throughout the two weeks of instruction, as well as assisting the instructors in providing context and real-life examples during the classroom portion. Tis has also served as an opportunity for him to actively oversee some of the contracts he is responsible for administering.
“As a CATC alum, I’ve learned all of the contract and regula- tory limitations, processes, as well as required documentation for surveillances and execution of performance feedback or nonconformance reports,” Cezar said. “I now get the opportu- nity to augment CATC by reinforcing the information I learned in training, as well as providing my firsthand knowledge of the EAGLE program.”
Overall, this training approach quickly builds trainees’ confidence and skills so they can immediately apply robust administration on all of their contracts. Trainees recognize the importance and applicability of the training to the tasks being performed, adding much value to the acquisition professionals deploying to varying sites.
CATC has a full schedule for the remainder of fiscal year 2022 and has begun developing its fiscal year 2023 schedule. For more information regarding CATC, contact
usarmy.ria.acc.list.contract-admin-
training-center@army.mil.
STEPHANIE BROWN is the branch chief for the Contract Administration Training Center
at U.S. Army Contracting
Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI). Before her current role, she served as a procuring contracting officer (contract specialist prior to that) for the Power Projection and Base Readiness Directorate at ACC-RI for over a decade, supporting complex service contracts within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. She holds a B.A. in marketing from Western Illinois University, and she is a DAWIA certified DOD contracting professional.
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