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Where can I find classes that meet the Procurement Management COR training requirements?

Subject	Performance Based Contracting	Simplified Acquisitions	Contracting for COTRs	Task Order or IDIQ Contracting	COR Refresher (Required Every 3 years)	IT Security in Acquisition
COR Requirement	COTR Level 1 – AD	COTR Level 1 – AD	COTR Level 1 – R	COTR Level 1 – AD	COTR Level 1 – R	COTR Level 1 – R
	COTR Level 2 – AD	COTR Level 2 – AD	COTR Level 2 – R	COTR Level 2 – AD	COTR Level 2 – R	COTR Level 2 – R
	COTR Level 3 – AD	COTR Level 3 – AD	COTR Level 3 – R	COTR Level 3 – AD	COTR Level 3 – R	COTR Level 3 – R
	P/OC – AD	P/OC – R (for awards over $25K) AD (for awards under $25 K)	P/OC – AD	P/OC – AD	P/OC – R (for awards over $25K) AD (for awards under $25 K)	P/OC – AD
	*R=Required AD=As Directed by the Contracting Officer*
Minimum Hours	12	24	Level 1 – 12 hours Level 2 – 18 hours Level 3 – 24 hours P/OC – 12 hours	12	6	1
	*6 hours = 1 training day*
Required Course Topics	· Elements of a performance-based service contract · Developing performance work statements and quality assurance plans · How to evaluate performance · Roles and responsibilities of the acquisition team	· Overview of applicable laws and regulations including socio economic programs. · Planning for individual acquisitions, including preparation and review of purchase requests, requirements documents, government cost estimates, funding, approval, & justifications. · Using various Simplified Acquisitions Methods · Administering Simplified acquisitions, including payment and closeout	· Understanding the role and responsibilities of the COR and the acquisition team · Procurement integrity. Special COR ethical considerations. · Overview of the Acquisition Process including acquisition planning and socio economic programs · Writing Statements of Work · Competition Requirements	· Elements of task order contracts · Writing an effective statement of work for a task order contract · Determining pricing structures for task order contracts · How to conduct source selections · Competition requirements	Course topics may include any of the following topics: · Current acquisition reform initiatives or government-wide initiatives including best practices · Recent acquisition related developments, e.g. executive orders, regulations, that relate to CORs · Advanced acquisition training courses · Identify and develop appropriate performance metrics The final decision regarding whether or not a course, seminar, briefing etc counts toward COR refresher training resides with the Contracting Officer.	· Describe legal and practical reasons for considering IT security during the acquisition process · Identify specific security considerations in each phase of the acquisition life cycle · How to integrate IT security language into procurement documents · How to ensure that contractors comply with DOC and/or Bureau security standards and other industry security practices
Subject	Performance Based Contracting	Simplified Acquisitions	Contracting for COTRs	Task Order or IDIQ Contracting	COR Refresher (Required Every 3 years)	IT Security in Acquisition
Vendors & Course Titles The listed vendors and course titles do not represent an all-inclusive list of acceptable courses. Any course meeting covering the required course topics is acceptable.	Acquisition Solutions, Inc. [i] Seven Steps to Performance-Based Acquisition (3 days) ESI International [ii]Best Practices in Performance-Based Service Contracting (2 days) BRTRC[iii] Performance Based Service Acquisition (2 days) Federal Publications Seminars LLC [iv] Performance-Based Contracting Workshop (2 days) Atlantic Management Center Inc.[v] Buying Performance Based Services (2 days) Various other courses in the vendor’s performance based management curriculum NPI, Inc.[vi]Performance Based Service Contracting (5 days) Houseman & Associates [vii] Performance-based Work Statements (3 days)	Management Concepts Inc.[viii] Simplified Acquisitions (5 days) Houseman & Associates [ix] Simplified Acquisitions (5 days) Business Management Research Associates [x] (BMRA) Basic Simplified Acquisition (5 days) NPI, Inc.[xi] Simplified Acquisition Procedures - Basic & Advanced (5 days) Defense Acquisition University [xii] Simplified Acquisition Procedures (CON 237) (Online)	NPI, Inc.[xiii] COR/COTR Certification Course (5 days) ESI International [xiv] The COR and COTR Training Program (3 days) Atlantic Management Center Inc.[xv] Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR/COTR) Certification Management Concepts Inc.[xvi] Contracting Officer's Representative Course (5 days) Houseman & Associates [xvii] Contracting for COTRs (5 days) Federal Contracting Basics (3 days) FAI Online University [xviii]COTR Module 1 – Orientation (4 days) COTR Module 2 – Acquisition (5 days)COR Mentor Program (4 days)	Federal Publications Seminars LLC [xix] Task Order & Innovative Contracting Methods (2 days) ESI International [xx] Task Order Contracting (2 days) Houseman & Associates [xxi] Task Manager Training (3 days)	NPI, Inc.[xxii] COR/COTR Refresher Seminar (1 day) Simplified Acquisition Procedures Refresher (days) Management Concepts Inc.[xxiii] COR/COTR Refresher (1 day) Simplified Acquisition Refresher (3 days) Houseman & Associates [xxiv] COTR Refresher Training (1 day) Simplified Acquisition Refresher (3 days)	DOC Learning Management System [xxv] Effectively Integrating Information Technology (IT) Security into the Acquisition Process* (1 hour)