Does contracting affect your work? If you are involved in contracts, this workshop is for you! This interactive one-day awareness session on Procurement will include the following topics:

• Accountability, Values and Ethics

• Legal and Political Framework

• Contracting Environment

• Contracting Process

• Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the roles and responsibilities in the procurement process;

• Identify the phases in the procurement process and relevant documentation;

• Identify the policies and procedures applicable to the procurement process;

• Identify the various methods of supply.

Target Audience:
This workshop is aimed to provide an overview of the procurement function to materiel managers and those involved in real property, and is not aimed at individuals who are procurement/contracting specialists. There is a 3 day Introduction to Procurement course for those who are in the procurement function.

This workshop is presented to you by the Materiel Management Institute, in association with the TBS Professional Development and Certification Program (PDCP) for the Procurement, Materiel Management, and Real Property Community and with the assistance of the PWGSC Acquisition Branch.

This session is designed to assist managers in better understanding the scope and challenges of the federal government’s real property sector. Brian Acheson and Hendrik Siré, both well-known within the federal real property community, will deliver this professional development workshop.

“Real Property Fundamentals” is designed to provide an overview of frameworks, strategies, values, tools and processes that govern real property decision-making within the federal government. There is a need to consider the size and scope of the federal government’s real property, to understand the policy expectations of central agencies with respect to real property management, to identify the objectives and goals of real property management, and to assess the issues and challenges being faced in the real property community. This session may assist participants in applying new insights and ideas from the real property sector to their materiel management roles and responsibilities.

Areas to be covered in this workshop include:

• The Federal Government’s Real Property Portfolio;

• The Role of a Real Property Management Framework;

• Primary Roles and Responsibilities within the Federal Government’s Real Property Community;

• Chief Central Agency Real Property Policy Requirements;

• Real Property and Life Cycle Management;

• Understanding the Demand for Real Property;

• Understanding Real Property Supply Issues; and,

• Understanding Real Property Information Management.

Target Audience:
This workshop is aimed to provide an overview of the real property function to individuals involved in procurement or materiel management.

This workshop is presented to you by the Materiel Management Institute, in association with the TBS Professional Development and Certification Program (PDCP) for the Procurement, Materiel Management, and Real Property Community and with the assistance of the PWGSC Acquisition Branch.