DRAFT 2012 Fall Training Conference Agenda Wednesday, October 24, 2012 7:00 am to 8:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 am to 8:15 am
Coalition Welcome – Roger Waldron, President Coalition for Government Procurement
8:15 am to 9:00 am
Keynote Address: Daniel M. Tangherlini (Invited), Acting Administrator of the United States General Services Administration “Reform, Reorganization and Revitalization of the General Services Administration” GWAC/MAC Update – NIH, GSA, NASA Moderator: Bill Gormley, Chairman, The Coalition for Government Procurement
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Panelists: Mark Day, Director, Office of Strategic Programs at GSA Robert Coen, Acting Program Director, NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) GWAC Program, NIH Darlene Coen, Deputy Program Manager, NASA SEWP What is the latest regarding purchasing trends on the federal government’s IT GWAC family of contract vehicles? What are the key features driving customer interest and/use of GWACs? What is the forecast for FY2013? Learn from the Program Managers for NIH CIO-SP3 and NASA SEWP, Alliant and Alliant SB.
10:15 am to 10:30 am
Break Update from FAS Center Directors on Key Initiatives and Business Activity Moderator: FAS GSS
10:30 am to 11:15 am
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
The Center Directors from FAS’s Fort Worth, Kansas City and New York regions as well the Integrated Workplace Acquisition Center (IWAC) (Invited) will provide a summary on key initiatives, agency customer issues and business activity for FY012. Luncheon - Excellence in Partnership Recognition Budget Outlook and Sequestration: Potential Impacts on Agency Mission and Contractor Support
1:15 pm to 2:15 pm
How will the projected budgetary reductions from sequestration be implemented across departments and organizational units? Can an agency prioritize programs or must reductions be made across the board? What will sequestration mean for procurement contracts? Option exercises? Attendees will learn the mechanics of the sequestration process and how it will impact agency mission priorities and government contracts. Jon Etherton, President and owner of Etherton & Associates Inc. Ray Bjorklund, Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer, Deltek
DRAFT Bloomberg Government 2:15 pm to 2:30 pm
Break Update from FAS Center Directors on Key Initiatives and Business Activity Moderator: FAS Office of Acquisition Management
2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
3:15 pm to 4:15 pm
The Center Directors from FAS’ IT Center, Professional Services Center, the VA National Acquisition Center and the Management Center (Invited) will provide an summary on key initiatives, agency customer issues/interest and business activity for F012. Comment of the Week – From Strategic Sourcing to Strategic Acquisition: Delivering a cost-effective acquisition system for Government, Industry and the Taxpayer Moderator: Roger Waldron, President, Coalition for Government Procurement Panelists: Steven L. Schooner (Invited), Nash & Cibinic Professor of Government Procurement Law and Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, George Washington School of Law David Drabkin, Director, Acquisition Policy, Northrop Grumman Tom Sisti (Invited), Director and Chief Legislative Counsel SAP Matthew Blum (Invited), Associate Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget Attendees will hear procurement thought leaders from government, industry and academia identify and discuss the strategic imperative of a cost-effective acquisition system that delivers best value results. Is the system structured properly regarding the number and types of contract vehicles or have we reached the saturation point for contract duplication? Where are the strategic management/policy opportunities to further improve the acquisition system? What is the future role of GSA?
4:30 pm to 7:00 pm
B2B Networking Reception
Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:00 am to 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am to 8:15 am
Welcome from the Coalition The Nuts and Bolts of the GSA/VA MAS Ordering Procedures with Jonathan Aronie, Partner, Sheppard Mullin and XXXXX
8:30 am to 9:30 am
9:30 am to 10:15 am
What does FAR 8.4 mean for you? Learn the nuts and bolts of the new MAS ordering procedures including the competitive requirements, small business setasides, teaming arrangements and the latest in bid protest case law involving the ordering process. Keynote Address: Mary Davie (Invited), Acting Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service FAS Strategic Contracting Priorities for the Schedules, GWACs, MACs and
DRAFT Assisted Services 10:15 am to 10:30 am
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Break Legal Corner with Carolyn Alston, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Coalition for Government Procurement, Jason Workmaster, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, and David Dowd, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP Our legal corner panelist brief the latest in civil False Claims Act cases, audits, bid protest litigation as well as addressing the legal implications of sequestration on the government buyer and the contractor
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Lunch Myth-Busters Breakout Sessions: The Government acquisition leadership, working with the appropriate Coalition Committee Co-chairs, will dialogue with Conference attendees on key operational issues of mutual, governmentcontractor interest for FY013.
12:45 pm to 2:00 pm VA NAC, IT/Services, Auburn, KC, FW, Philly, NY, OASIS, PBS, GWACs and Acquisition Management (Invited)
