Initial Skills Training/Badge Awarding course for all new Air & Space Force Officer accessions, Air Force Officer crossflows, and civilian new- hires into the Contracting career field including 64P's and 1102's. Educates and prepares officers and civilians to assume positions as Mission Focused Business Leaders (MFBL) in Operational, Systems, Logistics, and Research and Development contracting offices. Course curriculum includes Contract Foundational Skills, Contract Pre- Award, Award, and Post-Award lessons.

MRC-103 also provides an immersive negotiations experience and hands-on practice with applicable automated data systems including CON-IT. Students will also be invited to take the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality type / behavior indicator assessment during MRC-103 for free.

MRC-103 provides fulfillment for DAU CON 1100, CON 1200, CON 1300, & CON 1400.

Must attend, synergistic team- building class presented by dynamic, experienced and enthusiastic acquisition, program management and financial management professionals. The course combines lecture, extensive student interaction and hands on class room exercises that increase awareness and understanding of the acquisition process and enable effective interaction between DCMA and Air Force personnel in diverse disciplines including acquisition, program management, finance, engineering, technical, logistical and contracting. This class highlights the roles, organization and interaction of DCMA and AFMC Integrated Product Team (IPT) members in the context of Pre-Award, Post- Award and Contract Close Out processes. Additional guest lecturers provide insight into the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) roles and responsibilities in Air Force acquisition and program management. Attendance provides concrete team building skills and professional net working opportunities.

This two-day course is designed for acquisition professionals aiming to elevate their negotiation capabilities. Participants will gain insights into the psychological and motivational factors that influence negotiation outcomes, enabling them to foster agreement and align objectives. The curriculum covers essential negotiation terminology and strategies to decipher and leverage counterpart motivations effectively. Through interactive exercises and practical applications, attendees will assemble a robust set of negotiation techniques. Upon completion, participants will be equipped to navigate intricate negotiation landscapes and achieve successful agreements.

WKLCL110 is intended to introduce the principles and practices associated with Department of the Air Force Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM). The purpose of the workshop is to help develop a broader and more comprehensive understanding of how Air Force supply chains may be at risk, and to increase awareness of the emerging capabilities available to mitigate such risks. Areas of focus include supply chain basics, factors influencing supply chain risk, SCRM definition and relationship to other risk methodologies, the SCRM assessment process, and supply chain risks and mitigation tools & techniques.

To provide students with the How to to develop an Independent Government Cost Estimate (ICGE) using critical thinking to determine all the considerations based on the Service being acquired, the market research conducted, and all associated cost elements (direct and indirect) and data sources needed and used to develop comprehensive IGCEs.

This workshop introduces Professional Services Acquisition and goes over personal versus non-personal services, inherently governmental functions, conflicts of interest, contract types, and a brief overview of the 7-step process for services acquisition.

This workshop highlights introductory information on Stakeholder Identification and Analysis techniques for multi- function teams in a Professional Services Acquisition environment.

This workshop covers gathering techniques for building requirements for Professional Services Acquisition contracts.

This workshop covers techniques for writing requirement task statements, standards, and thresholds, and goes over ways for prioritizing, verifying and validating those requirements for Professional Services Acquisition contracts.

This workshop highlights the basics of Risk Management including risk identification, risk analysis, and risk handling options in a Professional Services Acquisition environment.

This workshop introduces the 5-steps to creating a cost estimate, cost estimating methodologies, and calculating a fully burdened labor rate for Professional Services Acquisition contracts.

This workshop discusses strategies for aligning performance requirements with effective contractor surveillance techniques, creating a Services Summary and QASP, methods of surveillance, and remedies to correct performance for Professional Services contracts.

The Kick-off Meeting Workshop provides foundational knowledge on conducting a Kick-off Meeting. Provides students with an understanding of the inner workings of hosting a kick-off meeting such as the purpose, agenda, pre-meeting with Govt only MFT, executing the meeting and post meeting actions items.

The Transition Planning Workshop provides foundational knowledge on the actions taken during the Transition Plan phase. Provides students with an understanding of the actions taken during a contract transit phase: Roles and responsibilities of the multifunctional team, types of transitions, pre-award & post-award activities, tracking and reporting the transition, risks management during transition, and lessons learned.

Post Award Services Management: Incentives and Award Fee Contracts is one in a series of Post Award Services Performance Management workshops that will highlight the understanding of managing incentive and award fee contracts and how changing the incentive structure can affect the contractor performance. It will connect managing performance to the annual CPAR.

Managing Contract Changes workshop provides foundational knowledge of how contract changes work. The workshop discusses roles and responsibilities for making a contract change and the process involved for a contract change/modification. The workshop discusses how to make a request for a change, document the change, what analysis needs to be conducted, what policies are followed and the award of the change/modification.

Risk Management workshop provides foundational knowledge of managing risk on a Services contract. The workshop identifies the importance of risk management to your contract and why we do risk management. The lesson provides examples, methods & theories of risk management, applying risk analysis and mitigation handling techniques during the life of the contract.

Quality Assurance workshop provides foundational knowledge of understanding quality assurance on a services contract. The workshop walks students through the process of conducting surveillance on services. Discussion of the roles and responsibilities of the Multifunctional Team, policies and procedures, conducting contractor surveillance and identifying the COR’s role/ latitude / importance of managing service contracts as well as how the PWS and QASP are used in the quality assurance process.

Budget Workshop provides the foundational knowledge of the Budget process. The workshop highlights: the roles and responsibilities of the MFT in the budget process, Budget Descriptions, the POM/Budget process from appropriation to expenditure, understanding burn rates and the effect on your contract, developing an IGCE for modifications, the color of money, and estimating cost at completion of the contract.

CDRLs (Contract Data Requirements Lists) workshop provides foundational knowledge on the purpose and use of CDRLs on a Service contract. The workshop discusses: CDRL application, how to read a CDRL and DID, how to tie in your CDRLs into the CPAR, PWS and QASP, Data Rights, Alternatives to the standard CDRL format and tools and guidance’s to aid you back in your office.

PMR (Program Management Review) workshop provides foundational knowledge on how to conduct a Services PMR. The workshop discusses what the purpose of conducting a PMR is, how it differs from a weapon system/supply PMR, what questions you should ask a Multifunctional Team when developing the PMR, suggested agenda topics and metrics to use for supporting your PMR message and how to conduct a Wrap-up to the meeting.