Jan 12 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Commercial Items

• Commercial Items and COTS
• The Simplified Acquisition Threshold
• The Micropurchase Threshold and the P-Card

Feb 9 – Small Business Eligibility

• What is a “small” business and why does it matter? NAICS Codes and Size Standards
• What are “set aside” contracts?
• Learn the eligibility requirements for 8(a), HUBZone, VOSB/SDVOSB and EDOWSB programs
• Do a deep dive into “unconditional” ownership and control issues affecting eligibility
• Learn about the issue of affiliation
• Identify most common eligibility pitfalls and how to avoid them

March 9 – SBIR Contracting

• What is the SBIR/STTR Program
• What are the Phases?
• Subcontracting with SBIR Phase II and III Recipients

April 13 – Other Transaction Agreements

• OTA Basics
• What is research and prototyping?
• What is a non-traditional contractor?
• Competition in award and sole-source follow-on contracts
• Consortium and non-consortium based OTAs

May 11 – JVs for Large and Small Contractors

• Who uses Teaming and Joint Ventures?
• What is Teaming, and how is it different than Subcontracting, or Joint Ventures?
• How to choose what partnering strategy (Teaming v. JV) is right for you.
• What does the Mentor Protégé program have to do with JVs?  Plus a brief overview of the program.
• How does a JV become and stay eligible for small business (and specific types) of set aside contracts?
• An overview of recent regulatory changes in this area of law.

June 8 – IP in Government Contracting

• Preserving Rights to Inventions Conceived or First Reduced to Practice under Government Funded Contracts and Grants (Understanding Bayh-Dole)
• Strategies to Protecting Rights in IP Used, Modified or Improved with Government Funding
• Ownership and License Rights to Technical Data and Computer Software under the FAR/DFARS
• Licensing IP associated with Commercial Items
• Rights of Subcontractors to IP Produced Under the Subcontract
• Government Contractor Rights to Indemnification against Infringement Suits by Third Parties

July 13 Negotiating Subcontractor Terms and Conditions

• The Need for a Negotiated Agreement
• The Most Important Terms That Require Negotiation
• Mandatory vs. Permissive Flow-Downs
• Courted as a Small Business – Don’t Represent Until You Know the Affiliation Rules
• Update on Section 889 – A Possible Barrier to Entry at All Tiers