The Professional Services Council
Announces
dates for fall
2008
Service Contract Act Training
Conferences
October 1-3,
Los Angeles, CA
Doubletree Hotel at LAX, 1985 Grand
Ave., El Segundo, CA
December
8-10, Washington, DC
Location TBD
AGENDA
REGISTER NOW!
This
program is the only SCA training conducted in partnership with the
U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division,
and is a continuation of the Contract Services Association's (CSA)
highly successful Service Contract Act Training Conference. (The
Contract Services Association and the Professional Services Council
merged on January 1, 2008, and retained the name Professional
Services Council).
As was done in the past, the training conference will
be preceded by a half-day fundamentals course – designed for the
beginner or those needing a refresher on the basics of SCA prior to
the training conference, which will focus on current issues.
Why You Should Attend the SCA
Training Conference
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The Service Contract Act is one of the
most technically challenging aspects of competing for the award
of, and successfully administering a federal service contract.
SCA sets minimum pay and benefit rates for many service
occupations.
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The SCA affects many different decisions made
by many different people in a company. Everyone, from
executive leadership to proposal writers, to accountants,
project managers, and human resource specialists, needs to be
conversant with the requirements of the act. This course will
give your staff the knowledge to be SCA-savvy in opportunity
identification, capture strategy, bid/no-bid decisions, contract
pricing, contract price adjustments, wage determinations, and
fringe benefit calculations.
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This training conference is also your chance to
spend time with the regulators who oversee your company's SCA-covered
activities, and to interact with seasoned industry experts
in SCA administration.
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You will leave with a thorough knowledge of
regulations, a deep understanding of how the regulations
are enforced, and the ability to implement industry “best
practices” in your company's compliance activities. In
addition, you will be provided up-to-date information on the
most critical issues relating to the SCA.
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Attendees will be provided a very complete
training manual that includes copies of the presentations
and contact information for presenters and other relevant agency
personnel. PSC will also facilitate the ability of course
attendees to contact all of the presenters, post-conference, for
follow-up questions and comments.
Instructors
During this unique, one-of-a-kind
program, presenters will include representatives from the U.S.
Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, and agency labor
advisors from the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
Attorneys specializing in labor law, representatives from
contractors experienced in federal contract labor standards, and
federal agency contracting officers, will, on occasion, be
integrated into the presentations.
Facilitating the presentations and
the overall conference for PSC will be Al Corvigno, retired
Lockheed-Martin Labor-Relations Director and Diane Truman,
retired Department of the Navy Labor
Advisor. These two individuals, who now provide “Practitioners
Training Programs” and advice to clients through Contractor
Solutions Group, Inc., share over 80 years of experience in applying
the SCA and Davis-Bacon and related acts.
Recommended
Attendees
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Contractor program managers,
project managers, and finance managers, who have responsibility
regarding federal service contract performance
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Business development and contract
personnel responsible for researching, evaluating, and preparing
contract proposals, cost estimates, contract invoices, and
requests for contract price adjustments
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Human resources and payroll
office personnel responsible for employee hiring,
classifications, wage and salary determinations, fringe benefit
programs, and labor-relations issues including recognition of
bargaining units, collective bargaining, and related
determinations
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Contractor personnel interacting
directly with federal agency contracting officers, federal
labor-law enforcement personnel, and employee representatives,
in matters pertaining to performance of the contract, compliance
with applicable federal labor laws, and other labor standards
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Federal contracting agency
contracting officers responsible for administering agency
requirements under the Federal Acquisition Regulations and
related regulations and statutes.
AGENDA
SCA
Fundamentals
October 1 (LA) December 8
(DC)
1p.m.
–
4:30 p.m.
This session will help
attendees get the most out of the full training conference by
explaining the fundamentals of the SCA to either the beginner or
someone needing a refresher. It is not a stand-alone course.
SCA Training
Conference
October 2-3 (LA) December 9-10 (DC)
Day 1,
8:15
a.m.
– 4:30
p.m.
(breakfast and lunch provided)
Day 2,
8:15
a.m.
– 12:30
p.m.
(breakfast provided)
In addition to the basic issues of
applicability of SCA and related contract labor laws, exemptions,
wage determinations, wages, hours, and benefit requirements, and
compliance issues, the program will expand on the subjects of::
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Employee classifications,
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Collective bargaining agreements under SCA Section
4(c), and
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Contract proposals and price adjustments resulting
from SCA impact on fixed-price contracts.
Discussions will include the applicability
of related federal statutes, including the Davis-Bacon Act, the
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act,
the National Labor Relations Act, and other pertinent labor/management
relations statutes.
Attendees will not only obtain the
most basic interpretation of federal contract labor laws applicable
to service contracting, but will be offered up-to-date information
on issues pertinent to the most significant cost factors in service
contracting.
Registration
|
Registration: |
Fundamentals
(1/2 day)
and
Training Conference
(1
1/2 Days) |
Training Conference Only
(1 1/2 Days) |
|
Member
Price |
$945.00 |
$795.00 |
|
Non-Member Price |
$1095.00 |
$895.00 |
REGISTER NOW!
