The Professional Services Council
2008 Service Contract Act Training Conferences

October 1-3, Los Angeles, CA
Doubletree Hotel at LAX, 1985 Grand Ave., El Segundo, CA
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December 8-10, Washington, DC
Holiday Inn Rosslyn at Key Bridge, 1900 N. Fort Myer Dr., Arlington, VA
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AGENDA

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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).

Who Should Attend

Instructors

This training is led by Al Corvigno (with almost 40 years of industry experience with Lockheed Martin, Loral, Ford Aerospace and Ford Motor Company), and Diane Truman (with almost 40 years experience as a defense agency labor advisor), with presenters from the Department of Labor.

Why You Should Attend the Professional Services Council SCA Training

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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 provisions of SCA and related contract labor standards, the full course will address employee classifications; collective bargaining agreements under SCA Sec. 4(c); payment of wages and benefits, hours worked; compliance procedures; contract proposals and contract price adjustments; challenging Department of Labor decisions; and communicating contract labor standards issues with federal procurement officials. Attendees will also be offered up-to-date information on issues pertinent to the most significant cost factors in service contracting.

Registration

Online Registration (October)

Online Registration (December)

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