American Bar Association

Section of Public Contract Law

National Contract Management Association

8 ^th Annual Federal Procurement Institute

Procurement in an Era of Conflict

February 28 – March 2, 2002

Loews Annapolis Hotel, Annapolis, Maryland

After the tragic events of September 11, 2001 the United States has launched a war on terrorism both at home and in Afghanistan. What has been the impact of this conflict on the Federal procurement process? Several panels of the Federal Procurement Institute will focus on this timely question. Additionally the Federal Procurement Institute will review and update the practitioner on a range of other timely topics.

Program topics for this two-day presentation include:

Contracting in a Time of Conflict

·       Is the system working?

¨      “Emergency” contracting

¨      Defense Production Act

¨      Old tools in a new environment

¨      Contract administration issues

·       Winners and losers – where is the money going?

·       Technology issues

Contracting for Commercial Services

·       FY 2002 legislative developments

·       Continuing efforts to align federal regulations with commercial practices

·       Changes in government-wide schedules and other contracts

Constant Conflict - Developments in Government Contract Cost Accounting

·       Allowability and allocability of legal costs and IR&D/B&P

·       Update on pension issues and asset step‑ups

·       Allowability of implementation of CAS thresholds and applicability

·       New issues - the costs of conflict

Conflict Related Bid Protest Issues

·       Increased use of sole source contracting

·       Recent GAO decisions addressing sole source awards

Selling in the Hot Spots

·       Foreign military financing program

·       FMF sales to Israel and Egypt

·       Industry perspectives on doing business in the Middle East

Supply Chain Management through E‑Commerce – Real Solutions, Real Problems

·       Exostar enterprise and Covisent business-to-business exchanges

·       Problems anticipated but not realized

·       Real problems and their solutions

·       The effect of our anti-terrorism war on B-2-B exchanges

Ethical Issues in Government-Contractor Team Building

·       Ethical framework for Government-Contractor Integrated Product Teams (IPT)

·       Ethical and professional responsibility considerations for attorneys advising IPT’s

Watch for complete details in the mail and on this website in early January 2002.