If you’re working towards a FAC-C (Professional), you’re required to complete the following courses: CON 1100V, CON 1200V, CON 1300V and CON 1400V. When you sign up for these courses, please take note of the different ways to complete them: virtual instructor-led training (vILT) or vILT blended learning. 

The vILT takes seven or eight days to complete. 

The vILT blended learning takes 19 or 28 days to complete. 

If you enroll in any of these courses, please carefully select which offering best fits your preferences and schedule. 

Enroll in your preferred offering (if needed) using the following link(s):

CON 1100V - Contract Foundational Skills

CON 1200V - Contract Pre-Award

CON 1300V - Contract Award

CON 1400V - Contract Post-Award

Did you know that there are a wide variety of courses for FAC-COR Level II holders to complete to maintain their knowledge, skills and abilities when performing their work assignments? Below are just a handful of courses FAI highly recommends to obtain your continuous learning points: 

FAC 031 - Small Business Programs

FAC 057 - COR Refresher

FAC 065 - The Customer's Role on the Acquisition Team

FAC 089 - Writing Quality Past Performance Evaluations

FAC 099 - Managing the Government-Contractor Relationship

FAI welcomes Sue Hicks as the new instructional systems specialist. She has over 15 years of experience in instruction and instructional design between federal and state governments and will be supporting FAI's learning and development team. Prior to joining FAI, Sue worked at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System as the training administrator, instructing, revising online course content, managing the learning management system, strategizing to meet mission needs, and approving professional development requests. Welcome, Sue!

The Office of Management and Budget's Made in America Office is pleased to announce a new job announcement for non-reimbursable detailees in the 1102 job series to join the procurement waiver team. Detailees will support procurement waiver reviews and work with agency procurement offices from across government and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on Made in America policy. If interested, apply directly to the Open Opportunities job posting (usajobs.gov). To learn more about this opportunity, email Amy.J.Kim@omb.eop.gov.

Explore FAI's new credentials webpage, a hub for federal acquisition workforce (AWF) professionals. Enhance expertise through both Federal and DAU Credentials, bolstering credibility in federal acquisition. These credentials validate skills, boosting confidence in navigating complex acquisition processes. Discover both OFPP/FAI Federal Credentials and DAU Credentials available to the AWF. Introduced after FAC-C Modernization, they offer on-demand, just-in-time training, promoting lifelong learning. Watch our videos explaining credentials' benefits for both workforce and supervisors. Elevate your career journey today!

A FAC-C-Digital Services (DS) is required prior to being assigned requirements for digital services acquisitions over $7.5 million (or $15 million for acquisitions described in FAR Part 13.500(c)). Legacy FAC-C Level II or III holders, and FAC-C (Professional) holders with at least two years of experience can earn a FAC-C-DS and CLPs via the Digital IT Acquisition Professional (DITAP) program. Additionally, Level II or III FAC-COR and FAC-P/PM holders can earn a “Completion Certificate” and CLPs through successful completion of the DITAP Program. There are several vendors who provide the training: 

CivicActions, EAGLES, Skylight, Graduate School USA, Management Concepts and ICF.

The TechAcq Community of Practice within the Centers of Excellence at TTS is planning their Fireside Chat with GSA Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) on “SOW/SOO/PWS-The when's, why's, and how's” to be held on Sept. 7th at 11:30–12:00 p.m. ET. Grab your lunch and enjoy a quick and informative session with an acquisition policy expert. Stephen Carroll from GSA OGP will be joining to talk about the ins and outs of government requirements documents and share some best practices to make sure the government gets the best responses from industry.