COR Webinar Series, Part 7 - Dealing with Poor Performance
Webinar Details
When:
Nov 15, 2017 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:56 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Crystal Blackburn, Acquisition Analyst, Policy, Practices, and Standards Branch, USDA NRCS Office of the Chief Procurement and Property Officer, Auburn, AL
- Joe Freeland, P.E., Construction Engineer, USDA NRCS National Design, Construction and Soil Mechanics Center, Fort Worth, TX
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Federal Acquisition Certification - Contracting Officer's Representatives (FAQ-COR) - 1 hour FAQ-COR CLP Credit
- State Professional Engineer - 1 hour State Specific Approval Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Participants will look at what can go wrong in a contract and what actions the government can take when faced with the poor performance of a contractor.
Please see Errata Note attachment for updates.
COR Webinar Series - This is part seven of an eight part series that will provide new CORs the foundational knowledge to perform their jobs effectively. Contracts don’t always go as planned for a variety of reasons. This webinar will look at issues that can arise during performance of a contract and how the government can address those issues. The particular focus of this webinar covers avenues available to the Contracting Officer to address poor performance and the COR’s role in this process.
This webinar is approved for 1.0 hour of CLP for those needing refresher training in basic contract administration. During sign-in, select "yes" to earn Continuing Education Credits and/or Certificate of Attendance. At the conclusion of the webinar, take the quiz and complete the CEU form to receive a training certificate by email. NRCS will forward a list of participants that received a training certificate to the certifying entity to assist with the application of credits.
This webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology.
About the Presenters
Crystal Blackburn is an acquisition analyst with the Policy, Practices, and Standards Branch under the Office of the Chief Procurement and Property Officer. Crystal has seven years of private sector contracting plus seven years of federal contracting experience, including construction and A-E, FAC-C Level II. She is an instructor for the NRCS Contract Administration for Construction Contracts course and has developed and presented numerous one-hour training modules for acquisitions CLE. Crystal is a licensed attorney.
Joe Freeland is a construction engineer on the NRCS National Design, Construction and Soil Mechanics staff. He joined the staff three years ago. Prior to that he was a project engineer in Oklahoma for over 25 years, working on construction projects for the construction, repair and rehabilitation of more than 150 flood control dams. Joe is a registered professional engineer in Oklahoma. Joe is an instructor for four NEDC courses: Fundamentals of Concrete, Construction Inspection for Project Measures, Contract Administration, and Soil Compaction and Field Control.
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