IDIQ Contracts: Awarding & Ordering — One-Day Essentials
Did you know that placing an order under an existing IDIQ takes a contracting officer about 145 days less than awarding a new contract, saving an estimated $37,000 per order?
This course is for government contracting professionals who want to build IDIQ expertise: how to structure and award them, how to place orders that fit squarely within scope, and how to protect their organization by ensuring fair opportunity requirements are followed.
More federal dollars move through IDIQs than almost any other vehicle — which means more of them get run on autopilot, with money and compliance left exposed. This course takes the IDIQ apart: how the structure really works, how to compete and issue task orders cleanly, and how to administer the whole thing so the flexibility that makes IDIQs powerful doesn't become the gap that gets you protested.
The course covers what IDIQ contracts are, the indefinite-delivery family, single- versus multiple-award, and the scope, ceiling, and ordering period that bound every order. It covers how to place orders that fit within the contract's scope: reading the underlying contract's scope, distinguishing an in-scope requirement from one that falls outside the vehicle, running fair opportunity and applying its exceptions, and documenting the order. It also covers the common mistakes and how to avoid them.
This course is taught by Melinda Milheim, JD, who spent her federal career in the acquisition workforce. She served as a Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer's Representative for the U.S. Navy and the Department of Health and Human Services / Indian Health Service, where she worked on more than $7.7 billion in federal contracts — spanning commercial, RDT&E, engineering, medical, and major weapon-system programs. She awarded and administered IDIQ contracts and taught government personnel how to keep their orders squarely within scope — producing a 100% first-time legal review approval rate. Melinda draws on that experience, along with her law degree and MBA studies, to teach a deeper understanding — the why behind the how — so participants leave with sharper judgment, not just a stack of slides to follow. An award-winning DAU/WarU (DAWIA and FAI) instructor, she has taught more than 1,000 federal acquisition workforce students across 20-plus agencies.
Best for: contracting officers, contract specialists, CORs, and program and project managers who want to award IDIQ contracts and place orders with the confidence that they will hold up to scope, ceiling, and legal review.
Format: Available as a one-day (8 CLPs/0.8 CEU) course, delivered in person or virtually. Phoenix Canyon issues every attendee a certificate of completion documenting the number of training hours as well as CEUs and CLPs earned, which eligible attendees may apply toward Continuous Learning or Professional Development requirements at their organization’s discretion. Phoenix Canyon is a DAU/WarU equivalent course provider.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
Did you know that placing an order under an existing IDIQ takes a contracting officer about 145 days less than awarding a new contract, saving an estimated $37,000 per order?
This course is for government contracting professionals who want to build IDIQ expertise: how to structure and award them, how to place orders that fit squarely within scope, and how to protect their organization by ensuring fair opportunity requirements are followed.
More federal dollars move through IDIQs than almost any other vehicle — which means more of them get run on autopilot, with money and compliance left exposed. This course takes the IDIQ apart: how the structure really works, how to compete and issue task orders cleanly, and how to administer the whole thing so the flexibility that makes IDIQs powerful doesn't become the gap that gets you protested.
The course covers what IDIQ contracts are, the indefinite-delivery family, single- versus multiple-award, and the scope, ceiling, and ordering period that bound every order. It covers how to place orders that fit within the contract's scope: reading the underlying contract's scope, distinguishing an in-scope requirement from one that falls outside the vehicle, running fair opportunity and applying its exceptions, and documenting the order. It also covers the common mistakes and how to avoid them.
This course is taught by Melinda Milheim, JD, who spent her federal career in the acquisition workforce. She served as a Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer's Representative for the U.S. Navy and the Department of Health and Human Services / Indian Health Service, where she worked on more than $7.7 billion in federal contracts — spanning commercial, RDT&E, engineering, medical, and major weapon-system programs. She awarded and administered IDIQ contracts and taught government personnel how to keep their orders squarely within scope — producing a 100% first-time legal review approval rate. Melinda draws on that experience, along with her law degree and MBA studies, to teach a deeper understanding — the why behind the how — so participants leave with sharper judgment, not just a stack of slides to follow. An award-winning DAU/WarU (DAWIA and FAI) instructor, she has taught more than 1,000 federal acquisition workforce students across 20-plus agencies.
Best for: contracting officers, contract specialists, CORs, and program and project managers who want to award IDIQ contracts and place orders with the confidence that they will hold up to scope, ceiling, and legal review.
Format: Available as a one-day (8 CLPs/0.8 CEU) course, delivered in person or virtually. Phoenix Canyon issues every attendee a certificate of completion documenting the number of training hours as well as CEUs and CLPs earned, which eligible attendees may apply toward Continuous Learning or Professional Development requirements at their organization’s discretion. Phoenix Canyon is a DAU/WarU equivalent course provider.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.