ACQ 265 / ACQ 265V: Mission-Focused Services Acquisition
This course is for the acquisition workforce who buy services for the government.
Built around the government's seven-step Service Acquisition Process and the Acquisition Requirements Roadmap Tool (ARRT), the course is hands-on and team-based. Participants work through planning a services acquisition, developing and defining performance-based requirements, shaping the business strategy, selecting a contractor, and assessing performance once the work is underway — applying the tools to real requirements rather than reading about them. The result is requirements documents that say what the mission actually needs and performance measures that mean something when it's time to assess the contractor.
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 — mostly services contracts, spanning RDT&E, engineering, medical, and major weapon-system programs. She draws on that experience, along with her law degree and MBA studies, to teach the why behind the how — so participants leave with sharper judgment, not just a process 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: Members of a service acquisition team — contracting officers, contract specialists, contracting officer's representatives, quality assurance personnel, and the requiring-activity and program staff who develop and execute performance requirements and business strategies for contracted services.
Format: Five-day course, delivered in person or virtually as the DAU/WarU-equivalent of ACQ 265. The full course awards 30 CLPs to eligible federal acquisition workforce attendees. See Building Better Service Requirements and Performance Based Acquisition for related courses.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
This course is for the acquisition workforce who buy services for the government.
Built around the government's seven-step Service Acquisition Process and the Acquisition Requirements Roadmap Tool (ARRT), the course is hands-on and team-based. Participants work through planning a services acquisition, developing and defining performance-based requirements, shaping the business strategy, selecting a contractor, and assessing performance once the work is underway — applying the tools to real requirements rather than reading about them. The result is requirements documents that say what the mission actually needs and performance measures that mean something when it's time to assess the contractor.
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 — mostly services contracts, spanning RDT&E, engineering, medical, and major weapon-system programs. She draws on that experience, along with her law degree and MBA studies, to teach the why behind the how — so participants leave with sharper judgment, not just a process 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: Members of a service acquisition team — contracting officers, contract specialists, contracting officer's representatives, quality assurance personnel, and the requiring-activity and program staff who develop and execute performance requirements and business strategies for contracted services.
Format: Five-day course, delivered in person or virtually as the DAU/WarU-equivalent of ACQ 265. The full course awards 30 CLPs to eligible federal acquisition workforce attendees. See Building Better Service Requirements and Performance Based Acquisition for related courses.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.