CON 2420: Architect-Engineer Indirect Rates - For DoD (DAWIA)
Architect-Engineer contracts run on indirect rates — and the professionals who understand how those rates are built are the ones who can tell a sound proposal from an inflated one. CON 2420 gives the DoD acquisition workforce that command. This specialized course concentrates on how the Architect-Engineer (A-E) community develops indirect rates, and how to analyze, evaluate, and defend them from the government's side of the table.
You'll learn to analyze a company's overhead pools and build a new indirect rate from the ground up — grounded in costs that are allowable, allocable, and reasonable. You'll work through how different types of cost flow into a rate, how direct and indirect costs interact, and how the base rate factors into the overall rate. And you'll tackle the realities that make A-E rates tricky over time: how inflation affects indirect rates on Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts across the base year and option years, so you can evaluate a rate not just for today, but for the full life of the contract.
Through discussions, real examples, and hands-on exercises, you'll build the judgment to prepare a sound government estimate, evaluate an A-E proposal with confidence, and advise acquisition strategy and programmatic risk from the business advisor's perspective. This isn't a lecture-and-leave overview — it's the practical, applied skill set that A-E contracting actually demands.
A note on certification: CON 2420 isn't one of the core DAWIA contracting certification courses — it's a specialized continuous-learning course that earns CLPs (and PDUs) and can satisfy agency-specific or elective training requirements. Because requirements vary, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm how it applies to your certification or continuous-learning plan.
Best for: DoD contracting officers, contract specialists, cost and price analysts, engineers, program and project managers, CORs, and any other personnel who work Architect-Engineer contracts and need real command of how A-E indirect rates are built, evaluated, and defended.
Format: 5 days / 40 CLPs. Classroom or virtual.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
Architect-Engineer contracts run on indirect rates — and the professionals who understand how those rates are built are the ones who can tell a sound proposal from an inflated one. CON 2420 gives the DoD acquisition workforce that command. This specialized course concentrates on how the Architect-Engineer (A-E) community develops indirect rates, and how to analyze, evaluate, and defend them from the government's side of the table.
You'll learn to analyze a company's overhead pools and build a new indirect rate from the ground up — grounded in costs that are allowable, allocable, and reasonable. You'll work through how different types of cost flow into a rate, how direct and indirect costs interact, and how the base rate factors into the overall rate. And you'll tackle the realities that make A-E rates tricky over time: how inflation affects indirect rates on Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts across the base year and option years, so you can evaluate a rate not just for today, but for the full life of the contract.
Through discussions, real examples, and hands-on exercises, you'll build the judgment to prepare a sound government estimate, evaluate an A-E proposal with confidence, and advise acquisition strategy and programmatic risk from the business advisor's perspective. This isn't a lecture-and-leave overview — it's the practical, applied skill set that A-E contracting actually demands.
A note on certification: CON 2420 isn't one of the core DAWIA contracting certification courses — it's a specialized continuous-learning course that earns CLPs (and PDUs) and can satisfy agency-specific or elective training requirements. Because requirements vary, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm how it applies to your certification or continuous-learning plan.
Best for: DoD contracting officers, contract specialists, cost and price analysts, engineers, program and project managers, CORs, and any other personnel who work Architect-Engineer contracts and need real command of how A-E indirect rates are built, evaluated, and defended.
Format: 5 days / 40 CLPs. Classroom or virtual.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.