Mission-Focused Services Acquisition (covers the ACQ 265 (FED) competencies)
This course is for the civilian acquisition workforce who buy services for the government.
Built around the 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 federal civilian 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 and tailored to your organization's priorities. Eligible attendees can earn 8 CLPs per day. A note on CLPs: This course earns continuous learning points (CLPs) that FAC-C, FAC-COR, and FAC-P/PM holders can apply toward the continuous learning points. Because agencies set their own rules on what qualifies, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm how it applies to your plan.
For teams that want a shorter, focused engagement, please see Building Better Service Requirements or Performance Based Acquisition.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
This course is for the civilian acquisition workforce who buy services for the government.
Built around the 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 federal civilian 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 and tailored to your organization's priorities. Eligible attendees can earn 8 CLPs per day. A note on CLPs: This course earns continuous learning points (CLPs) that FAC-C, FAC-COR, and FAC-P/PM holders can apply toward the continuous learning points. Because agencies set their own rules on what qualifies, check with your Acquisition Career Manager (ACM) to confirm how it applies to your plan.
For teams that want a shorter, focused engagement, please see Building Better Service Requirements or Performance Based Acquisition.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.