MAYOR’S OFFICE OF CONTRACT SERVICES (MOCS) COURSES
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES: How to respond to a RFP
How to develop a winning proposal
Tips for making each section of your proposal strongerTarget Audience: This course is designed for Procurement personnel who work for a small to mid-sized organization and would like to know the key components of a successful proposal
Prevailing Wage for Resident Engineers/Project Managers
This course will focus on the role of Project Managers (PM) / Resident Engineers (RE) as part of The City’s team effort to fairly enforce prevailing wage requirements on construction projects.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
An overview/history of prevailing wage laws in New York State
A review of responsibilities on prevailing wage of the City Comptroller and others on the ‘prevailing wage team’
PM/RE responsibilities at project mobilization
PM/RE issues throughout the project such as sign-in sheets, certified payrolls, and employee notifications
‘Tell-tale signs’ of potential prevailing wage abuses for the PM/RE
A ‘mock exercise’ in examining a certified payroll and related sign-in sheetTarget Audience: City agency procurement and contracting staff and Project Managers (PM)/ Resident Engineers (RE)
P6095M Days of Training: 1/2 .3 CEU N/C May 22 (9:00am-12:30pm)
Procurement Law for Beginners
This course presents a basic introduction to the legal framework for City procurements. City procurements are governed by State Law, the Charter, the Administrative Code, and the PPB Rules. The class provides an opportunity for City Procurement staff to understand the rules that procurement professionals have to follow.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVE:
The class will discuss these rules and how they apply to the decisions procurement professionals make every day in solicitations, evaluations, responsibility determinations and more.Target Audience: City Procurement staff new to the procurement process
Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for Contract Administrators
This course will focus on the role of contract administrators as part of The City’s team effort to implement NYC’s Project Labor Agreements (PLAs).
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
The course agenda will include a brief overview of the City’s PLAs as well as contract administrator responsibilities prior to contract solicitation and contract awardTarget Audience: This course is designed for Contract Administrators who wish to gain an understanding of the Project Labor Agreements
Topics in IT Contracting
This class will explore many aspects of IT procurement, including best practices in designing a solicitation, standard terms that should be included in every contract, how to structure a contract to obtain the required deliverables, how to get the best pricing from vendors, and negotiation techniques. Target audience is agency contracting and legal staffs who work on IT procurements and contracts.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
Best practices in designing a solicitation
Standard terms that should be included in every contract
How to structure a contract to obtain the required deliverables
How to get the best pricing from vendors
Negotiation techniquesTarget Audience: Agency contracting and legal staff who work on IT procurements and contracts
P6064M Days of Training: 1/2 .3 CEU N/C May 28 (9:00am-12:30pm)
P6072M Days of Training: 1/2 .3 CEU N/C Mar 12 (9:00am-12:30pm)
Understanding the VENDEX Process
In this course, participants will learn about the Vendor Information Exchange System (VENDEX), the City’s primary tool for determining vendor responsibility. Participants will learn VENDEX policies and procedures, as well as how to query the database.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
Understand the VENDEX statute and other legal requirements for determining vendor responsibility
Learn about the various VENDEX forms and the information vendors are required to provide
Use the VENDEX system, including how to conduct queries and initiate vendor name checks
Understand the sources of information that appear on the VENDEX system and how to analyze this information in making responsibility determinationsTarget Audience: City contracting personnel
Vendor Responsibility Process
In this course, participants will learn about the vendor responsibility process as governed by the Procurement Policy Board Rules. Participants will learn skills on how to analyze data and will be provided resources to help research prospective vendors.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
Understanding the legal requirements for determining vendor responsibility, including VENDEX
Review policies and processes for submitting responsibility determinations to MOCS/Comptroller
Learn skills that will enable agency personnel to gather and analyze data on prospective vendors
Learn how to gather vendor information from the Internet and other resources, including VENDEX, Lexis and other governmental databases
Step by step instructions on how to query Internet and other online resources Target Audience: This course is designed for all City Procurement personnelP6008M Days of Training: 1/2 .3 CEU N/C Feb 26 (9:00am-12:30pm)
Contract Administration
The class provides a framework for examining contract administration by focusing on essential elements of the discipline. It also provides the participant with a focused look at key considerations related to important contract terms and conditions that must be enforced during contract administration. Determining the appropriate contract administration method, preparing a relevant plan, participating in the process, evaluating the success of the contract and evaluation procedures will all be addressed.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
Examine and understand the tools needed to design, develop and formulate the process
Assess how contract administration can be continually improved to enhance contract performances
Determine the appropriate contract administration method
Prepare a relevant contract administration plan
Understand your role in the contract administration process
Learn how to evaluate a contract
Determine the success of a contractTarget Audience: All levels of Contract Managers
Developing and Managing Requests for Proposals in the Public Sector
This course is uniquely designed to prepare procurement professionals to use the RFP process to its maximum potential. The class agenda will identify the process, offer a key understanding of the elements of the proposal and ascertain ways in which the document can be used to its full capability. Pitfalls and success stories will make the class relevant and applicable when planning to incorporate this type of solicitation into the government process.
SEMINAR OBJECTIVES:
Understand the RFP planning and development process
Apply proper procedures and evaluation techniques for an effective RFP
Identify RFP problems and pitfalls before they can negatively impact you and your agency
Formulate an effective process for selection and awardTarget Audience: Procurement professionals who are entrenched in the competitive process
P1001 Days of Training: 3 1.8 CEU $695 Apr 3-5
P1002 Days of Training: 3 1.8 CEU $695 Apr 15-17