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ULC Purple Book Course Description
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DPW QUALITY ASSURANCE
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Control Number:
972
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Course Number:
41DQA01A
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Length:
24
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Tuition:
$905.00
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CEUs:
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This course is for Quality Assurance Evaluators, Contracting Officer Representatives, and other personnel with contract surveillance responsibilities. It incorporates recent DoD guidance addressing techniques for service contracts using commercial item acquisition procedures.
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After completing the course, the students should be able to understand the DOD guidance, techniques, tools, and commercial item acquisition procedures as they relate to performance and service based contracts. The student should be able to prepare an SOW for QA contract as well as prepare a Quality Assurance and Surveillance Plan (QASP); for example, MEO PWS metrics/contracts.
This will be achieved through lectures, individual study, and work group activities. This course provides a detailed description of service contract surveillance techniques. Quality terms and definitions are presented and illustrated through the use of examples and practical exercises. Pertinent quality related contract clauses are identified and explained. New DoD procedures which shift the quality assurance focus from oversight to insight are addressed. The concept of partnering with the contractor to validate the contractor's quality control system, establish meaningful metrics, and monitoring of those metrics is explained. Emphasis is on understanding what is needed in terms of contractor management, worker skills, training, processes, procedures, materials, tools, equipment, facilities, and all other elements of quality control. In addition to DPW quality management techniques and responsibilities, various users' partnerships with and participation in the Corps of Engineers' quality management program and involvement in USACE management of DOD projects will be explored.
The elements of the QASP are discussed and the need for objective quality assurance data is identified. Sample Surveillance Checklists are provided and the students prepare tailored checklists in class. Surveillance methods are explained and practical exercises are used to illustrate the essential features of random sampling, planned sampling and 100 percent inspection. The use of validated customer complaints and unscheduled inspections are discussed. Applicable portions of ANSI/ASQC Z1.4, "Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Attributes" are covered in detail. Students prepare a government contract quality assurance program using a sample contract as the basis for the work which includes various Assurance QA Plan attachments such as surveillance activity checklists, inventory of services worksheets, etc. A mock surveillance action is performed and critiqued in class.
NOTE: Attendees need a calculator to benefit fully from the Practical Exercises that are an integral part of the course.
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None. This course is recommended for personnel assigned or to be assigned as Contracting Officer Representatives, Quality Assurance Evaluators, or others with contractor performance monitoring duties. However, the following GS Series - 1107, 0800, 1170, 0340, & 0020 should attend.
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| Session | Location | Start Date | End Date | Seats Open |
| 1 | Huntsville, AL | 8/6/2013 | 8/8/2013 | 13 |
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