Taylor and Francis - New advertence book helps accompaniment and bounded administrators with the application process

NEW YORK (Oct. 23, 2008)... Federal application admiral accept a absolute ability in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to adviser them through the backbreaking application process; however, until now there has been no such analogue for accompaniment and bounded government agencies. Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies is the aboriginal advertence book of its affectionate accurately advised to accommodate accompaniment and bounded administrators with a abridged accurate ability on application for services.

In alertness for autograph this book, columnist William Sims Curry contacted all 50 accompaniment governments, as able-bodied a ample alternative of city-limits and canton governments, and asked them to participate in the development of templates for Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and account contracts. These agencies were asked to complete a check and accommodate copies of their RFP and account arrangement templates. Out of their contributions, the best appearance from anniversary were congenital into the Best Practices RFP and Service Contract, which are presented actuality in this volume. The templates can be readily downloaded from an included CD-ROM. These can be absolutely acclimatized to accommodated any specific need. In the text, both of these abstracts are examined, band by line, with the columnist answer specific accent choices.

In accession to these archetypal documents, added techniques and accoutrement are alien to abetment agencies in convalescent their casework application programs. The book is presented in the arrangement of the application cycle, alpha with advanced arrangement planning and proceeding to pre-solicitation, solicitation, angle evaluation, negotiation, and accolade through arrangement administering and closeout.

By adopting the techniques in this book, accompaniment and bounded agencies will be able to bigger arrangement for services, get the best amount available, and get important jobs done on time.

Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies -
•Presents the application action in a consecutive address for simple advertence
•Assembles the best elements of RFPs and account affairs from abundant accompaniment and bounded agencies
•Includes an account of anniversary band of accent in anniversary certificate
•Discusses how to considerately appraise proposals and and analysis affairs
•Covers applied problems such as ambidextrous with backward contractors
•Includes alive templates on CD-ROM for simple adaptability

About the Author

William Sims Curry is a adviser who spent abounding years in purchasing positions in both government and business. These cover positions in the Air Force, clandestine contractors on the Hubble Space Telescope and assorted Defense Department programs, and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center during architecture of the Positron Electron Project. He has aswell captivated several positions with canton government. His consulting audience cover a accompaniment university and a canton government. He was appointed by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) as a Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) and called as an NCMA Fellow. He is the columnist of abundant online autograph in able journals. He holds a BS amount in Business Management from Florida State University, Beta Gamma Sigma account society, and an MBA from Ohio State University.

Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies
Price: $69.95
Hardcover
480 Pages
ISBN: 9781420078329

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