Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025
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Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025

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  • Level: Advanced Practitioner
  • Format: On Demand
  • Contact Hours: 5

Developed in collaboration with leading procurement experts, the Contract Management Learning Path includes four engaging recorded sessions designed to expand your knowledge and enhance your professional skills. After successfully completing the assessment, participants will earn a digital badge recognizing their achievement and new competency.

This learning path provides public procurement professionals a comprehensive understanding of the contract life cycle, which consists of three phases: Pre-Award, Award, and Post-Award. Through four engaging sessions, participants will explore each phase in detail while gaining hands-on experience through real-world examples.

Speakers: Mike Whalen, NIGP-CPP, CPPB, Michelle Currier, Chief Learning Officer at NCMA 

 

Session 1: Contract Life Cycle Overview and Guiding Principles
Contracting begins when a need is identified and ends with contract closeout. This session will provide an overview of the three phases of the contract life cycle – Pre-Award, Award, and Post-Award. Participants will explore the guiding principles that apply to all phases of the contract life cycle and provide the framework for successful contract management.  

Session 2: The Pre-Award Phase – Developing a Solicitation
The pre-award phase lays the groundwork for an effective procurement. This session will guide participants through the key steps involved in solicitation planning, performing market research, developing statements of work, and contracting methods and contract types. Using real-world case studies, participants will gain hands-on experience in building a strong foundation for procurement contracts. 

Session 3: The Award Phase – Evaluating, Negotiating, and Selecting
The award phase of the contract life cycle involves the tasks and actions performed after receipt of offers to produce an awarded contract. This session will explore price and cost analysis, negotiations, selecting a source, and debriefing offerors. Participants will engage in interactive exercises to analyze proposals and determine the most advantageous contract award decisions. 

Session 4: The Post-Award Phase – Managing Contract Performance
The post-award phase involves contract administration and contract closeout. This session will focus on contract oversight, handling performance issues and contract disputes, managing changes, and contract closeout. Participants will take part in hands-on exercises to acquire experience with performing the job tasks and competencies required to ensure satisfactory performance and bring a contract to a successful conclusion. 

Pricing:
PriceCostBeginsEnds
Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025 (Member Black Friday 25)$79.0011/18/202512/05/2025
Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025 (Member)$99.00 11/17/2025
Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025 (Non-Member Black Friday 25)$120.0011/18/202512/05/2025
Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025 (Non-Member)$150.00 11/17/2025
Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025 (Member) $99.00
Contract Management Learning Path On Demand: NIGP Forum 2025 (Non-Member) $150.00

Objectives

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Session 1: Contract Life Cycle Overview and Guiding Principles

  • Identify each phase of the contract life cycle.
  • Describe the guiding principles and their importance in successful contract management.

Session 2: The Pre-Award Phase – Developing a Solicitation

  • Outline the steps in the typical market research cycle.
  • Explain the elements in a typical statement of work.
  • Apply the appropriate contracting method and contract type based on goals and risks.
  • Identify the components of a solicitation package.

Session 3: The Award Phase – Evaluating, Negotiating, and Selecting

  • Utilize cost analysis and price analysis to support fair and reasonable price determinations.
  • Apply tradeoff and Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) selection methods in proposal evaluations.
  • Analyze documentation of source selection decisions.
  • Develop a negotiation plan.
  • Explain the purpose and information provided during debriefings. 

Session 4: The Post-Award Phase – Managing Contract Performance

  • Identify the key areas of contract administration.
  • Explain the contract changes process.
  • Describe the process for managing performance issues.
  • Address contract disputes and claims.
  • Outline the steps in the contract closeout process. 

 

Intended Audience

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

  • Mid-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as senior buyers, managers, directors, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

  • Non-procurement managers and supervisors who either provide procurement functions that support entity programs under delegated authority, or who already have a good understanding of basic procurement principles but wish to get more in-depth, hands-on training.   

  • Professionals who are employed by local governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly funded or created entities) who either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

  • Supplier managers and supervisors seeking to understand the public procurement function from a more in-depth holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.  

Completion Requirements

  • Complete all On-Demand content
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