--- title: The Source Selection Bootcamp® Part I, The Basics Syllabus - The FAR Bootcamp author: Mary Nevius url: https://thefarbootcamp.com/the-source-selection-bootcamp-part-i-the-basics-syllabus --- # THE SOURCE SELECTION BOOTCAMP^®^ ### Part I – The Basics THE SOURCE SELECTION BOOTCAMP^®^ **Part I – The Basics**, is a 2 1/2-day introduction to the topic. It is designed for those who have had little or no formal training in the rules that govern competitive negotiated acquisitions and little or no practical experience in their conduct. The course covers the rules about competition, proposal solicitation, contractor selection, and contract award. It includes detailed descriptions of source selection steps, procedures, and documentation. Course hours are 8:30 am until 3:30pm the first two days and 8:30 am to Noon on the third day. ### Topics What is *competition*? What is *best value*? What is a *negotiated contract*? What is *source selection*? Where and what are the rules? What are the FAR Guiding Principles? What is *procurement integrity*? What is *streamlining*? What is *acquisition planning*? What is *source selection planning*? What are the methods of source selection? Trade-off process Lowest-price technically-acceptable Value-adjusted total evaluated price Highest technically rated, fair and reasonable price What are the source selection process steps? Who is in charge? What is a *synopsis*? What are the parts of a solicitation? Model contract Instructions and evaluation factors How are the parts of solicitations organized? Uniform contract format Commercial items format Combined synopsis/solicitation Construction format What are *proposals* and what’s in them? Offers (promises) Other proposal content What are *proposal modifications*? What are *proposal revisions*? What are *oral presentations* How to handle late proposals What is *evaluation*? What is phased evaluation? What is an *evaluation team*? Functions Organization Membership and size What are *evaluation factors*? Offer factors Offeror factors What are the mandatory evaluation factors? What are evaluation findings? What is “relative importance”? What are *strengths* and *weaknesses*? What are *deficiencies*? What does *unacceptable* mean? What is *cost realism* analysis? What is *price realism* analysis? What is cost and fee or price *reasonablenes*s? What is *rating*(scoring) and why is it done? Adjectival/color systems Numerical systems What is *ranking*? What are *paired comparisons*? What are *tradeoffs*,and how do you make them? What is evaluation documentation? What are *clarifications*? What are *communications*? What is the *competitive range*? What are *discussions*? What are the rules about *proposal revisions*? Who makes the selection decision? What rules govern selection decisions? What is *contract formation*? How are contracts awarded? What notifications must be made, and when? When are *debriefings* required? What is debriefing content and procedure? What is a *protest*? What is “case law”? What organizations handle protests? Who may file protests? When must protests be filed? What is *corrective action*? When may an agency cancel a source selection? When is a source selection complete?