Advanced Simplified Acquisition Procedures Workshop

Overview

Reinforce your confidence in successfully using simplified acquisition procedures (SAP) to help meet mission needs. In this immersive workshop, you will gain focused practice in vital skills such as oral solicitation, negotiation, and streamlined documentation. Leverage simplified procedures for diverse acquisitions from non-commercial product and noncommercial services procurements up to $350,000 and commercial products and commercial services acquisition up to $9 million. Outcomes include confidence, efficiency, productivity, communication, and compliance.

Who Attends

This course is designed for acquisition and contracting professionals who wish to increase their mastery of applying Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 procedures for acquisitions for non-commercial products and non-commercial services and FAR Part 12 procedures for commercial products and commercial services.

Course Level: Advanced
CLP: 24 | CPE: 24
Duration: 3 days

Price: $ 1359.00 Course prices shown here do not include a credit card surcharge. Payments by ACH, EFT, or check do not include the surcharge and are offered at a lower price. At checkout, you may choose a payment method that avoids the credit card surcharge.
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Available Dates

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July 6 - July 8, 2026

Class ID: 261277004

Virtual

9 AM - 5 PM EST

August 10 - August 12, 2026

Class ID: 261277005

Virtual

9 AM - 5 PM EST

Learning Objectives

Identify unique aspects of acquisitions using simplified acquisition procedures (SAP)
Communicate with industry to solicit and negotiate contract objectives
Produce appropriate documentation in accordance with SAP
Use simplified procedures to acquire an open market item
Use FAR 12.4 micro-purchase procedures to purchase a product or service
Use FAR 12.201-1(e)(3) procedures to establish a blanket purchase agreement (BPA)
Use FAR 12.201-1(e)(3) procedures to place a call against an existing blanket purchase agreement (BPA)
Use FAR Part 12 SAP and FAR Part 18 procedures to conduct an emergency acquisition
Use FAR Part 12 SAP and FAR Part 36 procedures to conduct a construction acquisition
Use FAR Part 12 SAP and FAR Part 35 procedures to conduct a research and development (R&D) acquisition

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Course Activities

Participants must submit all graded activities and must also achieve at least 70% (44 of 64 total points) average on all the graded activities:

Pre-assessment (Opening Exercises): 2 points
Can I Use SAP? (Lesson 1): 12 points
Elevator Maintenance, Part 2 (Lesson 3): 10 points
Elevator Maintenance, Part 3 (Lesson 3): 6 points
Big-Box Laptops, Part 2 (Lesson 5): 6 points
Big-Box Laptops, Part 3 (Lesson 5): 8 points
Earthquake, Part 2 (Lesson 8): 10 points
Earthquake, Part 3 (Lesson 8): 6 points
Restroom Renovation, Part 3 (Lesson 9): 2 points
End-of-Class Assessment (Lesson 11): 2 points

Course Topics

Using Simplified Acquisition Procedures

Advantages of SAP
SAP Types and Features
Exercise: Can I Use SAP?

Oral Solicitation

Benefits of Oral Solicitation
Oral Solicitation Guidelines
Oral Solicitation Modeling
Exercise: Lizard Printing, Part 1
Exercise: Lizard Printing, Part 2
Exercise: Furniflow, Part 1
Exercise: Furniflow, Part 2

Open Market Item

Requirements for an Open Market Item
Exercise: Elevator Maintenance, Part 1
Exercise: Elevator Maintenance, Part 2
Exercise: Elevator Maintenance, Part 3

Negotiation Skills

Benefits of Oral Negotiation
Oral Negotiation Guidelines and Tips
Negotiation Modeling
Exercise: ABC Solutions, Part 1
Exercise: ABC Solutions, Part 2
Exercise: Painting Etc., Part 1
Exercise: Painting Etc., Part 2

Basic Micro-Purchase

Requirements for a Micro-Purchase Without a Purchase Card
Exercise: Big-Box Laptops, Part 1
Exercise: Big-Box Laptops, Part 2
Exercise: Big-Box Laptops, Part 3

Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs)

Establishing a BPA
Exercise: More Elevator Maintenance
Requirements for Placing an Order Against a BPA
Exercise: Placing a Call

Purchase Card

Requirements for Using a Purchase Card with SAP
Purchase Request (PR) Control
Exercise: Purchasing Training, Part 1
Exercise: Purchasing Training, Part 2

Emergency Acquisition

Requirements for an Emergency Acquisition Using SAP
Exercise: Earthquake, Part 1
Exercise: Earthquake, Part 2
Exercise: Earthquake, Part 3

Construction

Requirements for Construction Using SAP
Exercise: Restroom Renovation, Part 1
Exercise: Restroom Renovation, Part 2
Exercise: Restroom Renovation, Part 3

Research and Development (R&D)

Requirements for Research and Development Using SAP
Exercise: Geotechnical Engineering Innovation

Reflection

Exercise: Reflection

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Advanced Simplified Acquisition Procedures Workshop

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For Groups

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