The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Training Center (NTC) presented a series of broadcasts on how to improve the contracting process for planning and NEPA documents as part of the Planning/NEPA Forum series. These forums cover current and important planning- or NEPA- related topics. Previous topics include: connected actions; purpose and need; administrative record; and cooperating agencies.
Subtitles:
Initiating Planning and NEPA Contracts, originally broadcast January 31, 2013, length: 90 minutes.
Managing Planning and NEPA Contracts, originally broadcast February 28, 2013, length: 90 minutes
Closing Out Planning and NEPA Contracts, broadcast date March 28, 2013, length: 120 minutes
During the Contract Initiation broadcast, an expert panel talked about what contracting is, when and why to consider contracting a planning or NEPA project; reviewed guidance; discussed ways to improve writing statements of work, requests for proposals, and memoranda of understanding; and how to evaluate proposals.
During the contract management broadcast, the panel talked about how to improve the contracting process, including managing communication, managing the day-to-day mechanics, and managing the scope or statement of work.
On the contract close-out broadcast, we talked about how to modify, fund, and successfully complete a contract. This includes the contractor's role in compiling the administrative record and responding to legal challenges.
Questions from the audience were answered at the end of each broadcast.
Target Audience: This broadcast is primarily for BLM employees who are involved in initiating, managing, or closing-out contracts for planning and NEPA documents.
Expert Panel:
· Chris Carlton, BLM Planning & Environmental Coordinator, Wyoming State Office
· Molly Cobbs, BLM Planning & Environmental Coordinator, Anchorage District Office
· Cindy Kleinholz, BLM Contracting Officer, National Operations Center
· Cathy Humphrey (host), BLM Training Coordinator, National Training Center
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Click here to view Contract Close-out