*** As a follow-up to our conversation at the event, posted below is information related to Service Contract Inventory Annual Reporting Requirements ***

Reporting is required according to the following thresholds:

                (i) All cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, and labor-hour service contracts and orders with an estimated total value above the simplified acquisition threshold.

                (ii) All fixed-price service contracts awarded and orders issued according to the following thresholds:

                     (A) Awarded or issued in Fiscal Year 2014, with an estimated total value of $2.5 million or greater.

                     (B) Awarded or issued in Fiscal Year 2015, with an estimated total value of $1 million or greater.

                     (C) Awarded or issued in Fiscal Year 2016, and subsequent years, with an estimated total value of $500,000 or greater.

It was a great turnout with great discussion:

See you in December! 

NCMA Members

 The November 12th program will be  a panel from the Office of Acquisition and Grants Management,  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (OAGM-CMS),   Health and Human Services, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business (OSDBU),  and NCMA Headquarters.

The program will include the below topics:

• CMS Acquisition and Grants Office - A year in review - A look ahead.
• Strategic Goals Accomplishments - Strategic Goals Ahead
• Small Business Report
• Regulatory changes effecting the Contracting community

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Melissa Starinsky- Director and Head of the Contracting Activity for the Office of Acquisition & Grants Management within the Centers for Medicare 
• Anita Allen- Health and Human Services Small Business Specialist (OSDBU)
• Kraig Conrad -   CEO National Contract Management Association (NCMA) 

PLEASE READ!

ON NOVEMBER 12^TH NCMA WILL ALSO HAVE A FOOD DRIVE FOR THANKSGIVING! PLEASE PLAN TO BRING WITH YOU CANNED OR BOXED GOODS AND WE WILL HAVE A DROP OFF AT THE LUNCH AND LEARN EVENT!  PLEASE NO PERISHIBLES.  THIS IS TIME TO GIVE TO THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE ARE.  

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO A MONETARY DONATION THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED AS WELL.   

Thank You.

**Please note the new ticket pricing**

Dorothy Callahan

President NCMA Woodlawn Chapter