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Workshop on Improving the Quality System Specifications for EPA's Contracts
Citation:
Young, B., A R. Batterman, M. Doehnert, H. Ferguson, N. Parry, AND A Vega*. Workshop on Improving the Quality System Specifications for EPA's Contracts. USEPA 21st Annual National Conference on Managing Environmental Quality Systems, Phoenix, AZ, 4/8-11/02. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Description:
EPA is currently revising its quality-related policies for soliitations and contracts. This is a result of changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), new flexibility in contracting procedures such as simplified acquisition, and new type4s of contracting such as performance based contracts. A workgroup of quality assurance (QA) professionals from across thje Agency have been charged with updating the Agency's quality-related policies for contracts and solicitations to address these changes and take advantage of the new flexibility and procedures. This session will describe current changes to EPA's internal policies, provide an application of these policies to an EPA program, and discuss other contracting issues that will result in further changes. The workshop will close with a panel discussion on simplified acquisitions in which workshop participants will be encouraged to share their experiences, raise issues, and make recommendations for changes.