Contract Management

ESI's contract management courses can help you stay abreast of contract law, best practices, regulations, procedures and reforms for ever step of the procurement process. They also serve as building blocks for professionals who wish to focus on specialized contracting skills. Individuals may take the courses as needed or apply them toward the following certificates:

• Associate's Certificate in Contract Management
• Master's Certificate in Government Contracting

Government Contracting Core Courses

• Federal Contracting Basics (CON 110)
• Contract Pricing
• Negotiation Strategies and Techniques
• Source Selection: The Best Value Process (CON 111)
• Operating Practices in Contract Administration (CON 112)*

Specialized Contracting Courses

• Administration of Commercial Contracts
• Advanced Business Solutions in Contracting (CON 353)**
• Advanced Contract Administration
• Advanced Source Selection
• Applied Earned Value Management
• Business Law and the UCC: Principles and Practices
• CON 100: Shaping Smart Business Arrangements
• CON 120: Mission Focused Contracting**
• CON 215: Intermediate Contracting for Mission Support**
• CON 218: Advanced Contracting for Mission Support**
• Construction Contracting
• Contract Closeout
• Contract Disputes and Terminations
• Contract Purchasing System Review (CPSR):
  Understanding and Successfully Managing the Process
• Cost Estimating
• COTR Management of IT Service Contracts
• COTR Training Program
• CPIC and the Exhibit 300
• Design-Build Contracting
• Earned Value Management Fundamentals (BCF 102)
• FAR Part 15: The FAR Part 15 Rules, Policies and Procedures
• Federal Appropriations Law
• Federal Supply Schedule Contracting
• Government Contract Audits
• Government Contract Law
• Government Cost Accounting
• GWACs, IDIQ Contracts and Schedules:
  Selling and Buying under Established Contracts
• Incentive Contracts
• International Contracting
• IT Contracting
• Making Effective Presentations: Fundamentals
• Managing Outsourcing Contracts
• Managing Performance-Based Service Awards
• Managing Cost-Reimbursement Contracts
• Market Research and Commercial Item Acquisition
• Overview of Government Contracting
• Patents, Technical Data and Computer Software
• Performance-Based Acquisition: Preparing Work Statements
• Preaward Business Decisions in Contracting (CON 214)
• Project Management for Contracting Professionals
• Simplified Acquisition
• Subcontract Management in Government Contracting
• Task Order Contracting
• Understanding the Cost Accounting Standards

Each ESI course serves as a stepping-stone for career development. Students may pursue a master's certificate or earn professional credits such as PDUs, CEUs and CLEs, through ESI’s contract management courses.

Earn continuing education credits

DAU Equivalency

Select ESI courses are now approved for Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Equivalency, granted only for ESI-delivered courses.

• CON 100
• CON 110
• CON 111
• CON 112
• CON 120**
• CON 210
• CON 214
• CON 215**
• CON 218**
• CON 353**
• BCF 102

DAU Equivalency Courses