Prerequisites
None
Credits
Seminar participants may earn 20 CPE credits or may qualify for 20 PDPs
Cost
$450 Government and Non-profit employees
$600 All other attendees
Seminar Topics
The Public Contracting Overview Seminar includes the following topics:
- Obtaining best value
- Public purchasing principles and goals
- Overview of state procurement statutes
- Reforms to the public design and construction laws signed into law on July 19, 2004
- Sources of law and legal requirements for public contracts
- Public contracts under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code
- Practical considerations for contract drafting
- Consumer protection, fraud in procurement, and antitrust laws
- Fair labor standards
- Ethics laws and considerations