[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 48CFR307.170-2]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                  CHAPTER 3--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 307_ACQUISITION PLANNING--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart 307.1_Acquisition Planning

 

Sec. 307.170-2  Training course prerequisites.



    (a) Project officers. (1) Newly appointed project officers, and 

project officers with less than three years experience and no previous 

related training, are required to take the appropriate ``Basic Project 

Officer'' course. (The grade level for project officers attending the 

course should be GS-7 and above.) All project officers are encouraged to 

take the appropriate ``Writing Statements of Work'' course.

    (2) Project officers with more than three years experience, and 

project officers with less than three years experience who have 

successfully completed the appropriate basic course, are qualified (and 

encouraged) to take the ``Advanced Project Officer'' course.

    (3) Project Officers on HHS projects for which HHS or OMB requires 

an Exhibit 300 [under OMB Circular A-11, part 7] must successfully 

complete either HHS'' ``Early Warning Project Management System 

Workshop'' or an equivalent Earned Value Management course (see 

paragraph 307.170(c)).

    (4) Additional information on prerequisites for attendance of these 

courses may be found in the ``DHHS Acquisition Training and 

Certification Program Handbook.''

    (b) Technical proposal evaluators. Technical proposal evaluators, 

regardless of experience, are required to take the appropriate ``Basic 

Project Officer'' course or its equivalent. Upon successful completion 

of the basic course, it is recommended that they take the appropriate 

``Advanced Project Officer'' course. Peer and objective reviewers are 

excluded from these requirements.



[66 FR 4226, Jan. 17, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 40, Jan. 3, 2005]