by Brianna Crandall — July 25, 2014—The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), said to be the only organization that defines, teaches and promotes best practices in design-build project delivery, has announced the award of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract #GS-02F-105BA on Schedule 84 for the seamless delivery of design-build training services to the U.S. government.
DBIA’s schedule award allows federal agencies, along with some state and local entities, to conveniently purchase DBIA’s Design-Build Done Right education and training services. GSA Federal Supply Schedules are open-ended, five-year contracts with negotiated products and services. DBIA completed a comprehensive review process in order to receive a GSA contract listing as a pre-approved GSA supplier.
As a long-established provider of quality training for the federal government, this new authorization now allows DBIA to offer its training and experience even more widely through the Federal Supply Schedule. Prices have already been deemed fair and reasonable, and contracts are in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, reducing evaluation cycles, explains DBIA.
Purchases can be made directly from a contractor’s GSA Schedule Contract, eliminating time-consuming responses to complex Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and lengthy negotiations, points out DBIA. According to the organization, the GSA has negotiated the prices, services and terms covering DBIA’s training and professional development services under the program, thereby assuring the best quality at the most economical price and an efficient and hassle-free experience.
DBIA’s focused, professional, industry-standard courses that are immediately available through the GSA Federal Supply Schedule are:
- BIM Planning for Design-Build
- Certification Exam Preparation
- Certification Workshop
- Conceptual Estimating
- Design-Build Contracts & Risk Management
- Design Management Fundamentals
- Fundamentals of Project Delivery
- High-Performance Incentive Contracting
- Owner Boot Camp—Federal Agency Acquisition Primer
- Post-Award Design-Build
- Principles of Design-Build Project Delivery
- Super-Charged Source Selection
- University Boot Camps
- Customized Boot Camps and/or Workshops
- Numerous online offerings
