Sumaria Systems hosts guest speaker at National Contract Management Association (NCMA) Boston Chapter’s 47th Annual March Workshop

DANVERS, Mass. - Sumaria Systems, Inc., provider of information, technology, engineering and professional services and solutions, hosted a guest speaker at the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) Boston Chapter’s 47th Annual March Workshop held on March 12th at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.

Frank Inman, Sumaria’s Director of Contracts, did a presentation entitled, "We Have Just Won a Government Contract—Now What?" during a session on Post-Award Contract Administration in conjunction with Janet Carlson, Deputy Executive Director of Contracts for the Defense Contract Management Agency-Acquisition (DCMA-AQ), Guest Speaker for this event; and Dorothy Febbi of Electronic Systems Center (ESC) Contracts, who also presented.

This event was held to facilitate the contracting learning process between government and industry. Sessions included:

• Government & Industry Perspectives on Cost Overruns
• Intellectual Property
• Government Contracting Basics
• Subcontract Cost Issues
• Understanding the Requirements for Unique Item Identification (UID)
• Changes to Air Force Source Selection Procedures & Policies
• The Pitfalls of Fiscal Law & the Color of Money
• Cost & Schedule Management Tools - EVM, CFR, CFSR, EAC
• Simplified Acquisitions (SAT), Government Purchase Card
• Post-Award Contract Administration
• Pricing Incentives from an Industry Perspective

The Honorable Paul Cellucci, former Governor of Massachusetts and Ambassador to Canada, and now Special Counsel at McCarter & English, LLP, was the luncheon speaker at this event.

About Sumaria Systems, Inc.
Sumaria Systems, Inc. is a $40 million ISO 9001:2000 certified and CMM® Level III assessed Information, Technology, Engineering and Professional services and solutions company headquartered in Danvers, Mass. Since its inception in 1982, Sumaria has provided a wide variety of IT and Professional services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and additional government agencies. Sumaria’s geographic network of offices provides a full-range of services and local capabilities to our clients, including value-added software engineering, systems integration, and network solutions that enhance client productivity and support client cost savings through technological efficiencies and service outsourcing. (www.sumariasystems.com)

About NCMA
The National Contract Management Agency (NCMA) was formed in 1959 to foster the professional growth and educational advancement of contract management professionals. It is a membership-based, professional society, whose leadership is composed of volunteer elected officers.

The NCMA’s vision is that enterprises will succeed through improved buyer-seller relationships based on common values, practices and professional standards; and its mission is to improve organizational performance through effective contract management. (http://www.ncmahq.org/)

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