THIRD PARTY CONTRACTING BY UMTA GRANTEES HANDBOOK. A TRANSIT TRAINING PROGRAM. FINAL REPORT

The purpose of this project was to develop and conduct a 4-day procurement course, at the university level, for UMTA grantees working with UMTA Third Party Contracting programs at urban mass transit authorities. The seminar aimed to increase their knowledge, understanding, and perspective of the third party contracting program. Two pilot courses were developed and conducted at George Washington University in January and February of 1989. A course curriculum and handbook was developed that incorporated agency procurement contractual policies, procedures and guidelines of a legal, political, regulatory and procedural nature. The comments and critiques of the 47 students were used to develop the recommendations for the program and are documented in this report. Recommendations called for the institutionalization and implementation of the training program to various locations throughout the U.S. Additional courses, of similar design and structure, were recommended, namely: Cost and Pricing, Small Purchase Procedures and Practices, Warranties, and Contract Administration. This final report summarizes the seminar's approach, analyzes and documents the recommendations. The handbook, under separate cover, provides the principles of procurement policies, procedures, and practices of third party contracting for UMTA grantees. It serves as a ready desk reference book.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Companion report is titled Third Party Contracting by UMTA Grantees Handbook, UMTA-DC-11-0018-89-2.
• Corporate Authors:

  George Washington Transportation Research Institute. Center for Intelligent Systems Research

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  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Lippert, L
• Publication Date: 1989-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Grant aid; Handbooks; Procurement; Training
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration; Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: Third party contracting
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 11
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00484828
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-DC-11-0018-89-1
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-DC-11-0018
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1989 12:00AM