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

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. 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. Seminar comments and critiques of the 47 participants helped develop the recommendations documented in this report. Recommendations called for the institutionalizing and conducting the training program in various locations throughout the U.S. Additional courses, similar in design and structure, were also recommended. This handbook was designed as a desk reference book to be used by participants at their workplace. It discusses the principles of procurement policies, procedures and practices of third party contracting for UMTA grantees. The final report (UMTA-DC-11-0018-89-1) summarizes the study's technical approach, analyzes seminar results and provides recommendations for future activities.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Companion report is titled Third Party Contracting by UMTA Grantees Final Report, UMTA-DC-11-0018-89-1.
• 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: v.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: 00484829
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-DC-11-0018-89-2
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-DC-11-0018
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1989 12:00AM