US Army Engineer District, Japan, Camp Zama, Japan

U -- TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR PLANNING AND SCHEDULING WITH P3 FOR WINDOWS AND INTRODUCTION TO SURETRAK PROJECT MANAGER (PRIMAVERA SYSTEMS, INC.) SOL DACA79-96-T-0001 DUE 020896. Contact Mr. George Sledge, 011-81-3117-63-8713. Contracting Officer is Julius Kaneshiro, 011-81-3117-63-8834. On-site training at the US Army Engineer District, Japan, Camp Zama, Japan for 20 students on the Introduction of SureTrak Project Manager (Course No. 401) and Planning & Scheduling with P3 for Windows (Course No. 501) (Primavera Systems, Inc.). Course No. 501 is targeted for new users of P3, and therefore, no prior knowledge by the student is necessary; however, a working knowledge of Windows is required. The course will provide hands-on training for all participants. The course will provide hands-on training for all participants. The course is a three day course with 11 hands-on workshops that create and track an entire project to completion using the three basic elements of project management, which are: schedule, resources and costs. The students will be taught the following: Fundamentals of Project Management; Establishing the Project Coding Structures; Develop the Schedule; Defining Calendars and Constraints; Customizing the Layout; Verifying Project Data; Managing Resources and Costs; Creating Target Plan; and, Updating the Current Schedule. Course No. 401 requires a working knowledge of Windows and is designed for small to medium sized projects. The course is a two day course in which students will learn how to plan and control projects and will create a project from scratch, define and assign resources, organize and analyze activities and update the project to show progress. The students will be taught the following: Getting to know SureTrak; Introduction to Project Management; Outlining Projects; Establishing Workweeks and Workdays; Scheduling; Introducing Layouts; Adding Activities and Relationships; Introducing Resources and their Calendars; Organizing the Summarizing Activities; Monitoring, Upd ating and Optimizing the Project; Customizing Layouts; and, Establishing Target Dates and Budgets. The class commencement date is 18 March 1996 thru 22 March 1996. The proposed action is for services which cannot be procured through full and open competition because the authority cited states only one responsible source and no other services will satisfy Agency requirements, FAR 6.302-1(c). The training shall be conducted by a Primavera Authorized Training Representative and shall be taught by a Primavera Certified Instructor. The firms that recognize and can produce required services described above are encouraged to identify themselves to the Contracting Officer and provide supporting evidence to the Contracting Officer which will permit participation in the current or future solicitations. Requests for solicitation documents must be in writing and include the solicitation number, mailing address, point of contact, telephone/fax number. For additional information, please send fax to the POCs at 011-81-462-53-8749. (338)

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