Food Service Contract Management (FSCM)

Course Description

The FSCM course is an ever-changing five (5) day course of instruction designed to train and functionally certify Contracting Officer's Representatives (COR) and Performance Assessment Evaluators (PAE) in current polices, procedures and techniques to better perform their duties and fulfill their responsibilities. Food service sanitation requirements and standards are incorporated into the program of instruction as part of the quality assurance lesson plans. Personnel designated as COR are required by AR 30-22 to be initially certified by this course and re-certified within 5 years thereafter. Instruction includes COR training as it relates to the AOR.

The focus of the course is to train personnel in how to develop performance-based work statements and quality assurance surveillance plans, properly evaluate performance and how to effectively communicate with contractor personnel and the contracting officer. Students will learn the duties and responsibilities of a COR, fundamentals of contracting, basic contract clauses, contracting policy, and how to use the Army's Prototype Performance Work Statements (PWS) and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plans (QASP). In addition, students will learn how to properly administer a food service contract using various surveillance methods, appropriate performance assessment procedures and specific evaluation/documentation techniques to ensure contract compliance. Personnel will become familiar with management indicators and critical sanitation control points required to assess sanitation practices; i.e., time and temperature discipline, personal hygiene, equipment sanitation and integrated pest management. Practical exercises, individual and group case studies are used to identify and reinforce key points.