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CPARS Overview (2.25 hours)


This training will give the student an overview of the policies and regulations governing CPARS, the CPARS Workflow, and CPARS Application functionality.

Target Audience: This class is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the CPARS process.

Updated: April 2022

CPARS Overview (2.25 hours)


This training will give the student an overview of the policies and regulations governing CPARS, the CPARS Workflow, and CPARS Application functionality.

Target Audience: This class is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the CPARS process.

Updated: April 2022

FAPIIS Overview (1 hour)


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This training will give the student an overview of the policies and regulations governing FAPIIS, including FAPIIS Application functionality such as entering and retrieving FAPIIS records.

Target Audience: This course is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the FAPIIS application.

Updated: April 2023

Ad Hoc Report


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FAPIIS Overview (1 hour)


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This training will give the student an overview of the policies and regulations governing FAPIIS, including FAPIIS Application functionality such as entering and retrieving FAPIIS records.

Target Audience: This course is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the FAPIIS application.

Updated: April 2023

FAPIIS Auto Initiate


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Access Authorization (25 minutes)


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This tutorial provides Focal Points and Alternate Focal Points with a demonstration of how to manage user access in CPARS and FAPIIS. Topics discussed include creating new access assignments, cloning contract and user access, transferring access, changing user roles, updating user profiles, resetting passwords, removing user access, and deleting accounts. There is also a demonstration of how to manage Alternate Focal Point accounts. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This class is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the CPARS process.

Updated: February 2021


Auto Register Report (7.5 minutes)


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This training will give the user an understanding of how to use the Dashboard Auto Register Report to view a list of contracts/orders that are eligible for CPARS reporting.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for Agency Points of Contact.

Updated: September 2022

Compliance Report (9.5 minutes)


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This tutorial provides users with a demonstration on how to run the Compliance Report. The Compliance Report allows to review compliance with reporting requirements by comparing contracts entered into the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS) and completed evaluations.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, and Focal Points/Alternates.

Updated: August 2022

Contract and Evaluation Status Reports COMING SOON


This tutorial provides users with a demonstration on how to run the Contract and Evaluation Status Reports. The Status Reports allows users to monitor the status of contracts and evaluations. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all CPARS users.

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Evaluation Metrics (8 minutes)


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This tutorial provides Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, and Focal Points/Alternates with a demonstration on how to run and interpret the Evaluation Metrics Report. The Evaluation Metrics Report can be used to identify the number of contracts which are in process or which have been completed, and the total of both, broken down by agency/DoD service to the organization level. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, and Focal Points/Alternates.

Updated: September 2022

Processing Times (15.5 minutes)


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This tutorial provides Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, and Focal Points/Alternates with a demonstration on how to run and interpret the Processing Times Report. The Processing Times Report can be used to help users monitor the evaluation processing times for evaluations completed within their organization to determine if the evaluation processing times are increasing or decreasing over time, being completed within the 120 day requirement and identify which stage of the evaluation workflow is creating the bottleneck.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, and Focal Points/Alternates.

Updated: April 2023

Ratings Metrics Reports (10 minutes)


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This tutorial provides Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, Focal Points/Alternates, and Corporate Senior Contractor Representatives with a demonstration on how to run and interpret the Ratings Metrics Report. The Ratings Metrics Report can be used to help monitor the distribution of ratings on completed evaluations. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, Focal Points/Alternates, and Corporate Senior Contractor Representatives.

Updated: October 2022

Registration (12 minutes)


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This tutorial provides Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, and Focal Points/Alternates with a demonstration on how to run and interpret the Dashboard. The Dashboard allows users to track the number of unregistered and registered contracts that are in current, due, and overdue status. The report is available at the agency, major command, sub-command, and contract office levels and may be displayed by date or agency/command/office. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, and Focal Points/Alternates.

Updated: September 2022

Focal Point Access Process (16 minutes)


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This tutorial provides new Focal Points with a demonstration of how to request a Focal Point account. This tutorial also provides Department Points of Contact and Agency Points of Contact with a demonstration of how to approve or deny a Focal Point access request, how to transfer access between Focal Points, and how to view a list of current Focal Points. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for new Focal Points, Department Points of Contact, and Agency Points of Contact.

Updated: January 2019

Report Scheduler (8 minutes)


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This tutorial provides Department Points of Contact and Agency Points of Contact with a demonstration on how to use the Report Scheduler to automatically run and send specific CPARS reports via email as file attachments. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all Department Points of Contact and Agency Points of Contact.

Updated: July 2021

Focal Point and Agency POC Auto Registry Function


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CPARS Overview (2.25 hours)


This training will give the student an overview of the policies and regulations governing CPARS, the CPARS Workflow, and CPARS Application functionality.

Target Audience: This class is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the CPARS process.

Updated: April 2022


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Contractor Overview (1.2 hours)


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This training will give the student an understanding of the Contractor Representative and Contractor Corporate Senior Management levels of access, the policies and regulations governing CPARS, the workflow process with particular attention to the Contractor comment function as well as an overview of the policies and regulations governing View Performance and how to view all Evaluations related to the Unique Entity ID (SAM) numbers applicable to their corporation and Comment on Integrity Records.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for Contractor Representatives and Corporate Senior Contractors.

Updated: March 2023

CPARS Overview (2.25 hours)


This training will give the student an overview of the policies and regulations governing CPARS, the CPARS Workflow, and CPARS Application functionality.

Target Audience: This class is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the CPARS process.

Updated: April 2022

Contractor Overview (1.2 hours)


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This training will give the student an understanding of the Contractor Representative and Contractor Corporate Senior Management levels of access, the policies and regulations governing CPARS, the workflow process with particular attention to the Contractor comment function as well as an overview of the policies and regulations governing View Performance and how to view all Evaluations related to the Unique Entity ID (SAM) numbers applicable to their corporation and Comment on Integrity Records.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for Contractor Representatives and Corporate Senior Contractors.

Updated: March 2023

CPARS Overview (2.25 hours)


This training will give the student an overview of the policies and regulations governing CPARS, the CPARS Workflow, and CPARS Application functionality.

Target Audience: This class is specifically targeted for those users who have minimal familiarity with the CPARS process.

Updated: April 2022

Ad Hoc Report


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Contract and Evaluation Status Reports COMING SOON


This tutorial provides users with a demonstration on how to run the Contract and Evaluation Status Reports. The Status Reports allows users to monitor the status of contracts and evaluations. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all CPARS users.

COMING SOON

Ratings Metrics Reports (10 minutes)


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This tutorial provides Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, Focal Points/Alternates, and Corporate Senior Contractor Representatives with a demonstration on how to run and interpret the Ratings Metrics Report. The Ratings Metrics Report can be used to help monitor the distribution of ratings on completed evaluations. Note that this is a not for credit informational tutorial.

Target Audience: This tutorial is specifically targeted for all Department Points of Contact, Agency Points of Contact, Focal Points/Alternates, and Corporate Senior Contractor Representatives.

Updated: October 2022

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