Invite DCAA to Speak to Your Small Business
DCAA offers free educational presentations for industry events and webinars. Through DCAA’s Small Business Program, we share information about audit requirements and resources that help businesses better understand the evolving government contracting environment. With continued changes across the acquisition landscape, these sessions are designed to provide useful context and awareness for businesses navigating federal contracting.
If you are planning a conference, industry day, webinar, or small business event, consider including DCAA as part of the discussion.
Engagement Details
Format: In-person engagement, webinar, or panel discussion
Platforms: Microsoft teams, conference line
Length: 45 minute presentation followed by a 15 minute Q&A for a total of an hour.
Target Audience:
- Small Business Entities: Organizations that play a critical role in driving industrial innovation, fostering economic competition, and delivering specialized technologies to support national security missions.
- Government Resource Partners: Federally funded or supported organizations that offer complimentary training, mentoring, and technical assistance to entrepreneurs.
- Government Personnel: Specialized acquisition professionals within procurement lifecycle who define mission requirements, oversee contract awards, and ensure that acquired commercial solutions directly support operational readiness and regulatory standards.
Available Presentations
- Introduction to DCAA & the Audit Process: Understand DCAA's organizational structure, its role in defense contracting, audit opinions, and how to prepare for the process effectively.
- Understanding FAR Compliance Requirements: Gain a practical overview of the FAR and DFARS, highlighting who must comply and the most common contract requirements.
- Cost of Doing Business - Indirect Rates: Explore the life cycle of indirect rates (G&A and OH), including provisional billing, cost allocation bases, and best practices for finalizing rates.
- Elements of an Adequate Proposal: Learn to craft compliant proposals that align with evaluation criteria, covering essential cost elements and successful proposal development.
- America's Seed Fund (SBIR & STTR): Discover how your company can benefit from SBIR and STTR programs, DCAA's role, and how to prepare for related audits.
- Incurred Cost Submissions (ICS): Receive a thorough breakdown of the ICS process, covering due dates, required schedules, adequacy reviews, and tools for a timely submission.
- A DCAA Perspective: Pathways to Payment: Explore best practices for invoicing under cost-reimbursable contracts, interim reimbursements, pre-payment assessments, and the PIEE system.
- The Mentor-Protege Program (MPP): We guide small business proteges through the program, emphasizing financial compliance and FAR and DFARS-compliant accounting requirements.