Course 1 Lessons

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Lesson 1
Understanding Procurement in U.S. State and Local Government (SLED)
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Lesson 2
Who Are the Real U.S. Buyers_ Federal vs. SLED vs. Private Sector Procurement
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Lesson 3
Overview of U.S. Procurement Systems and Portals How Federal, SLED, and Private Buyers Actually Run Their Buying Process
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Lesson 4
Federal Government Buyers How U.S. Federal Agencies Buy and How Offshore Teams Can Participate Safely
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Lesson 5
State and Local Government Buyers (SLED) The Primary Revenue Market for Offshore and International Teams
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Lesson 6
Education Sector Procurement (Schools & Universities) How U.S. Public Education Buys from Classroom Technology to District-Wide Systems
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Lesson 7
How Remote Service Provider (RSP) Teams Help U.S. Prime Contractors Win SLED Projects
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Lesson 8
Understanding a U.S. SLED Request for Proposal (RFP) How State and Local Evaluators Read, Score, and Eliminate Proposals
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Lesson 9
HOW BIDDING WORKS IN THE UNITED STATES Vendor Registration, Prequalification, Legal Forms, State Portals, and the Offshore RSP Role
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Lesson 10
LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PROCUREMENT Public Funds • Authority • Model Laws • Codes • Ethics • Responsibility • Cooperatives
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Lesson 11
Introduction to NAICS and NIGP Codes Classification, Eligibility, Visibility
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Lesson 12
Where to Find Projects Federal, State, Local, and Education Portals
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Lesson 13
HOW U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CHOOSE VENDORS Selection Methods • Defensibility • Decision Logic
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Lesson 14
EVALUATION CRITERIA & SCORING RUBRICS Weighted Scoring • Best Value • Qualitative Evaluation
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Lesson 15
Budgeting and Spending in the U.S. Government Fiscal Year Cycles
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Lesson 16
Legal Foundations of U.S. Procurement
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Lesson 17
HOW NDAs PROTECT BOTH PRIME AND OFFSHORE RSP
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Lesson 18
MASKED RELATIONSHIP MODEL_ HOW OFFSHORE TEAMS STAY INVISIBLE
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Lesson 19
HOW TO USE COLLAB P TO ACCESS AND TRACK RFPs Project Discovery • Filters • Alerts • U.S. Prime Visibility
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Lesson 20
WHAT BUYERS EXPECT FROM SERIOUS VENDORS IN SLED Evaluator Psychology • Risk Signals • Decision Safety
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Lesson 21
REMOTE PARTICIPATION RULES IN THE SLED MARKET NDA • Masked Data • Pre-Bid Support • Offshore RSP Boundaries
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Lesson 22
HOW TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS TIME ZONES WITH U.S. PRIMES IN SLED Professional Tone • Timing Discipline • Clarity • Response Windows
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Lesson 23
HOW PAYMENTS WORK IN U.S. SLED CONTRACTS Pre-Bid Payments • Post-Award Payments • Legal Risk Allocation (1)
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Lesson 23
How Payments Work In U.S. Sled Contracts Pre-Bid Payments • Post-Award Payments • Legal Risk Allocation
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Lesson 24
COMMON MISTAKES NEW VENDORS MAKE IN SLED Non-Responsive Bids • Wrong Codes • Missed Deadlines • Poor Formats
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Lesson 25
Advanced Bid Strategy for Offshore Teams
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Lesson 26
UNDERSTANDING THE U.S. PRIME CONTRACTOR ECOSYSTEM IN SLED Prime Types • Engagement Paths • RSP Evaluation Logic
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Lesson 27
SLED Ready Vendor Capability Statement
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Lesson 27
BUILDING A SLED-READY VENDOR CAPABILITY STATEMENT Format • Compliance • Evaluator Expectations • Practical Use
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Lesson 28
SLED Post-Award
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Lesson 28
UNDERSTANDING POST-AWARD REQUIREMENTS IN SLED Contract Management • Reporting • SLAs • Cybersecurity
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Lesson 29
SLED RFP Walkthrough
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Lesson 29
FINAL MOCK RFP WALKTHROUGH Read • Analyze • Extract • Structure
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Lesson 30
SLED Procurement
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