Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

GCC's staff is responsible for maintaining the FTC COTR Guidelines manual, assisting current and prospective COTRs in identifying training requirements to comply with Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and FTC requirements, assisting current and prospective COTRs in identifying training opportunities, ensuring that training courses comply with OFPPs FAC-COTR program (e.g., training facilities must be certified by Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI), preparing COTR appointment memos for the signature of the Cognizant Contracting Officer. The COTR master log is maintained as well as the master file. GCC performs periodic reviews of COTRs files to ensure compliance with the requirements identified in the COTR appointment memo is compliant. Assistance is provided to the COTRs in resolving delivery and invoicing issues. Our support personnel assist in clearing up FTC's unliquidated obligations and performs all aspects of contract close-out. Contracts are distributed by scanning all documents, and providing electronic copies and labeling the contract files and filing them in the appropriate location.