Federal Acquisition Certificate in Contracting (FAC-C) Re-Certification

Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting (FAC-C) Re-Certification is required every two years.  ALL FAC-C levels require 80 CLPs every two years to maintain certification.  Starting May 1, 2022, all FAC re-certifications across the entire Federal government were standardized to a common Continuous Learning (CL) period from May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2024. These common CL periods will continue every two years with the same expiration date moving forward.

On May 1, 2022, FAI launched the Continuous Learning Individual Progress (CLIP) Dashboard that provides the new re-certification period and tracks all continuous learning completions. The CLIP Dashboard also provides the documentation for re-certification that will be used to verify meeting the re-certification standards going forward.

Training activities for re-certification earn Continuous Learning Points (CLPs). More information on what training activities are eligible for CLPs, the thresholds for the various training activities, and resources to find training activities can be found on the FAI Continuous Learning Website . Below are two ways to earn CLPs:

Internal Training for CLP credit: All trainings completed internally within CSOD through DAU or FAI offerings, both online and instructor-led, will automatically apply the CLPs earned from those courses to the CLIP Dashboard.

External Training for CLP credit: All training activities eligible for CLPs completed outside of CSOD, can be added to CSOD through an External Continuous Learning Activity Request

These requests are reviewed by bureau/agency reviewers before being added to your CLIP Dashboard.  NOTE: External reviews for all of NIH certified employees are now routed to the ACP office for review and determinations. The expected volume may result in these reviews taking several weeks to complete.

Employees that are currently certified can only re-certify at their current level. You cannot re-certify to a higher level. To get certified at a higher level, you must comply with the initial certification requirements for the higher level.

Initial FAC-C Certification Requirements