Organizational Training & Acquisition Mentoring

Small Business Training · Acquisition Workforce Development

Organizational Training & Acquisition Mentoring

Build better judgment across your team.

Copperwater delivers two distinct training tracks: practical government-contracting education for businesses and supplier-development organizations, and acquisition workforce development for government and contractor teams.

Custom programs

Briefings from $1,500 · Workshops and cohorts scoped separately

Discuss Your Training Requirements → See What's Included

Led by Troy A. Small • Former Contracting Officer • 30+ Years of Experience

Train Team-ready Buyer-informed

Designed for the right fit

Is this the right next step?

  • ↗SBDCs, chambers, veteran organizations, and economic-development programs
  • ↗Prime contractors developing suppliers or internal acquisition capability
  • ↗Government acquisition organizations strengthening workforce judgment
  • ↗Contract specialists and professionals needing structured mentoring

The engagement

What you’ll receive

Two separate, buyer-informed learning tracks delivered through workshops, cohorts, mentoring, and customized programs.

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Track 1 — Small Business & Supplier Development: GovCon foundations, market readiness, prime and subcontractor positioning, and veteran or military-transition programming

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Track 2 — Acquisition Workforce Development: Contracting Officer decision-making, FAR application, scenario-based instruction, contract-specialist mentoring, and selected CON 3990 support

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90-minute briefings, half-day and full-day workshops, cohorts, and custom programs

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Facilitator materials, participant resources, and delivery options scoped to the engagement

A disciplined process

How it works

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Define

Clarify the audience, performance need, learning objectives, delivery format, and success measures.

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Design

Copperwater shapes the curriculum, scenarios, exercises, and facilitation approach around the organization.

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Deliver

Facilitate the program and provide agreed materials, follow-up, mentoring, or cohort support.

Scope note: Planning ranges: 90-minute briefings from $1,500; half-day workshops from $3,500; full-day workshops from $6,000. Travel, customization, licensing, cohorts, and mentoring are quoted separately.

Instructional proof

Content grounded in acquisition practice.

Programs are led by a former Contracting Officer, experienced federal acquisition instructor, and business mentor with more than 30 years of contracting, program-management, and advisory experience.

Why Copperwater

Advice shaped by the way government actually buys.

Troy A. Small brings more than 30 years of acquisition, contracting, program-management, and small-business advisory experience—including 15 years as a Contingency Contracting Officer.

  • Retired United States Marine
  • MBA, National University
  • DAWIA Level III, Contracting
  • DAWIA Level II, Program Management

Common questions

Before you engage

Can the training be customized?

Yes. Audience, learning objectives, scenarios, length, delivery mode, participant count, and required materials are defined during scoping.

Do you serve both businesses and government teams?

Yes, through distinct tracks. Small-business programs focus on GovCon readiness and execution; acquisition workforce programs focus on buyer judgment, FAR application, decision-making, and performance.

Is virtual delivery available?

Virtual, in-person, cohort, and hybrid structures may be available depending on the program and schedule.

Can Troy provide one-on-one mentoring?

Yes. Individual acquisition mentoring, contracting tutoring, and selected executive advisory engagements can be scoped separately.

Your next move

Discuss Your Training Requirements

Share the audience, learning need, approximate participant count, preferred format, and target timing. Copperwater will recommend the appropriate training track and delivery structure.