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Skyway Education

The trusted learning resource for every stage of your GovCon career.

From your first contract to your hardest one: premium courses, the Skyway Frameworks, and the podcast, all built on experience from both sides of the table. Every course earns CLP.

The Skyway GovCon Frameworks™

Skyway Frameworks: the concepts that make GovCon click

Each framework distills decades of Contracting Officer experience into a model you can apply immediately. Delivered as live 90-minute trainings with Kevin Jans: attend live or purchase the recording. Every framework earns 1.5 CLPs.

Framework · Live training

Acquisition & Execution Time Zones®

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

Process to Relationship Ratio™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

3 Deciders™ & 3 Doers™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

The GovCon Ecosystem™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

GovCon Cube™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

To Compete or Not Compete

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

The 3 GovCon Forces™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

The GAS Gauge

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

FAR is a Rulebook, Not a Playbook

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

The 6 P’s of Commerciality™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

The Thinking Part of the Job (the T-Pot)

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

Colors of Contract Changes

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

The WATSe Rubric™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Framework · Live training

The GovCon Mission Effectiveness Index™

90-minute live training with Kevin Jans. Attend live or purchase the recording.

Learn more →Earns 1.5 CLPs
Trainings

Topic trainings, taught from both sides of the table

Options, source selection, evaluation criteria: topics you could study anywhere, taught by the former Contracting Officers who lived them. Webinar recordings are joining this library, CLP-eligible with membership.

Next live webinar

Topic to be announced

Live is where you get to ask Kevin your questions on the topic. Date and registration will appear here; members hear first.

Have a topic in mind?

Tell us what to teach next

Webinar topics come from members. If a subject keeps costing you sleep, that is exactly what Kevin wants to hear about.

Why frameworks

The FAR is a rulebook. You need a playbook.

Government contracting has thousands of pages of regulation and almost no instruction manual. The FAR tells you what is allowed; it does not tell you how contracting officers actually make decisions, how opportunities move through the acquisition lifecycle, or why two identical proposals get two different outcomes. That gap between the rules and the game is where most GovCon mistakes happen.

The Skyway GovCon Frameworks close that gap. Each one distills decades of Contracting Officer experience into a named, repeatable model: where your opportunity sits in the acquisition timeline, how buying decisions really get made, when to compete and when to walk away, and how the government scores the work you deliver. They are the mental models our team used on the government side, taught to the people competing on the industry side.

Every framework is a live 90-minute training with Kevin Jans. Attend live and bring your questions, or purchase the recording and learn on your schedule. Each one earns 1.5 CLPs, tracked automatically with a certificate for your records.

Common questions

Education FAQs

What are the Skyway GovCon Frameworks?

Fourteen named models that turn Contracting Officer experience into practical tools for federal contracting: from Acquisition & Execution Time Zones to the GovCon Ecosystem and the GovCon Mission Effectiveness Index. Each is taught as a live 90-minute training with Kevin Jans.

How are the trainings delivered?

Live online sessions, 90 minutes each, taught by Kevin Jans. If you cannot attend live, you can purchase the recording and watch on your schedule.

Do the frameworks count for CLPs?

Yes. Each framework training earns 1.5 CLPs, and podcast episodes earn 0.5 CLP each. Credit is earned by completing the content on the Skyway site, where your progress is tracked, and every completion generates a downloadable certificate.

Who should attend?

Both sides of GovCon. Contracting officers and acquisition staff use the frameworks to strengthen judgment and earn continuous learning credit. Contractors, capture managers, and proposal teams use them to understand how the government thinks so they can compete more effectively.

Can my whole team attend?

Yes. Frameworks are priced per person, and teams are welcome. For larger groups or a private session, contact us and we will set it up.

Every course earns CLP

Complete a course or an episode and the credit lands on your CLP transcript automatically, with a dated certificate you can download anytime from your member dashboard. Continuous learning, documented.

The learning habit

Start with the podcast

The Contracting Officer Podcast is the front door to Skyway Education: weekly episodes, the full archive, and CLP credit as you listen.

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