TRAINING FOR CONTRACTORS
(CT:TPD-12; 09-01-2022)
(Office of Origin: FSI)
13 FAM 602.2-1 AUTHORITY
(CT:TPD-1; 09-18-2019
(Uniform State/USAID)
(Applies to contractors)
a. Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021), as amended, authorizes the training of U.S. citizens under contract to provide services to the U.S. Government or to any employee thereof that is performing such services (i.e., third-party contractors), by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI).
b. This section does not apply to personal services contractors (PSCs) for whom it is considered an “employer-employee relationship” exists. For FSI training purposes, State PSCs should be handled in the same manner as State employees.
13 FAM 602.2-2 POLICY
(CT:TPD-12; 09-01-2022)
(Uniform State/USAID)
(Applies to contractors)
a. It is the policy of the Department of State and FSI that the provision of training for contractors is on a space-available, reimbursable basis.
b. It is the policy of FSI that tuition may not be charged for State contractors when it is in the best interest of the Department to provide contractors training on proprietary systems necessary to meet the contract job requirements. The FSI Director is the approval authority for tuition waivers in these cases.
c. In all cases, any request for State/FSI-provided or -funded training for a contractor must be approved by the contracting officer representative or training officer responsible for the contract and/or training covering that contractor (see 13 FAH-1).