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Don Mansfield on federal procurement.

• Myth-Information: Proposal Rating

  Myth-Information: You have to rate proposals in a source selection. When discussing the evaluation of competitive proposals with my students, I make a point of asking the following two questions (in order): 1\. Are agencies required to evaluate proposals? 2\. Are agencies require

  Don Mansfield · Mar 4, 2009

• Myth-Information: Neutral Past Performance

  Some of you were confused when I classified the following statement as myth-information in the Federal Contracting Myths thread: Offerors with no record of past performance must be rated neutral. Let me explain where I was coming from. In April of 1994, OFPP used a variation of t

  Don Mansfield · Feb 11, 2009

• Myth-Information: Obligating the Minimum in IDIQ Contracts

  If the preconceived notions that our students are bringing to the classroom is any indication, there's a good deal of myth-information being spread regarding indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts. The one belief that I want to focus on today deals with obligati

  Don Mansfield · Jan 29, 2009

• Myth-Information: Exchanges with Offerors

  First, I'd like to thank everyone that contributed to my thread seeking myth-information in federal contracting. I culled another 20 pieces to add to the seven that I was able to come up with. If you come across any or are able to think of any more, please add to the thread or se

  Don Mansfield · Jan 23, 2009

• Delivery Orders Not Binding? Huh?

  I read something that I found remarkable in the recently published GAO decision Master Lock Company, LLC, B-309982.2, June 24, 2008. Bob posted the decision on the Wifcon home page. The protester argued that the agency's evaluation of the awardee's past performance should have ta

  Don Mansfield · Jan 14, 2009

• Myth-information in Federal Contracting

  "You can't be distracted by the noise of misinformation." \-James Daly In my career as a contracting professional and now an educator, I have come to appreciate the growing body of misinformation in Federal contracting. Contracting misinformation is pervasive. You can see it in t

  Don Mansfield · Dec 23, 2008