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• Subcontractor Bonds - Allowable?

  I'm not a contracting officer, and have never been confronted with this question. So, I have not taken a firm position on whether subcontractor bonds are included in the meaning of "bond premiums" in

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 6y ago

• Subcontractor Bonds - Allowable?

  Don--That is not always true.  See FAR 52.202-1, Definitions, specifically item (c).  "When a solicitation provision or contract clause uses a word or term that is defined in the Federal Acquisition R

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 6y ago

• Subcontractor Bonds - Allowable?

  I don't think anyone has mentioned one thing that is possibly relevant to this discussion.  That is the definition of "Bond" in the FAR (at FAR 28.001).  It covers only bonds "executed by a **bidder**

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 6y ago

• Discussion Board

  It has been working for me, from two different computers.

  in Contracting Workforce · 12y ago

• Happy Birthday, Bob!

  Happy Birthday, and a huge THANK YOU for running this site. It has been extremely valuable to me in terms of learning, keeping up-to-date, and as a quick and easy-to-use research tool. You are doing a

  in Contracting Workforce · 13y ago

• Availability of FAR in foreign language translation

  Vern, you started my work day with a good laugh. Thanks.

  in Contract Administration · 14y ago

• Congress Recodified Title 41 ???

  Yes, that's generally correct, though Congress did not re-codify all of the U.S. Code, just title 41, which deals with contracts. The law that did this is [Public Law 111-350](http://www.gpo.gov/fdsy

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 15y ago

• FAC 2005-48 30 Day Pages?

  I just saw the Jan. 31 pages & FAR update are posted now. [https://www.acquisition.gov/far/facframe.html](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/facframe.html)

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 15y ago

• Postaward Debriefing

  Thanks, all, for taking the time to respond and for your views.

  in Contract Award Process · 16y ago

• Postaward Debriefing

  Don Acq.--I'm curious about something you said. You said, "an offeror's name (something not protected by FOIA) . . .." What is your authority for saying that the name of an unsuccessful offeror is not

  in Contract Award Process · 16y ago

• Ship Repair

  Vessel repair is not construction. However, the work may be covered by the Davis-Bacon Act instead of the Service Contract Act. That may be why your colleague thinks that it is construction.

  in Contract Award Process · 16y ago

• OMB to GAO: Get lost!

  Mr. Edwards-- I think you are technically correct that GAO does not have authority to "sustain a protest because it does not agree with a regulation promulgated by an agency authorized by Congress to

  in Small Business Socioeconomic Programs · 16y ago

• Mandatory Preference for HubZone Set-Asides

  The FAR does need to be re-written. The basic problem is that the regulations in the FAR, as well as the SBA's regulations in Title 13 of the CFR, as they relate to this question, are not fully in con

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 16y ago

• International Program Group

  > Both requests for reconsideration were denied. Even though the GAO acknowledge the SBA was "entitled to substantial deference (in interpreting the statute); if the agency's interpretation is reasona

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 17y ago

• International Program Group

  Does anyone know if GAO has issued a decision on the request for reconsideration filed by SBA (and the Marine Corps?) in the International Program Group case? This is the case in which GAO and SBA are

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 17y ago