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• Another commercial-product RFQ gone terribly wrong.

  > > On 3/12/2025 at 10:23 AM, TippHill said: > > > I'd really like to understand the purpose of selectively posting critiques of solicitations and contracts. Is there some sort of self-satisfaction g

  in The Good, The Bad, The Ugly · 1y ago

• 1102 Continuing Education Recommendations

  > > On ‎2‎/‎2‎/‎2020 at 11:37 AM, Unauthorized commitment said: > > > From a career perspective, I am eyeing to eventually transition to a role which offers project management opportunities on the pr

  in Contracting Workforce · 6y ago

• Software Designer looking for insights from 1102s

  > > dmarsee said: > > > Thanks! Yikes, that's a complex query.  Oh boy expect a whole lot of that though.  Here's another what if "I was reading Vendor B's

  in For Beginners Only · 6y ago

• T&M Overrun

  > > Ibn Battuta said: > > > _**The issue**_ is that contractual enforcement of specifications and clauses would be limited to the work done up until the point at which the contractor reached the ceil

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

• T&M Overrun

  > > Ibn Battuta said: > > > "Referencing" the terms of the existing contract? What's "referencing"? Do you mean _incorporating?_ Yes, but I suppose that creates a problem since you'd be incorporatin

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

• T&M Overrun

  Half baked idea: Could Keith B18 have the Contractor sign a gratuitous services agreement for the last chunk of the work referencing the terms of the existing Contract?  I had to get a Contractor to

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

• SSA AND KO

  > > Don Mansfield said: > > > Less and less each day It was prior to yesteryear and after The Before Times.

  in Contract Award Process · 6y ago

• Software Designer looking for insights from 1102s

  Another possible challenge: We have regulations which are easy to find, but there are other influences on what we do, for example audit reports and GAO decisions.  They may not always perfectly line u

  in For Beginners Only · 6y ago

• Telework - What's your Experience?

  > > joel hoffman said: > > > Cubicles are a big step above open plan Agreed! > > joel hoffman said: > > > less expensive than to add/delete/move hard wall  offices. I'm still skeptical on this, w

  in Contracting Workforce · 6y ago

• Telework - What's your Experience?

  > > formerfed said: > > > Fortunately my boss was in charge of agency facilities and understood procurement.  Just about everyone got a private office after the renovation. It probably helped his ca

  in Contracting Workforce · 6y ago

• Telework - What's your Experience?

  > > Gonzo said: > > > My current work situation is a more or less "open" office plan, which I am not a fan of. I am lucky insofar as the folks that sit around me are pretty quiet, but there is no way

  in Contracting Workforce · 6y ago

• Future for Contracting

  > > Quote > > > Those senior leaders interviewed suggested the best way to address this “need for speed” will be to shift the role of the contracting professional from “process-centered rule-enforcer

  in Contracting Workforce · 6y ago

• Telework - What's your Experience?

  I've done it for a few years now.  If you have to actually write something, or deeply focus on something, then you can't beat teleworking.  Huge benefit is that I'm sick and contagious, I can get some

  in Contracting Workforce · 6y ago

• Failure to produce Payment Bond

  > > PD216ohio said: > > > If it matters, the only two bidders were the other company and myself.  Both our bids were under the government estimated magnitude for this construction project. Full disc

  in Contract Award Process · 6y ago

• Failure to produce Payment Bond

  > > PD216ohio said: > > > but the NPS insisted they wanted to resolicit with the exact same solicitation package. **Nothing has changed but the dates**. > > ji20874 said: > > > There was no solicit

  in Contract Award Process · 6y ago

• Failure to produce Payment Bond

  I know that it is a little more difficult to cancel an IFB than an RFP because folks' prices are revealed publicly.  However, I don't think this is a productive line of attack- you are welcome to peru

  in Contract Award Process · 6y ago

• Cancel vs modify solicitation

  > > ji20874 said: > > > Doesn't the cardinal change doctrine apply only post-award?  I think this thread is pre-award, and I would prefer not to think of cardinal changes in pre-award settings. Yes

  in For Beginners Only · 6y ago

• Cancel vs modify solicitation

  Does the cardinal change have a role to play here?  Is the solicitation-cancelling change's magnitude greater or lesser than a cardinal change?

  in For Beginners Only · 6y ago

• Unpriced Options - Legal?

  > > joel hoffman said: > > > . . . if one or more are not perfuming well. Sometimes I suffer from this. Please try to be understanding if you can.

  in Contract Administration · 6y ago

• Definition of a Procurement Request

  A PR is when someone hands you an envelope of money and says 'Can you go get \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ for me?  It's cool with everyone if we get \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.'  Except on paper instead of i

  in Contract Award Process · 6y ago