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• Bob Antonio, RIP

  > > Don Mansfield said: > > > I would love if someone could find those two posts. Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the

  in What Happened · 1y ago

• SCA

  Does the contract contain 52.222-43 Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Labor Standards—Price Adjustment (Multiple Year and Option Contracts)?  If so, that may offer a solution to the proble

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Hey Boss, You Don’t Want Your Employees to Meditate

  Motivation is an emotion.  Your reasons for self improvement may stay constant and your willingness will fluctuate.  Motivation gets you started.  Self-discipline keeps you going when the motivation r

  in Contracting Workforce · 7y ago

• Hey Boss, You Don’t Want Your Employees to Meditate

  I am a student of Buddhism and currently am in Dialectic Behavior Thought (DBT) therapy which uses mindfulness as a cornerstone of its process.  This article discusses mindfulness and meditation whic

  in Contracting Workforce · 7y ago

• Is cost realism analysis required if doing a hybrid contract type?

  It is not my intention to side track this discussion and with regards to travel my organization (USDA) sometimes uses invitational travel orders to get around cost reimbursement issues when the contra

  in Contract Award Process · 12y ago

• All Time Favorites

  Favorite book? The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Favorite song? Moonshadow by Cat Stevens Favorite movie? The Princess Bride Favorite poet? Stephen Crane

  in Contracting Workforce · 12y ago

• Solicitation Response Times in Sole Source Acquisitions

  > Are you talking about the notice contemplated by FAR 6.302-1( d )( 2 )? The justification contained the information in 6.303-2 (using the authority of 6.302-1) and was posted in accordance with 5.2

  in Contract Award Process · 12y ago

• Solicitation Response Times in Sole Source Acquisitions

  I posted a sole source notification to fbo.gov in early July 2013 for 30 days (commercial item, over SAT). For reasons not relevant to this question an award was not made before the end of the fiscal

  in Contract Award Process · 12y ago

• Subpart 5.5 Paid Advertisements

  FAR Part 5 is titled Publicizing Contract Actions. In subpart 5.5 Paid Advertisements **5.502 Authority.** (a) _Newspapers._ Authority to approve the publication of paid advertisements in newspaper

  in Contract Award Process · 13y ago

• What are you reading?

  Just finished "Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfus and "Dragon" by Stephen Brust. About to start the Emperor trilogy by Conn Iggulden (I read the first two Genghis Khan books but haven't read the thi

  in Contracting Workforce · 15y ago

• Anti-Deficiency Act and Minimum Order on IDIQ

  I attended a GAO fiscal law training and asked the instructors about obligations on multiple award IDIQ service contracts. We awarded five IDIQ contracts and issued two task orders in the first year (

  in Contract Award Process · 15y ago

• OMB to GAO: Get lost!

  > I couldn't connect to either of these links on either my Blackberry or my computer. Are the links good? > > "Not Found > > The requested URL /hi/hubzone22.pdf"\][http://www.pubklaw.com/hi/hubzone2

  in Small Business Socioeconomic Programs · 15y ago

• What parts of the FAR apply to me?

  > If you would like to learn more about the distinction between legislative rules and nonlegislative rules, see Gersen, _Legislative Rules Revisited_, University of Chicago Law Review, 2007, Special;

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 15y ago

• KC-X Tanker Competion via Sealed-Bid?

  Which exemption would you claim under 15.208(? It is an offeror's responsibility to deliver its proposal to the proper place at the proper time, and late delivery

  in Contract Award Process · 15y ago

• contractor seeking advice on contract type

  Just to comment on the DAU classes which I (and two of my peers) recently finished. We took the classes at the same time, worked through any and all problems, and discussed in depth most of the questi

  in Contract Award Process · 16y ago

• Remedy for Blatantly Illegal Bridge Contract

  > Here's an idea. Write an evaluation of the contracting office's performance from the perspective of a propspective offeror. Put it on a Web site called GPARS (Government Performance Assessment Repor

  in Contract Award Process · 16y ago

• past performance information and TEP members

  15.305 (2) (ii) The solicitation shall describe the approach for evaluating past performance, including evaluating offerors with no relevant performance history, and shall provide offerors an opportun

  in Contract Award Process · 16y ago

• Clauses

  At least once a year (and sometimes more often) I pick a contract, start at 52.202-1, and go through each clause and prescription. I?ve been in contracting for less than 4 years and this has taught me

  in Contract Award Process · 16y ago

• How Do You Feel About Your Work?

  > If you're not ambitious, then take a job running a good office under a pleasant but not-too-bright boss in a beautiful locale with a nice climate and then go along with the program. Sign with a smil

  in Contracting Workforce · 16y ago

• FOB Destination

  Please look at FAR 47.303-1 F.o.b. destination, within consignee's premises.

  in Contract Administration · 16y ago