FARtman

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• Lowball Proposed Labor Rates with Payroll Data for Cost Realism Analysis

  Vern - I wholeheartedly agree.   The solution is rather quite simple, and I'd offer much of this could be implemented without any major changes to the FAR, etc.  It seems to me that the biggest challe

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 4y ago

• Lowball Proposed Labor Rates with Payroll Data for Cost Realism Analysis

  Interesting discussion.    From my experience (both Govt. KO and Industry), the use of payroll information to validate the realism of a proposed direct labor rate is typically highly flawed and can g

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 4y ago

• A new source selection procedure?

  Vern - I'd offer that a variation of the approach you proposed at the beginning of this thread is currently in use by certain pockets of the Navy for professional support services, utilizing FAR 16.50

  in Contract Award Process · 4y ago