GeoJeff

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• PROMOTING EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PERFORMANCE IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

  > > joel hoffman said: > > > Thanks, Mike. Looks like GSA is using a form of FPI with Successive Targets for GMP construction or design-build construction projects. Ha Ha to the naysayers! I researc

  in About the Regulations · 10d ago

• Unilateral Purchase Orders and Acceptance under FAR Overhaul 12.201-1

  I see this change as actually having moved in the opposite direction than the OP's point of view; to wit, I think it has become more restrictive. 13.004(b) used to say "...**preferably** in writing."

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 19d ago

• Multiple Award Construction IDIQ Samples

  At the MATOC level, one could ask for: Direct labor rates (fully loaded) for any in-house labor Materials markup for any materials purchased directly by the prime contractor Markup on subcontract

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 19d ago

• Four RFO Questions

  Vern wrote: "Don has studied the RFO deeply, and the point of his questions was to try to show that the RFO did not really change much of substance. Like previous acquisition reforms it's mostly noise

  in About the Regulations · 3mo ago

• The Spider Web of the RFO

  > > Don Mansfield said: > > > It seems that DoD foresaw this and didn't issue a single deviation. That's fascinating, I hadn't realized. I'm with DOI and they have been slow-walking deviations, but

  in About the Regulations · 6mo ago

• Do Incentives Work?

  I think we can ignore GAO's findings, don't you? After all, GAO shouldn't exist. [Russ Vought says Government Accountability Office ‘shouldn’t exist’](https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/ru

  in Contract Administration · 9mo ago

• Construction as a commercial service

  Vern, I remember that! That language about "routine painting or carpeting..." is mirrored exactly at GSAM 512.203(c): (bold added) (c)  _Contracting for Construction_. The provisions and clauses in

  in About the Regulations · 9mo ago

• Construction as a commercial service

  AIA A201 is entitled "General Conditions for the Contract of Construction." Section 7 talks about changes, and, to my reading, is actually very similar to the traditional 52.243-4 or -5 arrangement. T

  in About the Regulations · 9mo ago

• Construction as a commercial service

  > > Don Mansfield said: > > > By "standard commercial terms and conditions", do you mean the untailored version of FAR 52.212-4? If so, I think it would be crazy to use that in a construction contrac

  in About the Regulations · 9mo ago

• Construction as a commercial service

  RFO Part 2 now explicitly defines (at least some) construction as a commercial service. Link to RFO Part 2: [FAR Overhaul - Part 2 |](https://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul/far-part-deviation-guide

  in About the Regulations · 9mo ago

• FAR 2.O (The FAR "Overhaul")

  In Part 43, they deleted 43.000(a), writing "FAR part 43 now applies to contract modifications for orders for supplies or services not otherwise changing the terms of contracts or agreements (e.g., de

  in About the Regulations · 11mo ago

• AeroSage, LLC

  I'm confused.  I thought the NMR applied over $25K?  13 CFR 121.406(d) is clear, yet see FAR 19.102(f)(7) and 52.219-6(d).   Is this yet another case of FAR not having "caught up" with an underlying

  in Small Business Socioeconomic Programs · 7y ago

• Posting of SAP sole source requirements

  > > ji20874 said: > > > Yes -- if a written solicitation exists (FAR 13.106-1( d )), and if a FedBizOpps pre-solicitation synopsis occurs (FAR 5.203( a )), then the written solicitation generally sho

  in Contract Award Process · 10y ago

• Posting of SAP sole source requirements

  > > Don Mansfield said: > > > GeoJeff, > > > > I don't think your hypothetical synopsis complies with FAR 5.207(c)(16). If you're using SAP and soliciting a single source, you need to include a stat

  in Contract Award Process · 10y ago

• Posting of SAP sole source requirements

  > > Don Mansfield said: > > > Assuming you're using SAP, wouldn't your synopsis have to contain the statement at FAR 5.207( c )(16)(i): "all responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be

  in Contract Award Process · 10y ago

• Posting of SAP sole source requirements

  > > C Culham said: > > > No intent to derail the discussion regarding required notices regarding synopsis and solicitation but to keep this discussion clear it would appear that the procurement is wi

  in Contract Award Process · 10y ago

• Posting of SAP sole source requirements

  Don, I knew you'd say that.  Have you read _Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. v US,_ CAFC 2011-5079, 01/04/2012?  In _Digitalis_, CAFC wrote: > > Quote > > > In a sole-source award such as this o

  in Contract Award Process · 10y ago

• TAA Exception to BAA

  Apologies for resurrecting an old topic, but I have a **specific** situation related to this that has me thinking in circles. I can't formulate a logical response to a client about an intended acquisi

  in Contract Award Process · 10y ago

• Commercial Provisions and Clauses - Discrepency between Far 12 and FAR 52.3 Provisions and Clauses Matrix)

  In March 2015, DoD requested to open a FAR Case to remove the FAR Matrix. I know this having seen an email from GSA directed to CAAC members requesting feedback. DoD wrote (I added bold for emphasis):

  in Contract Award Process · 10y ago

• Commercial Clause Prescriptions

  This discussion reminds me of two related annoyances. First: In commercial item acquisition, the SAM requirement is at 52.212-1(k) and 52.212-4(t). In noncommercial item acquisition, the SAM requir

  in Contract Award Process · 11y ago