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• G&A on travel costs in Travel CLIN?

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  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 3y ago

• When/How to Negotiate Profit, plus fun quotes

  I do not understand how decrementing profit on a commercial item would be appropriate if the determination of price reasonableness was truly based on a market price.  It seems to me that the buyer is

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

• Applicability of Intercompany Costs in Indirect Bases

  Also - are you performing any contracts that are subject to Full Coverage by the Cost Accounting Standards?

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 5y ago

• Applicability of Intercompany Costs in Indirect Bases

  Are you a contractor or a government buyer?  What is the G&A base for the selling or buying entity?  (Total Cost Input, Value-added, single element?)  We need more information to be able to help you. 

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 5y ago

• Disallowance of G&A

  If you agree to a $-0-or reduced amount for indirect costs using Alt 1, you are still required to follow your disclosed or established accounting practices for allocation of indirect costs.  You canno

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 5y ago

• Floor Checks in Persistent Telework Situations

  We're having them conduct floor checks virtually. However, in this environment, not everyone they are floor checking has a camera on their computer and they've been trying to use FaceTime or similar a

  in COVID-19 and Its Effect on Contracting · 6y ago

• Federal Acquisition Circular 2019-02

  I don't know what I would do without WIFCON, either!

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 7y ago

• Reps & Certs / Foreign Exemption from CAS / QMAC

  Thank you both.

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 7y ago

• Reps & Certs / Foreign Exemption from CAS / QMAC

  When a foreign concern (UK; has a QMAC) is filling out the CAS Notifications and Representations and is claiming a foreign concern exemption , what is the compliant way to answer the question regardin

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 7y ago

• Incurred Cost Submissions

  We would have no way to provide that information to you without evaluating your particular situation...you have to go out for quotes...have you done that?

  in For Beginners Only · 7y ago

• Policy Memo on TINA Sweeps - Referenced Spector Memo

  Thank you Bob.  I read both side by side and the difference in the final one dated Jun 7 is that on the second page, the last sentence in the paragraph that starts "Effective immediately..." is revise

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 8y ago

• Policy Memo on TINA Sweeps - Referenced Spector Memo

  Here it is. USA000646-18-DPAP.pdf

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 8y ago

• Policy Memo on TINA Sweeps - Referenced Spector Memo

  Does anyone have a copy of the June 7, 1989 memo from Eleanor Spector entitled "Contractor Delays in Submitting Certificates of Cost or Pricing Data" that was referenced in Shay Assad's Policy memo (l

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 8y ago

• CAS Working Group Interim Guidance Papers - full copy

  Yes, thank you.

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 8y ago

• CAS Working Group Interim Guidance Papers - full copy

  Does anyone know where I can view a full copy of the CAS Working Group Interim Guidance Papers ?  I had a link to a copy via DAU that was posted on this site years ago, however, that copy was missing

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 8y ago

• Expiration date for Guidance from DPAP

  > > here\_2\_help said: > > > I suspect the question has to do with whether DPAP and other DoD activities can avoid the required regulatory rule-making process by issuing guidance and memoranda that

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 8y ago

• Expiration date for Guidance from DPAP

  I am looking for a reference I can cite that articulates when a Guidance memo/paper issued by DPAP or Defense Pricing expires.  Can anyone help?

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 8y ago

• Order of Precedence - Subcontract

  A CPFF subcontract (not construction) is being closed out (we are the sub) and we need to understand what the order of preference is : PO or subcontract document, with regard to period of performance.

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 10y ago

• How to recover material handling costs on customer furnished material?

  You might want to read the Sikorsky COFC case on CAS 418 - selection of an allocation base for material handling that involved government property ($0 value on the books) was part of the debate.  No.

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 10y ago

• DCAA Disclosure Statement Adequacy Review Program

  As a follow up - my local DCMA office provided the adequacy review program, that includes conformity.  If you need it, you can ask your DCMA, who now has disclosure statement adequacy determination re

  in Contract Pricing including CAS & Allowable Costs · 10y ago