Junius

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• BigBobTheCO

  Drive-by query.

  in Contracting Workforce · 7y ago

• What About this VA Program and Judge's Opinion?

  I think the judge probably overstepped his authority here in the name of government efficiency.  While I generally understand and admire creative attempts at improving Government efficiency, fundament

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

• A solution to improve 1102 output and efficiency?

  > > Vern Edwards said: > > > So talk. Answer my question. Think you can sell the concept to Congress and a president? Right now I don't think anything that can be perceived as beneficial to federal

  in Contracting Workforce · 7y ago

• A solution to improve 1102 output and efficiency?

  The main issue I see with this is that high-performing employees are almost universally given more challenging work and, therefore, would be working more hours than other employees \*because\* of thei

  in Contracting Workforce · 7y ago

• Subscription as a service

  You haven't specified what you read in the FAR before, so it's hard for me to suggest where you might locate that information.  If you're talking, generally, about a description of what a service cont

  in Contracting Workforce · 7y ago

• Small Business policy Is based on a lot of hooey

  For the past 9 years I've been searching for some shred of actual empirical evidence showing that FAR 19 provides a net macroeconomic benefit to the American economy.  All I've ever heard is conjectur

  in Small Business Socioeconomic Programs · 8y ago

• FAR 52.212-5

  > > Tellmewhy said: > > > In line with this conversation I have another question.   If you look at [www.acquisition.gov](http://www.acquisition.gov) and review the matrix it shows that 52.212-5 incor

  in For Beginners Only · 8y ago

• No award notification, contractor knowledge, and timely protest

  GAO has held that the timeliness of the protest depends on at what point the basis for the protest is known or should have been known.  Take a look at this somewhat recent decision: [https://www.gao.

  in Contract Administration · 8y ago

• Real Contracting Pros

  > > On 3/13/2018 at 8:54 AM, Vern Edwards said: > > > Oh. Sorry, Junius. No problem.  Your point is valid though; for the most part, based on my (limited) experience, senior leadership seems to real

  in Contracting Workforce · 8y ago

• Real Contracting Pros

  > > PepeTheFrog said: > > > The federal employee workforce has turned into a work-for-welfare program, instead of a respectable civil service. > > > > Bring back the federal civil service exam and f

  in Contracting Workforce · 8y ago

• How can we speed up the source selection process?

  Remove arbitrary and ambiguous distinctions between "clarifications" and "discussions" that inhibit contracting officers from appropriately and fairly communicating with offerors after receipt of prop

  in Contract Award Process · 8y ago

• Reverse Ageism or Reasonable Exercise of Agency Discretion?

  > > Vern Edwards said: > > > Or is it characteristic of all people who work in today's employment market? Anecdotally, I have an uncle now in his 80s who was hired by Rockwell as an electrical engine

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

• Reverse Ageism or Reasonable Exercise of Agency Discretion?

  > > On 2/15/2018 at 3:44 PM, Don Mansfield said: > > > Would that be reasonable? The offeror provided information that indicated that most of their staff is composed of employees with a relatively l

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

• Reverse Ageism or Reasonable Exercise of Agency Discretion?

  Reasonable exercise of agency discretion.  For whatever reason the protester's proposal writer saw fit to include statistical information on an arbitrary and essentially meaningless demographic.  I do

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

• Why is the Govt so cliquish?

  What criteria do you use to buy services?  Are you in the habit of hiring felons without experience relevant to the service you require?

  in For Beginners Only · 8y ago

• CPARS comments

  Based on my experience, contractors commonly assume that they should automatically receive a rating above Satisfactory because they've exceeded the performance standards in the contract.  The problem

  in Contract Award Process · 8y ago

• When "all solicitations and contracts" does not mean all solicitations and contracts.

  Thanks for your responses.  I'm glad that, at least with respect to this subject, I'm not going crazy.  If the interplay between FAR 12 and FAR 13 with other parts of the FAR were better understood or

  in For Beginners Only · 8y ago

• When "all solicitations and contracts" does not mean all solicitations and contracts.

  On Netflix I’ve been watching a show related to people allegedly providing false confessions.  Sometimes the false confessions are elicited because the subject has been so psychologically broken down

  in For Beginners Only · 8y ago

• Contracting Scandals

  Is it just me, or is this scandal getting relatively little fanfare given its overall size and how many high-ranking civilians/military officers were ensnared by it?  I've talked to typically informed

  in Contracting Workforce · 9y ago

• This is what is wrong with government contracting.

  Let me be more specific with my question.  I’ll preface with a statement: Logically, if a small business concern truly provides best value for a specific acquisition, they will receive the contract a

  in Contract Award Process · 9y ago