Michael11

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• Government won’t pay our (final) invoice

  I promised Joel a follow up. The guidance provided in this thread was followed to a tee. Claim successful with zero questions asked. Payment received

  in Contract Administration · 6y ago

• Indirects for Deposits

  Help, I’m reading your man-splanation again, I think you are saying that a deposit as I described can be recorded in one’s accounting system as either an allowable project expense (as the small biz di

  in For Beginners Only · 7y ago

• Indirects for Deposits

  Help, thanks for mansplaining this to me. Makes perfect sense

  in For Beginners Only · 7y ago

• Indirects for Deposits

  Help- If a “deposit” is required for the acquisition of a direct project cost, is it still not an allowable cost? I ran into a situation recently that tested this. My response would normally be the s

  in For Beginners Only · 7y ago

• Cost Reimbursement Contracting

  Neil let’s suppose the subcontract was identified as ‘cost’ but the agreement was largely silent on what that meant (are rate adjustments required at actuals and at what frequency, etc). The ACP was n

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

• Cost Reimbursement Contracting

  Thanks help! Your overemphasis of the submission frequency is exactly what I was hoping to hear. You are right that my initial Q referred to a CR prime that includes the ACP. Separately in a cost rei

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

• Cost Reimbursement Contracting

  Retread in reading it again I see in absence of audited rates that billing rates shall be anticipated final rates i.e. the rates not yet deemed final but reflective of the submitted incurred cost subm

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

• Cost Reimbursement Contracting

  Indirect rates are submitted via incurred cost submission to DCAA annually within six months of the end of fiscal year. At what point is the contractor obligated to extend the 'actual', which is contr

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

• percentage commission for sales and BD

  Pepe, I have admittedly never encountered a ‘rain maker’, but I have heard of them and know they are out there. In my experience, though, BD folks are far less prestigious generators of ‘business’ th

  in Contracting Workforce · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  thanks for everybody pushing the rock up that hill. I will moveon to reading some solicitations more closely.

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  what I am talking about is the development of procurement proedures for an institute of higher education, a university, or a non profit as indicated  in 2 CFR 200.318. It is also described in .319 and

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  Don you make a really good point. I agree these regs are post award. But, in my experience, if you are including a subcontractor in your proposal, often times, not always, it’s because they are provid

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  Thanks Don. If you’re submitting a competitive proposal and you need to include your subcontract costs for example, maybe you need the partner for tech requirements also, how do you negotiate a price

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  Yes it does apply to primes under the new uniform guidace

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  [https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/2/200.320](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/2/200.320) 200.320 section D1 says: (d) Procurement by competitive proposals. The technique of competitive propo

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  2 CFR 318 - 320 sums it up pretty well

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  Thanks Jamaal. This would seem applicable to contractors who have already secured an award in excess of the SAT. Same thing for the subcontractors which would again seem post award.  What about as a

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Procurement by Competitive (Subcontract) Propossals

  Purchasing policy requires competition of subcontracts > $250K via formal advertising. What method of publication have companies found to be the best? Besides emailing RFPs to vendors, or publicizing

  in Subcontracts & Subcontract Management · 7y ago

• Government won’t pay our (final) invoice

  That’s good foresight JI thanks. I can’t tell you for certain that we are entitled to payment. I’ve heard we are. And after all of the deliberations I have to trust the experts. I look forward to find

  in Contract Administration · 7y ago

• Government won’t pay our (final) invoice

  Thanks for all of the great feedback. To clarify yes this is a contract. I will research the dispute clauses included in the contract and hopefully there is reprieve. Ji thanks for your opinion that

  in Contract Administration · 7y ago