uva383

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• Is Contracting (GS-1102) really a profession?

  1. A profession is different from a non-professional occupation as the professional occupation has developed as set of formal qualifications based upon education; generally has some form of an appren

  in Contracting Workforce · 3mo ago

• SAP without limitation

  It’s not that I think it would be a “problem” but it would be interesting to see what achieves better outcomes. Could the AF have bought the B-21 raider using SAP? I suppose they could. Would it achi

  in Contract Award Process · 3mo ago

• SAP without limitation

  I assume you are talking about under RFO, so it would be eliminate parts 14 and 15 and just use 13 for all non-commercial supplies and services ? Or are you talking about removing the $9M threshold at

  in Contract Award Process · 3mo ago

• Fixing Contracting Education

  > > On 11/13/2025 at 9:06 AM, Motorcity said: > > > The archaic business processes that focus on procurement-related reviews and approvals tend to beat the curiosity out of even the most curious youn

  in Contracting Workforce · 6mo ago

• 3rd Party App Development using Palantir Platform

  If you set your CSO up like DIUx or MDA then no. You can solicit using a CSO and award an other transaction using a non-procurement authority that isn’t fixed price. You just wouldn’t use the procedur

  in Contract Award Process · 7mo ago

• BPAs under IDIQs????

  > > On 10/14/2025 at 9:37 AM, FrankJon said: > > > [@formerfed](/u/formerfed) @General.Zhukov [@Retreadfed](/u/retreadfed) Your responses miss the point of the initial post. [@uva383](/u/uva383) Your

  in Schedules, GWACs, MACs, IDIQs · 7mo ago

• BPAs under IDIQs????

  > > formerfed said: > > > This isn’t something coming from GSA, or I don’t think so. It’s part of the FAR overhaul. It allows a pool of similar requirements to be competed once among IDIQ contract ho

  in Schedules, GWACs, MACs, IDIQs · 8mo ago

• BPAs under IDIQs????

  The FAR overhaul wanted to eliminate all policies and procedures not established by law. In looking over some of the updates, I noticed the new FAR Part 16 now suggests that BPAs can be established un

  in Schedules, GWACs, MACs, IDIQs · 8mo ago

• Article: GSA completes the statutory foundation for expanded, consolidated procurement authority

  IMO putting SAM behind a paywall isn’t going to do anything. Those costs are just going to be covered in B&P which will be charged right back to the Govt which it’s already paying for. Maybe you’ll we

  in About the Regulations · 10mo ago

• CPFF Unfunded Est Cost CLIN

  > > Vern Edwards said: > > > See Knight, _Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit_, Chapter VII, The Meaning of Risk and Uncertainty. > > > > [https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/books/risk/

  in Contracting Workforce · 10mo ago

• CPFF Unfunded Est Cost CLIN

  taking the OPs question at face value this is a common question that I get from folks that I work with. You have a contract for a job or a task, ie the Government wants the performer to do or deliver

  in Contracting Workforce · 10mo ago

• STO ZD072 Reference

  Pretty sure it means this ZD072: Hazard Communication Standard Notice: Effective June 1, 2015, Federal Standard No. 313-E, Material Safety Data, Transportation Data and Disposal Data for Hazardous M

  in For Beginners Only · 1y ago

• Single Award IDIQ normalization

  Done a lot of CPFF term type awards, used the approach that you are describing and we included verbiage that stated if an offerer deviated from the government labor mix they were required to detail th

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 1y ago

• Bob Antonio, RIP

  Sad news, very sad news. My condolences to his family. While I never had the opportunity to meet Bob, this site and the information and people that contribute to it have made me a better KO. His dedic

  in What Happened · 1y ago

• Multi-year and Multiple Year Funding FAR Part 17

  > > Maquoketa said: > > > It is an environment service contract for a firm to go out and monitor and survey an endangered species for two years.  The funding being used is four-year appropriations.  

  in About the Regulations · 1y ago

• Do all GSA Advantage purchases necessarily use an FSS?

  GPC - Gov't Purchase Card CH - Card Holder

  in Schedules, GWACs, MACs, IDIQs · 2y ago

• Level of Effort

  The term "level of effort" is not defined in the FAR. I searched to see if it was defined in either GAO decisions or a Court of Law decision. The only references I could find to this term were defined

  in For Beginners Only · 2y ago

• Fair Pricing with Cost Transparency Act

  IMO the real question is, if the KO found the price to be reasonable, on what grounds did the auditor make their decision and what information did the auditors have that the KOs didn’t.  I read the IG

  in Proposed Law & Regulations / Legal Decisions · 4y ago

• Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contracts

  OMB published a determiantion in the Federal Register this morning, Looks like it addresses the application of the EO to commercial contracts. **Section 2 of Executive Order 14042 (“Executive Order 1

  in COVID-19 and Its Effect on Contracting · 4y ago

• Use of a PWS with an OTA

  This is a good community of practice [https://www.dau.edu/cop/ot/Pages/Default.aspx](https://www.dau.edu/cop/ot/Pages/Default.aspx)

  in Contracting Workforce · 5y ago