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IDIQ Fair Opportunity - FAR 16.5
- What is a Contract Vehicle?
- Path of Fair Opportunity Part 1
- How are MAC IDIQs used?
- MAS, GWACs, MACs, Oh My!
- Path of Fair Opportunity Part 2
- Task Order Management
- Path of Fair Opportunity Part 3
- How Do Sole Source Contracts Work?
- Path of Fair Opportunity Part 4
- What is a Justification Approval?
Mission Ready Playlist Basic I
- Who are the Players?
- The 3 Deciders
- Only the Contracting Officer
- The Contracting Officer is the Umpire
- Contracting Officer Direction
- What is an Acquisition Plan?
- Contract Types – Fixed Price vs Cost Type
- The Market Research Zone
- What is the Uniform Contract Format (UCF)?
- The GovCube
Mission Ready Playlist Basic II
- What is a contract vehicle?
- What is a small business set aside?
- Why Contract Types Matter?
- GSA Schedules
- MAS, GWACS and MACs
- What are colors of Money?
- Stages of Money
- What is certified cost or pricing data?
- Responsive vs Responsible
- Personal vs Non-personal
Mission Ready Playlist Basic III
- What is best value?
- Competitive Range Determination
- Negotiation Exchanges
- Evaluation
- Proposal Revision
- Contract Award
- What is a service contract?
- How do sole source contracts work?
- What is PALT?
- Contract Closeout?
Uh-oh Playlist: When things go badly…
- What is a Show Cause Notice?
- What is a Cure Notice?
- Excusable Delays
- Termination of Contracts
Contingency Contracting Officer Playlist
- Contingency Contracting, Part 1
- Acquisition Forms
- Contract Types (Fixed vs Cost)
- Types of Solicitations
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Writing Requirements
- What is a Contract Vehicle
- What is a micro-purchase?
- Basis for Award
- Oral Proposals
- Contingency Contracting Part 2 – Processes
Sub to Prime Playlist
- Transitioning from Sub to Prime w/ Special Guests from Greytek
- Responsive vs Responsible
- Contracting Officer Direction w/ Angela Jacobs
- Amend vs Modify
- The Process to Relationship Ratio (80-20 Rule Revisited)
- What is Privity of Contract?
- Only the Contracting Officer…
- Post-Award Conferences and Contract Kickoffs
- The GovCon Acquisition Cube
- Limitations on Subcontracting
- Incumbent-itis
- The Crucible of the Incumbent
- What is a second-tier sub?
- Three Keys to Winning w/ Steve Goldsby
- Why is Teaming Critical?
Being a Responsible Contractor Playlist
- Responsive vs Responsible
- What is a Financial Responsibility Determination?
- What is a Pre Award Survey?
- What is a Contractor Responsibility Determination?
- Three sides of the GovCon Triangle
- Insurance for Government Contractors w/ Rick Roman
- Flossing Your Contracts
- Three Keys to Winning w/ Steve Goldsby
- What is a Proposal Manager?
- What is a Red Team Review?
- Pre-award Clearance
- It’s a Technicality
- What is a Services Contract?
- The Acquisition Time Zones
- What “IS” a Good Faith Effort?
- What “IS NOT” a Good Faith Effort?
- GovCon Weight Class (Contractors)
Services Contracts
- What is a Services Contract?
- Flexible Workspace Contracts
- What is Contract Scope?
- What is Best in Class Contracting?
- Insurance for Government Contractors w/ Rick Roman
- The 3 Rs of Knowledge-Based Services Acquisition w/ Dan Finkenstadt
- The GovCon Acquisition Cube
- Why Do Unrealistically Low Prices Win?
- Flossing Your Contracts
- Inherently Governmental Functions
- Personal vs. Non Personal Services
- Task Order Management w/ Christi Gilbert
- Staffing is not Just Staffing
- Incumbent Capture
Skyway Isms Playlist
- The GovCon Acquisition Cube
- Gas Gauge
- The Technical vs. the Business Sale w/ Brian Burns
- The 3 Deciders
- The Acquisition Time Zones
- Colors of Contract Changes
Government Acquisition Planning
- What is an Acquisition Plan?
- Acquisition Planning: Failure to Plan
- Four Categories of Government Acquisition
- Requirements vs Solutions
- The Market Research Zone
- To Compete or Not Compete
- Where do RFPs Come From?
- What is a Small Business Set-Aside?
- Why Contract Type Matters
- RFI, DRFP, and RFP: What’s the Difference?
The OG Basics Playlist
- What is a NAICS Code?
- What is an ACRN?
- Who Are The Players?
- What is an Option?
- What is a CLIN?
- Working with the FAR we have… (with Shelley Hall)
Proposal Playlist
- What is a Red Team Review?
- RFP Questions – Timing Matters!
- What is a Black Hat Review? w/ Brian Lindholm
- Proposals – The First 4 Steps
- Proposal Color Teams
- RFI, DRFP, and RFP: What’s the Difference?
- What Happened to my RFI Response?
- Should I Respond to the RFI?
- Don’t Write Novels For Strangers
- The Other Cost of Proposals