Charlie Beauchamp, Author at Skyway Acquisition

Meeting of the Minds: Post-Award Conference Tips

by Charlie Beauchamp | Nov 23, 2025 | Contracting Officer Insight

FAR 42.5, Post-Award Orientation gives the option to use either a letter or a conference, but conferences are considered the “industry standard” by most Contracting Officers (including myself). It states that the purpose of one is to “… (1) achieve a clear and mutual...

Cost-Share Contracts Accelerate Technology Innovation in Government R&D

by Charlie Beauchamp | Nov 20, 2025 | Contracting Officer Insight

The government needs technological innovation at the speed of relevance—or, in my community, at the Speed of SOF (Special Operations Forces)—yet the acquisition system still funds research at the speed of appropriation. That mismatch often traps promising technologies...

The Ground Truth: Differing Site Conditions for Contracting Officers (CO) and Contractors

by Charlie Beauchamp | Nov 15, 2025 | Skyway CO Insight

The Ground Truth: Differing Site Conditions for Contracting Officers (CO) and Contractors Differing Site Conditions, How We Get There Simply put, the term “differing site conditions” in construction contracting refers to when what was considered accurate in terms of...

52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations: The Counter-EULA Clause

by Charlie Beauchamp | Nov 6, 2025 | Skyway CO Insight

End User License Agreements/Terms of Service, Part of Everyday and Professional Life If you’ve used a piece of new computer software or a new electronic device, there’s a good chance you have been confronted with a very large text document (called an End User License...

September 2025 Update

by Charlie Beauchamp | Oct 3, 2025 | Skyway Wire Updates

Well, September was a busy month indeed. I managed to not get the final version of the Skyway Wire done in time #fail. I suppose I can take some relational solace in the fact that Congress could not get their job done either (the government is shut down as I write...

Meeting of the Minds: Post-Award Conference Tips

Cost-Share Contracts Accelerate Technology Innovation in Government R&D

The Ground Truth: Differing Site Conditions for Contracting Officers (CO) and Contractors

52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations: The Counter-EULA Clause

September 2025 Update

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