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Contracting Officer’s Authority and Discretion

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Sep 9, 2019 | Skyway CO Insight

The case I relate in this article is an illustration of the authority that is vested in a contracting officer and the discretion that the CO can exercise in the course of executing their duties, i.e., the obligation of US Treasury funds to procure essential goods and...

Organizational Conflicts of Interest

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Aug 19, 2019 | Skyway CO Insight

The US Government is a unique customer. To maintain the public’s confidence, the Government mandates at FAR 3.101-1 that its business be conducted “with complete impartiality and with preferential treatment for none.” At the same time, the FAR based approach that...

Pricing Is Too Important to Be Last

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Aug 12, 2019 | Bids & Proposals

Regardless of the evaluation criteria, most awards are heavily based on price. New bidders in the government marketplace too often wait too long to begin working on their price proposals. It’s true that developing the technical solution must come before you can get...

Case Study: Blanket Purchase Agreements

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jul 29, 2019 | Skyway CO Insight

In a previous article, I related my experiences in contracting for a hotel rooms cell phones, and rental cars in Jordan, in support of a military exercise being conducted there. To support that exercise, I personally traveled to Jordan three times and spent more than...

Beneficial Occupancy

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jul 15, 2019 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

In a recent Skyway staff meeting, I mentioned that I had nearly finished the construction of a new, improved chicken coop. (NOTE – My family and I live on a small acreage that is almost, but not quite, a hobby farm; we have chickens, dogs, kittens and a few ducks and...

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