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Price Fair and Reasonableness

by Troy Small | May 28, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Besides achieving a low price in your pricing strategy, you also want to ensure your price is fair and reasonable. If the price is too low, it may be considered unreasonable or unrealistic. If your price is too high, you may appear to lack understanding of the...

Why now is a good time to talk to your CO

by Kevin Jans | May 7, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

Being a Contracting Officer can feel like being on a roller coaster…the workload ebbs and flows based on deadlines, opportunities, and the whims of Congress – among others. It felt like most times the flows greatly outweighs the ebbs but that’s a story for another...

How Multiple-Award IDIQ Contracts are Evaluated and Managed

by Steve Lucianetti | Apr 30, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

The Government in the past 15 years has been using multiple-award IDIQ contracts for many of the services it needs to acquire. There are many reasons why this type of contract was implemented, but I think the biggest reason was the ability to make award fast to...

Can the GAO Resolve SDVOSB Eligibility Protests?

by Shelley Hall | Apr 23, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In a recent bid protest decision, the GAO rejected the protester’s attempt to convince them to take jurisdiction. For non-VA acquisitions, the SBA has sole authority to determine whether an offeror is an SDVOSB. OBXtek, Inc., B-415258 (Dec. 12, 2017) involved a...

Email Delivery Receipt Does Not Confirm Proposal Submission

by Shelley Hall | Apr 20, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In today’s world, everything is done electronically. As a result, many contractors send in proposals using the delivery receipt option to show proof of submission in a timely manner. In ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc., B-414985, (Oct. 20, 2017), the GAO...

Out-of-Scope Task Orders

by Shelley Hall | Apr 16, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In Western Pilot Service, et al., B-415732 et al., Mar. 6, 2018, GAO sustained a pre-award protest brought by several offerors that arguing that the RFP for a task order sought services outside the scope of the relevant IDIQ contract. The Department of the Interior...

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