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Organizational Conflicts of Interest

by Steve Lucianetti | Mar 14, 2021 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Recently one of Skyway’s clients asked to build an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) plan for a contract the company had with a defense agency. The contract was a multi-award IDIQ where each contractor would be supporting various offices within the...

What Is an IDIQ and How Does It Help My Business?

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Feb 28, 2021 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

FAR 16 covers “types of contracts” and this is where you’ll find indefinite delivery contracts, in FAR Subpart 16.5. There are actually three types of indefinite delivery contracts: definite-quantity contracts, requirements contracts, and indefinite-quantity...

Those Darn Government Proposal Evaluators are So Picky

by Shelley Hall | May 31, 2020 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

There are a lot of ways the government evaluators can be really picky when they are reviewing proposals. Too many pages? Throw out the proposal! The volumes are not in the correct size binders? Throw out the proposal! They didn’t include a title page? Throw them...

What Do You Review Just Before You Submit Your Proposal?

by Vicky Strycharske | Apr 13, 2020 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Everybody reviews their proposals (or should!) right before submission – and usually more than once and by more than one person. You can call it what you want: Pink Team review, review of initial draft documents, Red Team review, whatever. You’ve checked...

Hiring and Managing the Talent You Need to Win – Part 3: “We All Need Somebody to Lean On”

by Kevin Jans | Jan 6, 2020 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Proposals are all about interdependence. Responding to a government RFP is a process with many moving parts: Subject matter experts (SMEs) develop solutions and proposal text, and review text. Graphic artists prepare illustrations. Accounting and pricing experts...

Long Term Contract Pricing

by Steve Lucianetti | Dec 30, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In today’s government contracting world, long term contracts are widespread. Given the length and complexity of the source selection process, many agencies will opt for long term contracts to reduce the burden on their contract office resources. As a contracting...

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