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Why You Should Compete for Work – Part 2: How Are Sole Source Contracts Awarded?

by Kevin Jans | Jun 2, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

Most sole source contracts are awarded through the “Exceptions to Competition” rules in FAR 6.3. There are seven ways that a contracting officer can award contracts without competition. Each of these is detailed through a Justification and Approval (J&A) as...

Why You Should Compete for Work: Part 1 – The Cost (and Time!) Of Getting Sole Source Contracts

by Kevin Jans | May 29, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

As a CO, I wrote dozens of sole-source contracts. I bought aircraft, body armor, vehicles, services, software, and I even paid for the use of a testing facility for off-road vehicles through sole-source contracts. It made sense because at the time the companies who...

Single Cost Objective

by Skyway Contracting Officer | May 26, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration

When pricing work for the government, contractors must be aware of which costs are allowable under the FAR (Subpart 31.2). Allowable costs include both direct (labor, materials, etc.) and indirect (fringe, overhead, G&A) costs. There are specific costs which are...

Acquisition Threshold Increased for Special Emergency Procurement Authority

by Shelley Hall | May 22, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

DoD, GSA, and NASA issued are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to raise the simplified acquisition threshold for special emergency procurement...

Department of Transportation (DOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program

by Shelley Hall | May 19, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

During the election, many promises were made to accelerate the US economic growth. Insiders who follow these trends believe that these campaign promises center on infrastructure improvements and lead to a boon for the highway construction industry. State and local...

Government Contractors Indicted in $11 Million Veteran Set-Aside Fraud Scheme

by Shelley Hall | May 15, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Department of Justice press release that was issued April 21, 2017 stated that owners of San Diego area local construction and telecommunications companies were arraigned in federal court on charges that they fraudulently obtained more than $11 million in federal...

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