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Amendments to Department of Defense (“DOD”) Mentor-Protégé Program

by Shelley Hall | Apr 17, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

DOD has issued a proposed rule which will amend the DFARS to implement Section 861 of the NDAA 2016, which provides amendments to the DOD Mentor-Protégé Program. The proposed amendments will require contractors who participate in the program as mentors to report: (1) ...

What Happens if References Don’t Complete Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs)?

by Shelley Hall | Apr 14, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

This situation is discussed in a recent GAO bid protest, Genesis Design and Development, Inc., B-414254 (Feb. 28, 2017). The protestor alleged it was unfair for the government to reject their proposal because the required three PPQs were never completed by previous...

COs No Longer Required to Further Justify Decision to Provide Customary Contract Financing

by Shelley Hall | Apr 10, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

DoD has issued a final rule amending the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) by providing that contracting officers are not required to further justify a decision to provide customary contract financing, other than loan guarantees and advance...

Is Full and Open Competition Dead?

by Shelley Hall | Apr 3, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Are COs being discouraged from using full and open (F&O) competition procedures? When I was a CO, there were a lot of F&O competitions being done, but now it’s hard to find a single acquisition that is being done that way. Full and open competition used to be...

False Claims Act Recovery is Having a Record Year!

by Shelley Hall | Mar 31, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has released their 2016 report on just how much they have recovered under the False Claims Act (FCA). As a reminder in October 2015, there was a groundbreaking court case that revised the interpretation of the False Claims Act to...

Where Have all the Jobbers Gone? (Changes to the Way the Government Buy Commodities)

by Shelley Hall | Mar 27, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

Back in the day when I was working in Operational contracting offices, we had what we called “jobbers”. They did not have any core competencies, no wheelhouse, no real “business”. But what they did have was the capability to get quotes from suppliers at 10 p.m. on...

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