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Government Property

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jul 16, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

The Government frequently provides property or permits a contractor to acquire property for use on its contracts. Government property is all property owned or leased by the Government and includes both Government Furnished and Contractor Acquired Property. Sometimes,...

Non-displacement of Qualified Workers

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jul 2, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

You unseated an incumbent for a service contract and need to staff up quickly. As a small business, this can be an extremely daunting task. But is your company aware that you can find out who worked for the incumbent? And did you know you are required to make a...

Post Award Debriefs – When Can You Get Them?

by Troy Small | Jun 25, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

The topic of post-award debriefs is a common source of angst when trying to determine whether an offeror’s request for debriefing generates a required or optional response from the Contracting Officer (CO). Contracting Officers are required to provide a post-award...

Negotiations: Sole Source Versus Competitive

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jun 18, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Negotiations in federal contracting comes in two forms depending on the type of acquisition; sole source or competitive. Previously I touched on the competitive negotiation when I wrote about discussions, but now I want to explain the two ways the government...

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...

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