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Pay Attention to OCIs or Pay the Cost

by Troy Small | Apr 29, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

If your company is active in the federal market performing on existing contracts and competing for new contracts, then you should pay attention to Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI). An Organizational conflict of interest means that because of other...

Doing What’s Right, For Both Sides of the Contract

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Feb 11, 2019 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

In one of my first official contract actions in Afghanistan in 2007, I made a common but avoidable mistake, and the result serves as a good lesson for both industry and government contracting personnel – that it is important to do the right thing, for both the...

The Government Isn’t Always Right

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Dec 31, 2018 | Contract Administration

We’ve all heard the expression “The customer is always right…” which may have a place in customer service but should not be blindly adopted in the performance of government contracts. In a recent example, a government contracting officer provided incorrect...

Subcontracting Plans

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Dec 3, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

When a company graduates to a large business, one area I have often observed as being overlooked is the small business subcontracting plan. The plan is required for contracts exceeding $700,000 ($1,500,000 for construction) with subcontracting opportunities. The...

Post Award Debriefs for Awardees

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Oct 29, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

After receiving notification that your proposal was selected for award, the last thing you are thinking about is to request a debrief. Some companies may even be of the mindset that it does not matter how they got there, so long as they got the award — the...

When the Government is the Supplier

by Steve Lucianetti | Oct 22, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

This blog is really for the contracting people out there that buy hardware. The government is always looking to reduce cost when buying hardware systems. If there is a production contract for anything these days, most prime vendors purchase many components from...

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