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Case Study: A Tale of Two CPARS

by Shelley Hall | Sep 16, 2019 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

I freely admit that most of the time while I was a CO, I really didn’t pay much attention to CPARS ratings. While doing operational contracting work, the dollar value rarely exceeded the threshold to require a performance rating. And if they did, the contractors...

The Proposal Is Submitted. Now what?

by Vicky Strycharske | Aug 26, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Proposals take a lot of time and effort to put together and submit, especially in the services world. Often, they require detailed written technical approaches on how you are going to perform the contract, as well as a variety of written plans for how you will manage...

Beneficial Occupancy

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jul 15, 2019 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

In a recent Skyway staff meeting, I mentioned that I had nearly finished the construction of a new, improved chicken coop. (NOTE – My family and I live on a small acreage that is almost, but not quite, a hobby farm; we have chickens, dogs, kittens and a few ducks and...

Pay Attention to OCIs or Pay the Cost

by Skyway Contracting Officer | 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...

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