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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,...

Fun with CDRLs!

by Steve Lucianetti | Jul 9, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

If you are new to the government contracting world here is a subject you might not be familiar with – Contract Data Requirements List (CDRLs). You might think contract data requirements would be easy; but, like most of government contracting, it can be very...

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...

When the Government Owes You Money

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jun 4, 2018 | Contract Administration

You have submitted an invoice for products or services provided under a prime contract and the government has not paid it. What can you do to get what is owed you? First check the payment terms of your contract and confirm the invoice is valid and compliant with the...

The ‘-8 Clause’

by Skyway Contracting Officer | May 14, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

FAR Clause 52.217-8 – Option to Extend Services, (a.k.a. the -8 Clause) has come in handy several times throughout my contracting career when an acquisition was behind schedule. The clause allows the contracting officer to extend performance by up to six...

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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