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Wage Determinations

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Apr 6, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Service contracting with the federal government is FAR different than the commercial market due to what is commonly referred to as the Service Contract Act (SCA), renamed the Service Contract Labor Standards under FAR Part 22. The key part of this regulation is the...

Should the Contractor Read the PWS? Well, duh!

by Shelley Hall | Mar 19, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Sometimes the disputes that go to the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ABSCA) make you scratch your head. This is one of them. In the dispute covered in Sterling Design, Inc., ASBCA No. 61099 (2017) there was a Performance Work Statement (PWS) that was part...

What is a Novation Agreement and Why Should You Care?

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Feb 2, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

The execution of a novation agreement is the process of recognizing the successor in interest to a government contract when assets are transferred as a result of their sale, a merger/consolidation, or the formation of a partnership. Normally when the issue of...

Differing Site Conditions

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jan 5, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Differing site conditions, commonly referred to as unforeseen site conditions, is a term used in construction contracts to describe a previously unknown condition that, once discovered, will affect a project’s schedule and costs. For this reason, it is important for...

What does the government owe you?

by Steve Lucianetti | Jan 1, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

In recent months I have heard and read different stories about companies’ expectations in doing business with the government. Now our esteemed leader here at Skyway calls me the “grumpy” contracting officer, which is not far from the truth because I am the one who...

The Debrief

by Steve Lucianetti | Dec 29, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

So you lost the contract that the company put lots of time and money into and you want to know why. You want an answer and you want it now!! As a contracting officer I have had those phone calls; some were nice and some were not so nice – and, in a few cases, they...

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