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Can Contractors Get Paid if the Base Shuts Down?

by Shelley Hall | Sep 18, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Since I just got back home after evacuating due to Hurricane Irma, I thought this would be a good topic to cover right now. Government facilities close down for a variety of reasons including those that are weather-related and/or security-related. Can contractors...

US Court of Federal Claims Case – Contractor Won’t Get Paid for Work Done without Proper Authorization

by Shelley Hall | Sep 8, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

It has always been an issue with the Federal Government of what a CO must do if a contractor performs work based on the direction of a government employee who does not have authorization to direct such work. In almost all cases where the contractor has done work...

What Constitutes a “Joint Employer”?

by Shelley Hall | Aug 18, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

There have been a couple of recent cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina) that provide the “test” (in those jurisdictions) to determine if two or more entities constitute...

Termination for Default

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Aug 11, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

I recently penned an article about Terminations for Convenience, or T4C, which can seem very arbitrary or capricious at times, even to those of us that know the reasons behind such decisions. So, I thought I would follow that up with a personal account of a couple...

Termination for Convenience

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Jul 31, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

This story provides a good example of how arbitrary and capricious the Government can be. I was serving in Afghanistan as the Chief of Contracting on one of the major bases in Helmand Province. It was the summer of 2011 and President Obama’s ‘Afghan Surge’ was in...

The Battle against Counterfeit Materials

by Steve Lucianetti | Jul 21, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Over my 30 years of work for the DoD, the battle over counterfeit material has been constant and has real consequences for the military. The big defense contractors have to constantly maintain robust supplier quality programs not only to get parts made correctly but...

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