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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...

Requests for Equitable Adjustment

by Shelley Hall | Jul 16, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

During the performance of Government contracts, a contractor may encounter many circumstances that lead them to submit a Request for Equitable Adjustment (REA). Examples include undisclosed site conditions on a construction contract, new requirements for additional...

Single Cost Objective

by Skyway Contracting Officer | May 26, 2017 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration

When pricing work for the government, contractors must be aware of which costs are allowable under the FAR (Subpart 31.2). Allowable costs include both direct (labor, materials, etc.) and indirect (fringe, overhead, G&A) costs. There are specific costs which are...

Payment of Subcontractors

by Shelley Hall | Apr 24, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

The Department of Defense (“DOD”), General Services Administration (“GSA”), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (‘NASA”), have issued a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) to implement a section of the Small Business Jobs Act...

Talk to Me Goose!

by Steve Lucianetti | Apr 7, 2017 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

As a contracting officer for the aviation side of the USN, the movie Top Gun spawned many sayings that we used on a daily basis. When we had a problem, “Talk to me Goose” was one of those sayings we used in the office to signify there needed to be a serious...

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