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Post Award Debriefs for Awardees

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Oct 29, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

After receiving notification that your proposal was selected for award, the last thing you are thinking about is to request a debrief. Some companies may even be of the mindset that it does not matter how they got there, so long as they got the award — the...

When the Government is the Supplier

by Steve Lucianetti | Oct 22, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

This blog is really for the contracting people out there that buy hardware. The government is always looking to reduce cost when buying hardware systems. If there is a production contract for anything these days, most prime vendors purchase many components from...

Combat Contracting- The Final Deployment

by Troy Small | Oct 15, 2018 | Skyway CO Insight

I can hardly believe it has been ten years since my combat service in Fallujah, Iraq. I was working at the Mujahedin-E Khalq Compound in support of over 27,000 Coalition forces operating within Al Anbar Province. I wrote this article August 18th, 2018, however...

We’re Late, but It’s Not Our Fault……

by Steve Lucianetti | Oct 1, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

How often has a CO heard that! In some cases, it can be true and that is usually when the government itself has caused delays because of their failure to act in a timely manner. Government caused delays can occur in many ways. For example, on a services contract,...

Contract Closeout

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Sep 24, 2018 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

One of my first tasks as a newly-warranted Contracting Officer was to process DD Form 1594 – Contract Completion Statements for old, completed contracts that had not yet been officially closed. This means that the work had been completed, the final invoice had been...

Every Acquisition is Unique

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Sep 17, 2018 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

After 16 years in federal contracting, I have never seen an acquisition proceed exactly as its predecessor. This statement applies to both one-off contracts and task orders competed under multiple award schedules/contracts. Take for example the simple requirement...

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