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Long Term Contract Pricing

by Steve Lucianetti | Dec 30, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

In today’s government contracting world, long term contracts are widespread. Given the length and complexity of the source selection process, many agencies will opt for long term contracts to reduce the burden on their contract office resources. As a contracting...

Treasure Hunt vs Treasure Map

by Kevin Jans | Dec 23, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

National Treasure is such a fun movie. It’s interesting, it’s complex, it’s full of action and intrigue. It’s about the hunt. It’s about following the clues and working to figure out where the next clue is. Treasure hunts make for great movies. However, going from...

JEDI Protest

by Steve Lucianetti | Dec 16, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

No, this blog is not about Star Wars and the cute new toy Yoda. JEDI is the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract potentially worth $10 billion over 10 years, awarded to Microsoft to provide cloud services to the DoD. There currently are two cases...

What Can LPTA Source Selection Procedures Be Used For?

by Shelley Hall | Dec 9, 2019 | Skyway CO Insight

DOD recently issued a final rule to implement sections of the FY17 and FY18 NDAAs that establish limitations and prohibitions on the use of the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection process. The final rule is codified at DFARS 215.101-2-70...

Cut the Blah, Blah – A Second Perspective

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Dec 2, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

I am writing this article as a follow-up and expansion of the ideas expressed in the recent episode of the same name of the Contracting Officer Podcast. The point of the episode is that communications involving contracts, especially in terms of proposals and their...

Navigating the VA Kingdomware (“Rule of Two”) Case

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Nov 25, 2019 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Any company pursuing business with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has more than likely heard of the infamous Kingdomware case which enforces the “Rule of Two”. After four years of mixed results at the GAO, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and Federal District...

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