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Contractor Responsibility (Blog 3 of 4): Proving You Have the Experience to Effectively Manage and Execute the Contract After Award

by Vicky Strycharske | Dec 19, 2016 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

The administrative nightmare of working with a small business to help them succeed, plus the ultimate time and expense of having to re-compete the contract just a short time later if they fail, is not something that a Contracting Officer (CO) wants to do. Because of...

Contractor Responsibility (Blog 2 of 4): How do I prove I have the resources to effectively manage and execute the contract after award?

by Vicky Strycharske | Dec 16, 2016 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

One thing that small businesses struggle with is the perception by contracting activities that all small businesses are “mom and pop shops.” That is, a couple of people who get together and say “I can do that!” but who do not have the resources to actually start up...

Contractor Responsibility (Blog 1 of 4): How and why does a Contracting Officer Make a Determination of Responsibility?

by Vicky Strycharske | Dec 12, 2016 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

Something that Contracting Officers (COs) live in fear of is awarding a contract to a business who does not have the resources to actually perform the contract. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) lays the responsibility for making a “responsibility”...

Contract Management

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Dec 9, 2016 | Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

Contract Management is a broad term, because it involves so many diverse functions: performance reporting, quality assurance reporting, contract modifications, Engineering Change Proposals (or ECPs), invoicing and payments, shipping, inspecting, and accepting...

GSA OASIS – Is It the Best Thing since Sliced Bread?

by Shelley Hall | Dec 2, 2016 | Sales & Marketing, Skyway CO Insight

GSA’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) has become quite the “go to” solution for procurement of a wide variety of professional services for the federal government. GSA created OASIS when the saw the need for agencies to procure non-IT services...

Sections L & M: What Do They Mean?

by Vicky Strycharske | Nov 25, 2016 | Bids & Proposals, Skyway CO Insight

To tell you what “Sections L and M” mean, I need to give you a little background. It used to be that Contracting Officers (COs) were required to use the Uniform Contract Format (UCF) (48 CFR 14.204-1) for every federal solicitation. It makes each solicitation and...

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