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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...

Subcontractor “Flow Down” FAR Requirements

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Nov 21, 2016 | Bids & Proposals, Contract Administration, Skyway CO Insight

When prime contractors award subcontracts to other firms to complete portions of the required work, a primary consideration (after price, schedule and quality factors) is the type and number of FAR clauses that get “flowed down” from the prime to the subcontractor. ...

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Contracting Activities

by Skyway Contracting Officer | Nov 18, 2016 | Skyway CO Insight

The US Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is the primary agency for major construction programs for the Department of Defense (DOD). And, by extension, they are also the Federal Government’s primary construction agency. Ranging from military bases to hydrologic...

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