Contracting Officer Podcast 2.0 Episodes

Sometimes the Government’s acquisition plan doesn’t line up with the schedule for a requirement.  While there are lots of ways to meet a short term requirement,  the Contracting Officer may use a...

Winning the contact is step one, managing and administrating it afterward is just as important. In this episode, Kevin and Paul describe key factors that could create pitfalls in your post-award...

While not raising the Federal debit ceiling seems like a political exercise, it has a direct impact on Government contracts of course.  In this free episode, we describe some of the impacts that may...

The Government awards multiple award contracts in order to have more contractors to pick from after award.  However, to avoid being “stuck with” the list of contractors they have, the Government may...

In this episode we describe the best value continuum.  We explain how the Government is always looking for “best value” through every acquisition.  The question becomes where on the continuum does a...

However, the means to how that debriefing happens is open for the Government to choose.  In this episode we explain why Contracting Officers often choose to do a written debriefing instead of one in...

In this episode we discuss the why, how and what of a Stop Work Order.  We describe how a Stop Work Order is different from a Termination but may still lead to one.

Contract value should be clear. However; the funded value, the face value, the potential value and the total value can all be very confusing. In this episode, we dive into each one explaining what...