Contracting Officer Podcast 2.0 Episodes
As former Federal Contracting Officers who have also walked in industry’s shoes, Kevin and Paul share their expertise and perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission: Make government contracting better, one contract at a time.
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023 What is a Protest?
What is a Protest? When Should I Protest? What Can I Protest? How Do I Submit a Protest? In this episode Kevin and Paul provide answers to these questions and more. The discussion goes far...
022 What are Weighted Guidelines?
What are weighted guidelines? In this episode Kevin and Paul discuss the Government’s use of a structured approach to determine fair and reasonable profit during sole source negotiations. They...
021 PreRFP Communication
How much communication between the Government and Industry is necessary prior to release of the RFP? In this episode Paul and Kevin the reasons why increased communications are critical to the...
020 Proposal Schedules
How much time does an offeror need to submit a proposal? How much time is not enough? How much time is too much? What is the contractor doing with that time? As contracting officers, we didn’t know...
019 What are the Colors of Money?
What does “Color of Money” mean? This episode explains different types of appropriations and how they impact acquisitions and the Government’s behavior. Kevin and Paul give examples of why the...
018 Listener Questions #1 – Evaluations
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes of a Government source selection? In this episode Kevin and Paul provide a glimpse behind the curtain and answer a listener’s questions about the source...
017 What is a Justification & Approval (J & A)?
J&A (Justification and Approval) is the common term used to describe the documentation required for a contracting officer to proceed with an acquisition using other than full and open...
016 The Importance of Targeting
Targeting is a critical element of winning in the federal market. Poor targeting creates many of the problems we discuss on the Contracting Officer Podcast – from miscommunication between buyer and...
015 The Source Selection Zone (Zone 4)
The last in a 4 part series describing the Acquisition Time Zones in greater detail. (see Episode 003 for an overview of the Time Zones) In this episode Kevin and Paul discuss what happens after...
014 The RFP Zone (Zone 3)
The third in a 4 part series describing the Acquisition Time Zones in greater detail. (see Episode 003 for an overview of the Time Zones) In this episode Kevin and Paul describe what information...
013 The Market Research Zone (Zone 2)
The second in a 4 part series describing the Acquisition Time Zones in greater detail. (see Episode 003 for an overview of the Time Zones) In this episode Kevin and Paul discuss the types of...
012 The Requirement Zone (Zone 1)
This is the first in a 4 part series describing the Acquisition Time Zones in greater detail. (see Episode 003 for an overview of the Time Zones) In this episode, Kevin and Paul describe how the...
011 What are Section L&M Part 2
What is Section L? What is Section M? In this 2 part episode, Paul and Kevin explain how the Government provides proposal preparation and content instructions in Section L and provides the...
010 What are Sections L & M? (Part 1)
What is Section L? What is Section M? In this 2 part episode, Paul and Kevin explain how the Government provides proposal preparation and content instructions in Section L and provides the...
009 Contract Types
What is the difference between a Firm Fixed Price contract and a Cost Reimbursable contract? If you’ve ever asked this question, this podcast is for you. We provide an overview of the 2 basic...
008 RFI, DRFP, and RFP: What’s the difference?
In this cast, we provide an overview of the Request for Information (RFI), the Draft Request for Proposals (DRFP) and the Request for Proposals (RFP). Contracting Officers use all of these in...