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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007 What is a Contracting Officer?

007 What is a Contracting Officer?

In this cast, we explain the basics of what Contracting Officers do. We define the role of the CO, along with some detail on how they are appointed. We also describe the different types of...

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006 Debriefing Part 2

006 Debriefing Part 2

One of the many unique elements of federal contracting is the Debriefing. In this cast, we continue our discussion on the nuances and lessons learned on the enigmatic debriefing. During Part 2, we...

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005 Debriefing Part 1

005 Debriefing Part 1

Listen and Learn…   One of the many unique elements of federal contracting is the Debriefing. In this cast, we explain what a debriefing is (and what it isn’t). We also describe the debriefing...

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004 Why do RFPs take so long?

004 Why do RFPs take so long?

Ever wonder why it takes, or at least feels like it takes, so long to get an RFP out sometimes? In this session, we discuss what the government team is doing while contractors wait for the RFP to...

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003 The Acquisition Time Zones

003 The Acquisition Time Zones

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul provide an overview of the Acquisition Time Zones. The Acquisition Time...

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002 The 80/20 Rule

002 The 80/20 Rule

One often-overlooked difference between the federal market and the commercial market is that federal market sales are won more by process than by relationships. Contracting Officers (COs) cannot buy...

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001 Why We Created the CO Podcast

001 Why We Created the CO Podcast

Companies need help. They are awash in information (and data),but they are starving for insights on the COs’ perspective. As contracting officers, we saw so many companies overwhelmed by the rules,...

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