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For Overseas Contract Closeouts, Get It In Writing
In urgent overseas contingency operations, contractors are expected to act on a contracting officer’s word. You need to follow up and get it in writing.
Acquisition Needs Realistic Program Requirements and Budgets
In the federal acquisition process, the more specific the requirements, the less diverse solutions we’re going to get.
Attracting and Training a Qualified Acquisition Workforce
In complex federal procurement situations, the price of an inexperienced acquisitions workforce is delays.
Incentivization in the Acquisition Process
Understanding how the acquisition workforce responds to the metrics by which they’re measured is an issue that has to be looked at much more closely than it has up until now.
Defense Acquisition Reform – Four Emerging Themes
Experts weighed in with their insights on defense acquisition reform. Here is what I think about the four main issues.
Should You Protest a Loss?
Things to consider before filing a protest with the Federal Government when you lose your bid for a contract.
We Lost One
Sometimes you do everything right and still don’t win the contract award. Here are a few things to keep in mind.
A More ‘Simple’ Contracting Method With Perks for Government and Industry
This procurement method accounts for billions of dollars in competitive and non-competitive obligations each fiscal year. Guy Timberlake explains.
Contractor Pay Caps
My thoughts on proposed plans to lower executive salary pay caps for federal contractors.
The Dreaded OCI Clause – Organizational Conflict of Interest
As a sub, if your core capabilities are going to be in conflict with the work your prime is going after, things aren’t going to work out well for you.
