The President signed the 2019 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) named for Senator John McCain on Monday this week. We’ve covered a couple of the provisions in the legislation that are of interest to Government contractors, especially small businesses. Monday we discussed the prohibition against contracting officers arbitrarily withholding consent to subcontract just because they didn’t like the price or the estimated cost and yesterday we took a look at a provision designed to enhance the effectiveness of PTACs (Procurement Technical Assistance Centers). Today we want to look at another provision that should benefit small businesses – prompt payments.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: 2019 NDAA – Accelerated Payments to Small Businesses
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
An ‘ombudsman’ is an official charged with addressing and/or investigating the interests of individuals’ or companies’
