No one has a good count on the number of Government contractors. By one estimate, over 50,000 companies contract with the Department of Defense and there are many Governmental agencies besides DoD. Whatever the number, there are a lot of Government contractors but relatively few of them have had to go through the process of actually negotiating a contract price under FAR Part 15 procedures, Contracting by Negotiations.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Be Prepared When You Go In To Negotiations With The Government
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’
