We will be spending the next few days discussing an ASBCA decision involving incurred costs at Technology Systems, Inc. (TSI). DCAA issued a report on incurred cost for fiscal year 2007 noting a number of unallowable costs. The ACO (Administrative Contracting Officer) sustained many of the DCAA findings, issued a final decision, whereupon TCI appealed to the ASBCA.
Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Computer Equipment – Capitalization versus Expensing
New Regulation Formalizes Ombudsman Practice and Identity for IDIQ Contracts
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