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Proposed Changes to Progress Payment Rate – Public Meetings Rescheduled

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PNWC's Government Contracting Update

Last August, the Defense Department proposed significant changes in the way that progress payment rates are established. Currently, FAR 52.232-16 sets customary progress payment rates of 80 and 85 percent for large and small businesses while the Defense Department bumps the small business progress payment rate to 90 percent. The change proposed back in August leaves the small business progress payment rate alone but drops the rate for non-small businesses from 80 percent to 50 percent with provisions to increase the base amount to 90 percent by meeting certain incentives (see Proposed Changes to Progress Payment Rate).

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Proposed Changes to Progress Payment Rate – Public Meetings Rescheduled

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5 Ways To Deal With Proposals During the Holidays

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It’s the day before Christmas Eve and the RFP your company has been tracking for months just dropped. Your friends and family are sipping eggnog by the fire and relishing in holiday cheer while you’re frantically putting together a proposal schedule and compliance matrix. In the federal contracting world, this is a scenario we’re all too familiar with.

Source: 5 Ways To Deal With Proposals During the Holidays

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Supreme Court Could Limit Agency Power | SmallGovCon – Government Contracts Law Blog

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Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a case that could have far reaching implications in agency law—including for government contractors. The Court granted certiorari to a case that could greatly diminish the amount of deference given to agencies interpreting their own regulations.

Source: Supreme Court Could Limit Agency Power | SmallGovCon – Government Contracts Law Blog

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Big issues facing small contractors: The intelligence community – Federal News Network

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This week on Amtower Off Center, host Mark Amtower interviews Larry Letow, president of LG-TEK, and Tom Stauber and Michael Chavira, co-managing partners of Axiologic Solutions. This is show five in the “Big Issues Facing Small Contractors” series and focuses on doing business in the intelligence community(IC).

Source: Big issues facing small contractors: The intelligence community – Federal News Network

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Latest FITARA scores show improvement – Federal News Network

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Fourth quarter grades for IT reform efforts came out for agencies. 11 agencies improved their grades and for the first time no agency received an F on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act or FITARA scorecard. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the bi-annual grades yesterday ahead of Wednesday’s hearing with the Department of Health and Human Services. In all, 11 agencies earned a B. up from three in May, and 7 earned a C — which is down from 12 six months ago. The Small Business Administration made the biggest improvement going from a D-plus to a B-plus over the last grading period. (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

Source: Latest FITARA scores show improvement – Federal News Network

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Agencies Increase FITARA Scores – Nextgov

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Eleven agencies increased their grade and 13 remained the same.

Source: Agencies Increase FITARA Scores – Nextgov

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SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING (“Smalltofeds”): Managing Government Contract Limitation of Funds and Funding Exposure

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Some contractors choose to operate on “risk,” continuing to perform on a contract while exceeding the incremental funding in booked cost and obligations. The government is under no obligation to reimburse the contractor for amounts exceeding incremental funding.

Source: SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING (“Smalltofeds”): Managing Government Contract Limitation of Funds and Funding Exposure

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Resolving Proposal Inadequacies – Contracting Officers Failure to Document

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The Defense Department Inspector General (IG) recently evaluated whether contracting officers took actions that were appropriate and complied with FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulations) 15.4, Contract Pricing, when the auditors (specifically DCAA or Defense Contract Audit Agency) determined that a contractor’s price proposal was inadequate because those proposals did not comply with the specific requirements of FAR 15.4.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Resolving Proposal Inadequacies – Contracting Officers Failure to Document

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Why you need to be serious about 800-171 compliance — Washington Technology

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Almost a year after taking effect, contractors are wondering if the DOD’s 800-171 cyber mandate to protect unclassified data on their networks is being enforced after several indicators that it is not. So, why should contractors invest the significant amount of resources required to achieve 800-171 compliance, knowing that enforcement may not occur any time soon – or possibly ever?

Source: Why you need to be serious about 800-171 compliance — Washington Technology

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Estimating Labor Hours on Price Proposals

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Whenever cost or pricing data is required in connection with a Government contract or subcontract, whether certified or other than certified,  contractors (or subcontractors) are called upon to provide a significant amount of detail to back up their estimates. Then it is up to the Government – could be the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Defense Contract Audit Agency, or cost/price analysts in the buying activity – or the prime contractor to decide the level of review necessary to validate the propriety of the estimates. Today we will discuss some of the considerations that auditors might use to evaluate labor costs, and more specifically, labor hours.

Source: PNWC’s Government Contracting Update: Estimating Labor Hours on Price Proposals

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