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Let’s suppose that, under your contract, an agency hasn’t properly paid for your work. Or the agency took actions that caused you damages. Can you run off to the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals to register your complaint and recovery your money?
Federal News Network details five of the Section 809 panel’s third and final set of recommendations that readers should pay close attention to over the next year.
Does 8(a) status remain in place for the duration of GSA Schedule contracts? GAO says no.
Did you miss the GSA OASIS SB 8(a) On-Ramp Industry Day session? Not to worry, we’ve got you covered. All Q&A’s from the webinar will be posted to GSA’s website. In the meantime, we selected some of the most pertinent questions that you should be aware of.
Earlier this month, we highlighted a revised audit policy from the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) concerning the evaluation of subcontract costs included in forward pricing proposals. FAR 15.404-3(3)(b) requires prime contractors to perform whatever cost/price analysis is necessary to determine the reasonableness of proposed prices. Sometimes they don’t do that so historically, DCAA has considered them unsupported and perhaps identified the omission as an estimating deficiency. That policy did nothing to advance contract negotiations nor help procurement offices to negotiate fair and reasonable prices. Under the new guidance, DCAA is to provide whatever information it has available or conduct additional analytical work (i.e. develop decrement factors) to assist in any way it can. See “Revised Audit Policy for Reviewing Subcontractor Costs” for more information on the new policy.
The shutdown is having a major effect on government contractors and federal employees alike.
Source: Here’s How the Shutdown Hurts Government Contractors
It’s been three years since Congress voted to give the Defense Department new, streamlined acquisition authorities. But the Navy says it’s starting to take advantage of them in a big way, including by pushing most of its top-priority weapons systems into a new, accelerated process.
Source: Navy will use new legal authorities to speed up top acquisition priorities
As we discussed in a previous post, there are big changes on the horizon for the HUBZone program. On October 31, the SBA published a proposed rule that, if adopted, would overhaul the program.
Recently, the SBA extended the period for public comment to February 14, 2019.