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dmbfan73

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  1. Boof that would be the correct way to do it. Here, however, they do not award the task order for the entire year's worth of performance and then incrementally fund as money is received but instead award and fund a month at a time.
  2. Don Acquisition, all are single award so no fair opportunity issues. Sorry, should have specified that. Mr. Edwards, thanks for the reply. I'm not trying to rock the boat so as long as it's not illegal then I'm good with it. Just wanted to make sure we weren't reading more into what we could do with the authority than what the clause actually says.
  3. I'm new to a base and need some thoughts on the use of FAR 52.216-18 that doesn't seem right to me. We have several IDIQ contracts for services where the basic contract has a line item for 12 months of service at $X/month. Due to the world of budget insanity we now live in the customer typically only receives 1-3 months of funding at a time. So at the beginning of the 12 month performance period a task order is unilaterally issued for say 1 month of service. When additional funding is received, the unit here has been unilaterally issuing a modification to the original order to increase the quantity by another 1-3 months (however much funding they receive) using 52.216-18 as the authority. So at the end of the year we could end up with one task order for the basic service with up to 12 modifications to order/fund the service instead of 12 separate task orders. They have been modifying the existing orders instead of issuing a new order because the resource advisors provide the funding through a increase to the original purchase request (9L for Air Force) instead of providing a new PR in order to be able to track the funding. Although I don't understand what it's like to work in finance I don't necessarily agree with this practice but I have to pick my battles. I have read the thread "Using FAR Clause 52.216-18, Ordering, to issue a unilateral mod for additional services" and agree that if we want to order an additional month of service we should be issuing a new task order. However, due to the funding processes here that is not the reality. I also agree that nowhere in 52.216-18 does it say I have the authority to unilaterally modify an order, only to place an order, but when I stated this I was told that since it doesn't say you can't do it then you can. Apparently there was a discussion here before I arrived and it was determined that we are, in effect, ordering additional services with no changes to the prenegotiated prices and terms & conditions so therefore the use of 52.216-18 is the appropriate authority. I just received my first task order modification to review/sign and I'm not getting the warm fuzzy that the current process is proper. In addition, none of the "Reason for Modification" choices on the contract action report apply to ordering additional services which further leads me to believe it shouldn't be a unilateral mod. In my opinion if we are going to order services this way we should bilaterally modify the order using 52.212-4©. I reviewed similar contracts at other bases and most are doing it the same way they have been here, unilaterally modifying using 52.216-18. So should I just drink the kool-aid or balk at this? (As a side note, I'm not looking for a discussion on appropriateness of using a D type contract versus a C with the LOGO clause when we have a known requirement as I think I would need an army to fight that battle here).
  4. If a service requirement for computer maintenance and support is required to be provided by security cleared personnel does this change its commerciality? In order to meet the commerciality definition in Part 2, paragraph 5, such services are procured for support of a commercial item (which they are) AND the source of such services provides similar services contemporaneously to the general public under terms and conditions similar to those offered to the Federal Government. In our case the services are identical to those provided to the public with the exception of having access to classified information on the systems, thus requiring personnel with at least a secret clearance. Is this security requirement too dissimilar to the standard terms and conditions of the public marketplace to make this a noncommercial service?
  5. Question on the exercise of an option. The option period does not start until May, but we are processing the modification to exercise the option now. Should the effective date of the modification be the day the option is exercised, (i.e. 18 Mar) or the day the option period of performance begins (i.e. 1 May)? I can see it both ways; the effective date of the action (exercising the option) is today (or whenever signed), but the effective date of the contract changes resulting from the action is in May, when the new PoP begins. Thoughts?
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