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Hi, I know the facts are a little confusing, since I don't fully understand the situation, so feel free to add some facts if that's what you need to answer my question. This stuff is confusing to me, so I thank everyone ahead of time for any help they can offer! A contractor is on contract working on a project. Option year is about to be exercised for the project but the customer is considering not renewing the contract for contractor...only for project. Is there any issue with the soon to be former contractor sub-contracting out to the contractor attached to the project? I'm guessing if the contract is not renewed for the contractor, then the sub-contractor is also lost, since there is no privy of contract. Also, can you subcontract out after award or did the subcontractor have to be a part of the original proposal? Thank you all so much for the help!

Good afternoon, I have a question on withholding payments under 52.232-7. The contracting office wants to withhold payments since the contractor has taken about 3 months to find a replacement for at person that left. Right now the contractor is unable to say when they will be able to replace this person, since according to them, they are unable to find anyone with the required skill-set. Is the contracting office able to withhold payments for this? Hopefully this is enough to generate an answer; let me know if you need more. Thanks!

Thank you for providing insight on this. Do you think the only option is requiring the funds are paid back?

Hi, I work in a program where contractor support is provided under a firm fixed price level of effort task order. Due to unforeseen circumstances (caused by the agency), the contractor has not met the proposed level of effort at the end of option year 1. The contractor has been invoicing in equal installments, regardless of the level of effort worked. Since the contractor may end up being paid for a level of effort not achieved, would the contractor be able to work either: 1. under a no-cost extension 2. part of option year 2 without billing the agency? Just want to gather some opinions to bring to contracts. Thank you!