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To Boof: Another bicyclist--hurray! I think it's your winning personality and hard work, if not your technical expertise, that contributed to your receiving a promotion (btw, congratulations!).

Your leadership is very wise to advise you to perform a simplified evaluation under a multiple award contract vehicle. You will want to avoid the appearance that your acquisition is a negotiated procurement under FAR Part 15, I suggest you rename your "Source Selection Plan" by calling it an "Evaluation Plan" and review the applicable subpart in FAR Part 16. Good luck!

I believe you can request a wage determination that is based on the CBA. When I contracted for telecommunications services with phone companies whose employees were covered by a bargaining agreement, I requested new WDs based on the current CBA.

To Mr. Hoffman-I believe it will only cause unnecessary grief to contact him and attempt to obtain an explanation. I have his official file. His memos associated with the modifications to incrementally fund the order simply restate the body of the modifications verbatim. The justification and price analysis for these modifications are nonexistent.

Thank you to all who responded. Your comments confirmed my thoughts on this order, particularly in regards to incremental funding and contract prices.

Happy holidays to all and best wishes for a safe and healthy new year.

To Mr. Hoffman - The CO went to DOD for a promotion.

To Retreadfed - I am absolutely sure this is not an IDIQ contract. There is nothing in the solicitation that identifies it as an "indefinite delivery" contract, nor does the solicitation contain the required clauses. Even if it were a Firm Fixed Price ID contract, the prices should not change via a mod to add incremental funds, right?

To wvanpup: The mod only provides the dollar amount. There was no documentation to support issuance of the mod. The contractor claims additional labor was provided so it should be entitled to bill a higher price.

The labor under CLIN 4001 (and all CLINs ending on "001") is not covered by the SCA, but the CLINs ending in "002" are covered by the SCA. However, at no time during the performance period did the contractor request a price adjustment based on changes in the applicable wage determination. Instead, the contractor claims to have increased the number of people performing work on both CLINs and then billed higher prices when the CO (at the time) added funding to the order via a modification. Even so, the monthly reports indicate inconsistencies between staffing levels and amounts billed.

To clarify, Mod AS040 provided funding in the amount of $208,950.93 for CLIN 4001 (for one month). The FFP for this CLIN for one month was $193,255.76. The billed amount was approved because funds were authorized, even though the price was unchanged.

Thank you ji20874. DFAR Clause 252.232-7007 was incorporated into the RFP in full text, but the clause was not completed when the contract was awarded. Unfortunately, the contractor has been paid and I am trying to obtain reimbursement before I close out the contract. I have a meeting scheduled with a GSA attorney later today.

Thank you for your reply. Here is an example of a mod that I could tie to the contractor's higher prices, although I disagree the contractor was authorized to increase its prices.

The purpose of this modification is to add incremental funding to the contract.

a. This Modification AS040 is being exercised in accordance with FAR Clause 52.232-18 Availability of Funds and adds incremental funding in the amount of $248,751.11 exclusive of GSA fee. This amount is in accordance with the client's allotment funding schedule as stipulated in Modification AO035.

b. The Option Period 04 additional labor funding supports Option Period 04 CLIN 4001, as specified, in accordance with Task Order 9T8ZDAIS808.

c. The Option Period 04 amount is increased by $248,751.11 under MIPR2BGSAR4006 Amendment No. 002. The breakdown is as follows:

Option Period 04 CLIN 4001 Instructor Labor: $208,950.93

Option Period 04 CLIN 4002 Security Support: $34,825.16

Option Period 04 CLIN 4003 Travel: $4,975.02

Total Option Period 04 additional funded amount: $248,751.11

d. The Option Period 04 funding is increased hereby by $248,751.11 from $746,253.32 to an adjusted Option Period 04 amount of $995,004.43.

e. The total task order value of $12,563,346.81 remains the same.

f. The total contract price is increased hereby by $248,751.11 from $10,511,713.04 to an adjusted contract price of $10,760,464.15.

g. The period of performance is unchanged.

h. All other terms and conditions remain the same.

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I hope you find this helpful.

I am ready to close out a firm fixed price contract that was incrementally funded for the five-year contract period. The contract was modified several times to add funds to the contract. Do these modifications that incrementally fund the contract change the firm fixed prices for the two contract line items? The contractor has billed higher prices based on these modifications.