jvanhorne Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Having run into a current situation where a government subcontract basically acted as a middleman, adding no value but just pulling off 10% of the price, I thought to look up the origin on "ten percenter" which I vaguely recall was used at some time in the history of US government contracting for this kind of middleman. Well, after an internet search which turned up quite a number of unrelated uses of the term, I haven't been able to find the government contracting history that I thought was there. Anyone else have a better recollection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerfed Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Are you perhaps thinking about the covenant against contingent fees described in FAR 3.404? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
civ_1102 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Are you thinking of the DFARS clauses prohibiting excessive pass-through charges? See DFARS 252.215-7003 and 252.215-7004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvanhorne Posted June 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Are you perhaps thinking about the covenant against contingent fees described in FAR 3.404? Yea, I think that was it. I discovered my problem - memory. It's not "ten percenters" but "five percenters." I searched on "covenant against contingent fees" and found a good article on the history which is substantially intertwined with the history of lobbying. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/38rvt2g Thanks for the suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooke Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 I recall in the late 70?s or early 80?s the DAR changed requiring all small purchases to be setaside for small business. In response, a slew of entrepreneurs popped up as a pass through for large business products. These businesses were called ten percenters, because they bought products from large business added 10% and sold them to the government. That was a nice little trip down memory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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