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Correct, however we flow down the type of contract to reflect the prime (Gov) contract. I have virtually no experience with FFP as I come from a CR world so I was wondering how it would be treated from a Gov FFP standpoint. Basically change the sub to the prime and the prime to the Gov for hypothetical purposes.

Thanks Leo. Basically, I'm dealing with a sub on an old issue and can't find anything in the file marked final invoice. Today I just received another invoice 18 months after the POP ended. They charged all of the labor hours (according to previous invoices) and it's not travel being that it's so long after the POP, so I wasn't sure if there was any recourse or not.

If you have an FFP contract for say...engineering services and your POP is 12 months, can you invoice after the POP is over? Basically, say you invoiced for all of the actual work and for some reason there is money left over...it's not your right to invoice for it just because it's FFP, or is it? Is it ok as long as the amount was incurred or performed in the POP? Thanks.

The Government keeps absorbing our direct labor employees on contract. It's a bad cycle because they are doing nothing to enhance their own recruitment and training. They cut out those costs by absorbing contractors but the issue never rectifies. I was in the military, a GS civilian and now am a contract director for a contractor and I prefer working for a contractor. Most of the DL engineers etc. who have worked in the Govt. and are being absorbed again aren't very happy about it.

52.219-28 "long term contract" - a contract more than five years in duration including options. ( If the Contractor represented that it was a small business concern prior to award of this contract, the Contractor shall rerepresent its size status according to paragraph (e) of this clause or, if applicable, paragraph (g) of this clause, upon the occurrence of any of the following: (3) For long-term contracts? (i) Within 60 to 120 days prior to the end of the fifth year of the contract; and (ii) Within 60 to 120 days prior to the date specified in the contract for exercising any option thereafter. There are many IDIQs that are 5 year base plus a 5 year option and the contract causes the small business to outgrow itself. I thought a saw a policy letter out that they were going to change this because it's really unfair for small businesses and pointless for the Government on large, engineering service type, IDIQs. For instance, the Government put a 5 plus 5 to provide continuity of programs and for customer convenience however if a small business gets one of the awards and is doing their job, they get bumped out of their size standard and the effort is re-competed. Does anyone know anything about this?

This is a great thread. I will add some myths as I hear them, the ones I would have added are already listed.

Last May I took and passed NCMA's CFCM exam and now I'm studying to take the CPCM exam. Because they keep changing the nature of the exam the study guidelines are quite vague. I have the 5 General Business volumes and the CMBOK. Is this sufficient? I don't want to be caught off guard on exam day. Has anyone taken this exam recently? Please help. Thanks.