I will try the Agency SBA officer
One of the worst cases is the Veterans Administration but this actually runs through a large variety of agencies I am having this issue everywhere from the Department of Defense to the State Department. I usually don't get involved untill the agency refuses the client. FAR 52.232-23, Assignment of Claims was not included on any of the ones I am looking at as that is the first thing we look at. I am finding that this issue is far more widespread than I ever could have imagined. One of my biggest problems is most contractors are very afraid of alienating their CO. According to our understanding of FACA and the FAR clauses it is the contractors right to receive and Assignment of Claims and is the reasons for our corporate councils aggressive stance. His attitude is if they are not going to help us and we can not board the client because of this we might as well make the the CO's life miserable.
The 2 main problems are we are having:
1.. Just out right refusal and in the case of the VA it was the CO and his supervisor
2.. Many have come back with the statement that their would not be enough time to get it in place
We are a company that has a very aggressive marketing platform so I am speaking with a lot of contractors on a daily basis many who had tried factoring in the past andbeen unsuccessfull and given up on it because of this. I am finding this to be a more common issue than it should be and part of the issue is many contractors are afraid to fight for their rights for fear of repercussions.
I really think the answer is going to be finding a way to do it outside FACA..
By the way thank you for the responces