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CldGrl22

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  1. Scenario: I work at a federal agency, e.g., EPA, and am interested in having an "external" Government person, e.g., a H&HS employee, be an evaluator on a competitive procurement being conducted for R&D work. I'm being advised in order to do this, an interagency agreement (IAA) would need to be accomplished and adhere to the terms in FAR Subpart 37.2 Advisory and Assistance Services - specific emphasis on the determination of 37.204. This Subpart (37.2) states it prescribes "policies and procedures for acquiring advisory and assistance services by contract". Further, FAR Part 2 definitions states, in part, "advisory and assistance services means those services provided under contract by nongovernmental sources". Does FAR Subpart 37.2 apply to IAAs for something like this (use of a Government employee from 1 federal agency to perform as an evaluator on a competitive procurement for another federal agency)?
  2. There is acceptance. This PO was executed with bilateral signatures at award in Feb. We were concluding there is no other way than to cancel/default the current order and start again but thought I'd reach out in case missed anything. Especially since my guess is we will receive limited offers again and may only receive one from the same vendor so seems like a lot of work for nothing, so to speak, but understand. Hopefully I'm wrong and we can find more sources but that hasn't been the case thus far (working this procurement for better part of a year). Thanks to all that took time to respond and "help".
  3. Scenario - FAR Subpart 13.5 Procurement - True Commercial Item - High Demand - Extensive Market Research Resulted in Very Little Interest mostly due to such high demand in the commerical marketplace placing orders for hundreds of items - Gov't wants (can afford) less than 20 - Competed as full & open - Done as FFP LPTA - Left RFQ open for more than 30 days (about 50) and also specifically called 3 to 5 vendors thought may be interested in work to let them know RFQ was on FedBizOps - Rec'd 2 Offers - Only 1 was technically acceptable - only 1 offered FFP (other gave an "estimate" cost for items) - made award for LPTA offer -- now months after award successful Contractor is stating (basically) there is no way he can deliver at the price on contract as didn't understand fully how much work would be involved in manufacturing the refurbished item the Gov't needs and is prepared to default knowing it will impact his performance/future Gov't contracts - or can offer items at more than double what was originally proposed and is on contract - Gov't customer is in desperate need for items and wants to push forward even though it means significant price increase - knowing there is a lot else to do, i.e., see if fair/reaonsable price can be obtained, receive other than cost or price data, etc. can negotiations even be opened on this order with the contractor? Or, would the Gov't have to cancel/default this order and start again? Of course time is factor as well and current Contractor can begin delivery in Fall 15.
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