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  1. If that is the case, the UCF would be used especially if you are using FAR Part 15. That is my answer.
  2. I have been doing contracting for quite some time and I am getting arguments from peers on a certain topic and want to query the gurus in this forum for an answer. We all know that FAR part 12 is for the acquisition of commercial items. Also, you can use parts of FAR Part 13,14, and 15 in order to award a contract under FAR Part 12. FAR 13.5 authorizes the use of simplified procedures for the acquisition of supplies and services in amounts greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but not exceeding $7 million ($13 million for acquisitions as described in 13.500(c)), including options, if the contracting officer reasonably expects, based on the nature of the supplies or services sought, and on market research, that offers will include only commercial items. My questions is if you have a commercial item or service requirement and it is over the SAT ($7M) as described in FAR Part 13.5, are you required to use FAR part 15 procedures and the Uniform Contract Format?
  3. Normally, If an offer from a solicitation leads to further changes, the resulting contract is prepared as a bilateral document on SF 26, Award/Contract.
  4. I don't think you will find anything in the FAR. Do a search in this forum as I think this topic, or something very similar, was debated a while ago. Although I think this was concerning task orders against contracts. Again, if the terms and conditions are not listed in the BPA, you should ask legal for an opinion. Welcome to the life of an 1102!! Hope you enjoy it!
  5. Duke38, Since you are a newbie, let's clear up a couple of things as you are now in a professional career series (1102), and we need to act accordingly. First, task orders are not assigned for BPA's. For BPA's you assign call numbers for each action you issue against it. Second, a BPA is not a contract, per se. It's an agreement between the parties (government and contractor). BPA's are simplified actions that fall under FAR Part 13, and are meant for repetitious items or services that normally fall under the simplified acquisition threshold. You will have to look at the terms and conditions written in the BPA to see if you can assign call numbers that continue after the BPA expires. I know I have some IDIQ contracts that have terms where you can write task orders against them before the contract expires, but the performance period cannot exceed one year past the expiration of the IDIQ contract. I am very surprised that legal sent you to a web-site instead of giving you a legal opinion on the situation.
  6. I was working for the US Geological Survey in Reston VA at the time. Many employees had family members working at the Pentagon, so it was a very stressful time for them, as well as the US as a whole to be attacked on our soil. I later went to work as a contract employee for CACI to rebuild the Pentagon. Our goal was to have the construction done by the 9-11-2002, and we succeeded. One thing I remember vividly was the traffic congestion on I-395 and I-95. I think I could have walked home and got there faster that day due to everybody fleeing from DC!
  7. civ-1102, Congrats on your job and welcome back to the federal system. Unfortunately, you will have to play the game with them. I have been with five different civilian agencies (Department of the Air Force, Department of Interior, Department of the Army, GSA, and now the VA), and they are all the same. I was DAWIA Level III at the time I entered federal service in 2001 after 22 years in the USAF. The Department of Interior and the Department of the Army took everthing I had (certificates) and rolled with it. The DOI gave me their equivalent to the DAWIA. However, when I got to GSA, this was a whole different ball game. I had to take the courses over so I could get my Level III FAC-C certification. Also, since I have been around for a while (30 years), I had some old courses, but they would not count them. However, they did take the correspondence courses I took in 1984 (Defense Small Purchase and Management of Defense Acquisition Contracts). The VA converted everything I had and issued me their FAC-C Level III before I arrived at the job. Acquisition waivers are done by a lot of the federal services. I don't know which department you are with, but as I stated, it depends. Therefore, have a good time going to school. Looks like you got a lot of classes to take or should I say re-take!!!
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