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Should We Criticize GSA?

Posted by Don Acquisition in Don Acquisition's Blog, 21 May 2013 · 47 views

In a recent blog post, Steve Kelman took issue with GSA for the way they intend to evaluate past performance under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) procurement (see “GSA is Saying What? ").  Specifically, the evaluation scheme in the draft request for proposals (RFP) shows that GSA intends to weigh past performance wi...
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Look What GSA Forgot

Posted by bob7947 in The Wifcon Blog, 17 May 2013 · 108 views

The General Services Administration (GSA) has about 19,000 Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contracts.  About 80 percent are contracts with small businesses.  Last year, GSA proposed terminating thousands of small business contracts for not meeting the $25,000 annual sales threshold.  Apparently, GSA forgot to pay the contractors something--$2,500....
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Some Thoughts On "FPIF Math"

Posted by robert_antonio in Bob Antonio's Blog, 15 May 2013 · 75 views

As we all know, federal agency budgets are being cut.  Those cuts will work their way into contracting programs.  Of course, that made me think about the abuse of the fixed-price incentive firm target (FPIF) contract.  Almost a decade ago, I posted an article I titled The Fixed-Price Incentive Firm Target Contract:  Not As Firm As the Name Suggests  .  Th...
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Can a CO update the clauses in an existing contract when the FAR changes or when exercising options?

Posted by Vern Edwards in Vern Edwards' Blog, 01 November 2012 · 5,071 views

Two of my students, who work for a very large government contractor, told me that the contracting officers (COs) who administer their contracts unilaterally update contract clauses from time to time when they add funds to the contract or when they exercise options. They wondered if that was okay.It's not okay.More than a few people believe that the go...
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Flow Down of Mandatory FAR and DFARS Clauses are Handled Poorly by Contractors

Posted by PhilBail in PhilBail's Blog, 17 July 2012 · 1,657 views

Generally speaking, contractors flow mandatory FAR and DFARS clauses to vendors in a haphazard, incoherent manner with very little updating as changes to clauses occur.  Some contractors post a huge list of clauses on their website and refer to them on vendor Purchase Orders (PO's) - telling the vendors they are responsible for complying with the clau...
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