Prezmil2020

Good Morning,

I overheard a KO state that he awarded a competitively procured T&M task order under a GSA FSS contract.  Each POP has an estimated NTE and the government sends the contractor specific projects and tasks that it needs to submit a FFP for before proceeding.  If the government accepts the FFP it fully funds the project while at the same time technically incrementally funding the overall total estimated NTE of the task order.  I am assuming that there is a minimum guarantee in the task order to make it legally binding but I am not sure.  Nonetheless, I was curious what others think of this practice.  In theory it reduces the government's risk by requiring the contractor to perform work under FFP once specific projects/information is known.  It also reduces the overall PALT by not having to procure the service using FAR Part 15 procedures (assuming that the work fits under the scope of the FSS contract).   When the task order was procured, I am assuming that the government could not provide enough specifics for contractors to provide FFP across the board.  I plan on following up with the KO but wanted to start a discussion on this and see what issues/ideas come from it.

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