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CB&I AREVA MOX Services, LLC v. U. S., Nos. 16-950C, 17-2017C, 18-80C, 18-522C, 18-677C, 18-691C, 18-921C, 18-1779C, 19- 245C, April 8, 2019. This opinion is related to a dispute between the above contractor and the NNSA. I didn't add it to the Home Page but I thought it was interesting and someone else might. So, the link is here.

I posted the full CAAC Letter on the Home Page. The issue was discussed here last year.

COR . . . Shall be . . . unless . . . . but an underling must be . . . . I could not find an example fitting the unless COR type. I'm guessing that the wording that is being questioned has something to do with the FAR section being in Part 1 and the DOSAR section being in DOSAR's Part 42.

Oh Pepe, that's a nasty way to go. Can you shape shift into something else?

I think that should be it.

Guardian: There are italics throughout the text. Do you want the italics removed?

Guardian: I just saw your post with the strike-throughs. The software had a hiccup which I an correct. I am on my way out the door. If it isn't fixed within minutes, I will fix your post when I am home again. The conversion of the word document added lines of puncutaton that I must carefully eliminate. I will complete my editing when I return. This is going to take me several sessions to edit. It won't be as you hoped but it takes a long time to remove all the mess. Bob

I began working in 1971. A year later, I completed my trainee assignments at GAO, and was forced into something called the Procurement and Systems Acquisition Division -- pronounced "P" sad. I couldn't figure out what I had done for GAO to stuff me into P-sad. Actually, my trainee assgnments ended at the end of a month and P-sad was the only place that was left for a new trainee. I have no regrets for being stuffed. Anyway, when I started in P-sad I remember people talking about someone named Ernie Fitzgerald who became famous in the late 1960s. After talking with Vern yesterday, I thought I would do an internet search on Ernie Fitzgerald this morning. I found that Ernie Fitzgerald died at the age of 92 on January 31, 2019. I believe it is important for a relic like me to introduce you to other contracting relics from the past. Then I found this wonderful article with a 43-minute C-SPAN video of Fitzgerald from 1989. This article and video are provided by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO). So here is POGO's: A Tribute to Pentagon Whistleblower Ernie Fitzgerald.

I have added a new article to the Articles page entitled: Professional Reading: Negotiating Advice from Gordon Wade Rule with an introduction by Vernon J. Edwards. Please read it.

Ji: Joel must be given special credit for posting here while in a tree-stand.

Alone in a tree-stand without the FAR?

Although GAO's bid protest statistics were issued in early December, I was focused on personal issues. I realized I missed it and posted it here now.

Thanks.

There have been 98 recommendations made by the 809 Panel. Does anyone know if any have been discussed, accepted or rejected?

Yes, we have colleagues on the Panel.

From Volume 3, Part 1, p. 17. Recommendation 35: Replace commercial buying and the existing simplified acquisition procedures and thresholds with simplified readily available procedures for procuring readily available products and services and readily available products and services with customization.

Michael: You wrote. You said agreement. I assume it is a contract. We assume your contract has a disputes clause as mentioned by others. If you cannot find one in your contract, let the posters know. That clause, backed by federal law, tells you what to do and what the contracting officer must do. You will note that there are dollar thresholds and time limits in the clause. You believe you did the work, your have a right to be paid for it. As ji said, follow the directions in your contract's clause. Forget the one last chance, force the government to do something by enforcing your rights under the clause.

Yes, they were found around Roswell and shipped to the future Area 51.

The item in the box was an A-12, successor to the U-2, and the precursor to the SR-71. They left Burbank, California in those boxes in the early 1960s and were moved to Area 51 for testing. The A-12 was, and still is, the fastest and highest flying air-breathing plane. One of its pilots referred to the one-seater A-12 as the Hot Rod and the 2-seater SR-71 as the family model.

OK, Pepe. You have to save everyone and tell us what everything is. When they were moving the boxes, they hit someone and paid them off for their troubles on the spot.

Guess what's in the box!

You have to have a place to hide the aliens and their spaceship. Here is google maps' image of the general area.

The item I posted is Public Land Order 1662 isued by the Department of the Interior. There were several different names given to this area. However, most know it as Area 51.

I've been doing research on a government contracting program and came across this item in the Federal Register. Do you know what it is about? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WITHDRAWING LANDS FOR USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH NEVADA TEST SITE, ADDITIONAL TO THOSE WITHDRAWN BY PUBLIC LAND ORDER NO. 805 OF FEBRUARY 12, 1952 By virtue of the authority vested in the President, and pursuant to Executive Order No. 10355 of May 26, 1952, it is ordered as follows: Subject to valid existing rights, the following-described public lands in Nevada are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining and mineral-leasing laws and-the act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 681; 30 U. S. C. 601- 604) as amended, and reserved for use of the Atomic Energy Commission in connection with the Nevada Test Site: Beginning_ at a point that has coordinates-- Northing, 911,551.82; Easting, 7 14,867.37; Latitude 37°15'07.268"1 N., Longitude 115°55'42.268"' W., which is the northeast corner of the present -Atomic- Energy Commission Proving Ground as withdrawn by Public Land Order No. 805, thence N. 0°32'47" W., 2 miles to the Intersection of a line bearig west of the-point for a corner of Tps. 7 and 8 S., Rs. 55 and 56 E.; East, 10 miles along line for Tps. 7 and 8 S.; South, 6 miles to intersection of the 2d Standard Parallel South and Its. 55 and 56 E. West, 10 miles along said Parallel to east boundary of Public Land Order No. 805 N. 0°32'47" W., 4 miles along said boundary to point of beginning. The above described tract will embrace the following lands, if and when surveyed: - MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN T. 8 S., R. 54 E., Secs. 1 to 4, 9 to 16, 21 to 28, and 33 to 36 inclusive. T. 8 S., R. 55 E. The area described contains approximately 38,400 acres. ROGER ERNST, Assistant Secretary-of the Interior. JUNE 20, 1958

I got one of my links backwards but I think it can be found.