Don Mansfield

"After “the basics,” the recurring standard for workforce development is to spend merely 80 hours on continuous learning over a two-year period that consists of 4,160 work hours—at that rate, people spend more time at work going to the bathroom than studying their profession." 🤣

@formerfed That's just the line-out version. It doesn't show the additions. I can't attach the line-in line-out version here because it's too big, but you can see it here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/donald-mansfield-181b6425_compare-docs-version-of-current-and-proposed-activity-7325645767174410240-oB6w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAVVFfEBGwwV9lul0QXOYxogw54s42KVA9c

I think it's supposed to be STD ZD072. I don't know what the code means, but DLA uses it when referencing a Hazard Communication Standard notice in solicitations for batteries. The notice requires submission of Safety Data Sheets to the contracting officer. Is FAR 52.223-3 in the contract?

This particular entry is getting pounded by Russian bots. @Linda Day

I wonder how an offeror's proposal would differ using one authority vs. another. Would they have different proposals for different authorities (i.e., OTA price, FAR-based contract price, etc.)? That would interesting to measure.

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That jumped out at me, too. I'm going to submit a comment on the importance of that statement.

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Vladimir, please stop

One is a contract clause and the other is an activity. I think you need to work on your question.

Nice work

New EO: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/restoring-common-sense-to-federal-procurement/

Was it 1-year money?

From what I could gather, it was FFP with a delivery unit of "hour." Assuming the measure of "effort" was time spent working, then I would say it was FFP LOE.

Where did you get your definition of individual? FAR 7.503(c)(12) doesn't include selecting sources.

Neither of those say anything about an SSA being human. Do you think all award decisions are currently made by humans?

Does an SSA have to be human? If AI produced a rational source selection decision that would otherwise withstand scrutiny at the GAO or COFC, what's the problem?

You are free to infer a requirement to use ratings from the FAR and use them when it makes no sense to do so.

Or what happens if an executive branch interpretation is rejected by a court in a future decision? Does the executive branch wait to hear from the President/Attorney General that they have changed their interpretation?

Right.

I actually referenced that back on page 1. Hammurabis missed it.

No, because the APA doesn't apply to the FAR System.

Comic contracts: https://contract-design.worldcc.foundation/comic-contracts?

Another thought. Let's say they strike something like "Contracting officers shall purchase supplies and services from responsible sources at fair and reasonable prices." FAR 15.402(a). Subsequent to that, an agency issues an internal policy that says "contracting officers shall purchase supplies and services from responsible sources at fair and reasonable prices." Is the agency's policy subject to the publication and notice requirements of 41 U.S.C. 1707?

I wonder if they will strike language that implements other agencies' regulations (e.g., SBA, DOL, etc.). I don't think striking such language from the FAR would affect the force of those regulations.