Sunstrider Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 Should a contractor such as a defense prime be paid for proposal preparation costs? If so, should this be treated as a direct or indirect cost? Should profit/fee be included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel hoffman Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 (edited) Please describe the circumstances . For example: Competitive action? Non-competitive action? Original contract? Modification to the contract? If for new contract, how are bid and proposal costs normally accounted for by the company ? If for modification, who is preparing the proposal ? If it is the same person or persons preparing bids and proposals- and if those person(s)’ costs are charged to an overhead or G&A pool, they are already covered. For a modification, If it is prepared by employees already being paid under the (FFP) contract, and if there are no additional costs involved, my position was “no”. If it is a proposal for a claim, “no”. Edited May 2, 2019 by joel hoffman Original poster has declined to elaborate as of 2 May 2019, PM, CDT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ji20874 Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 All offerors, or just the winner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retreadfed Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 Have you read FAR 31.205-18 to determine what, if any, effect it might have on your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
here_2_help Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 Have you read CAS 402, Interpretation No. 1, to determine what, if any, effect it might have on your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
here_2_help Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 If you are from a DOD agency/component have you read the guidance on the topic, to determine what, if any, effect it might have on your question? https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/usa002866-11-dpap.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ji20874 Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 It seems the original poster has abandoned this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
here_2_help Posted May 2, 2019 Report Share Posted May 2, 2019 1 hour ago, ji20874 said: It seems the original poster has abandoned this thread. Probably because we pointed them at the answer rather than providing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstrider Posted May 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2019 On 4/29/2019 at 9:12 PM, joel hoffman said: Please describe the circumstances . For example: Competitive action? Non-competitive action? Original contract? Modification to the contract? If for new contract, how are bid and proposal costs normally accounted for by the company ? If for modification, who is preparing the proposal ? If it is the same person or persons preparing bids and proposals- and if those person(s)’ costs are charged to an overhead or G&A pool, they are already covered. For a modification, If it is prepared by employees already being paid under the (FFP) contract, and if there are no additional costs involved, my position was “no”. If it is a proposal for a claim, “no”. All new task orders procured non-competitively via single award IDIQ. As direct costs; the contract vehicle treats every single task order as either an "engineering change proposal" or "contract change proposal". On 4/29/2019 at 10:35 PM, ji20874 said: All offerors, or just the winner? The sole offeror/winner. On 4/30/2019 at 12:25 PM, Retreadfed said: Have you read FAR 31.205-18 to determine what, if any, effect it might have on your question? Very helpful. Thank you. On 5/2/2019 at 10:15 AM, here_2_help said: Have you read CAS 402, Interpretation No. 1, to determine what, if any, effect it might have on your question? Perfect. Thank you. On 5/2/2019 at 10:16 AM, here_2_help said: If you are from a DOD agency/component have you read the guidance on the topic, to determine what, if any, effect it might have on your question? https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/usa002866-11-dpap.pdf Once again, thank you. Apologies for my delayed response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGA40 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 --deleted- sorry, didn't see how old the thread was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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