elevenohtoo Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Does anyone have real life "scenarios" re commercial items that could be used for a training exercise? Perhaps from a DAU class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Culham Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 15 hours ago, elevenohtoo said: Does anyone have real life "scenarios" re commercial items that could be used for a training exercise? Perhaps from a DAU class. To exemplify what with regard to commercial items? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constricting Officer Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 16 hours ago, elevenohtoo said: Does anyone have real life "scenarios" re commercial items that could be used for a training exercise? Perhaps from a DAU class. "Receive package to buy pencils/buy pencils/closeout - repeat" What is the training focused on accomplishing? Market research, acquisition procedures, determining if commercial/none commercial or what??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vern Edwards Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 6 minutes ago, Constricting Officer said: "Receive package to buy pencils/buy pencils/closeout - repeat" 😁👍 Wait... What kind of pencils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaal Valentine Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 9 minutes ago, Vern Edwards said: 😁👍 Wait... What kind of pencils? Of ‘a type’ ... 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constricting Officer Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 10:10 AM, Vern Edwards said: Wait... What kind of pencils? Some SOWs for pencils (I’m sure): "The pencil shall confirm to the following standards: - 6. 275' in length; 3.068 mm in circumference; wood must be sourced from a northern California Abies lowiana Tree (AKA - California White Fir) between 2006 and 2007; - pigment core must be made of locally sourced Graphite, between 2001 (JAN 3rd) and 2001 (MARCH 22nd) and .507 mm in circumference; - The pencil must be capable of writing 6,000 words, in cursive, on a single sharpening, the text must be at a minimum a 9/10 on the darkness scale (see link – (Department of Education Fake Link); - The text (for darkness scale see bullet point 3.5 above to review) must be erasable, utilizing only 2.96 strokes of the eraser in a left to right, per word; - The metal portion of the eraser shall house the eraser and be sourced from Tajikistan (post-Soviet Iron Curtain period) and cured to 3,000 degrees to make sure the eraser doesn’t fall out mid-erase). - The eraser shall/must/always be . . . “ I’ll stop here as I am wasting my time, having to much fun and you’ll get the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constricting Officer Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Moral of the story - "Don't be that guy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerfed Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Constricting Officer said: Some SOWs for pencils (I’m sure): "The pencil shall confirm to the following standards: You mean specification and not SOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAR-flung 1102 Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Here's an assertion for you...Nobody knows how to make a pencil. One of my favorite essays ever: https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/read-i-pencil-my-family-tree-as-told-to-leonard-e-read-dec-1958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constricting Officer Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 17 hours ago, formerfed said: You mean specification and not SOW Yes - my apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerfed Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Constricting Officer said: Yes - my apologies. I meant that jokingly. I should have used a smiley emoji Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constricting Officer Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 8 hours ago, formerfed said: I meant that jokingly. I should have used a smiley emoji I mean, I didn't provide you with the delivery instructions (which were going to be fun - "once a week/Tuesday//at 7:01 AM/to a government employee that probably won't be there once awarded/etc.). Therefore, the SOW was in that sense incomplete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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