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Category: Acquisition

Acquisition

Proposed rule allows counting of lower-tier subcontracting against primes’ plans

Jason Lee Bakke,
March 17, 2023March 17, 2023

The Small Business Administration has proposed a rule to count lower-tier subcontracting against primes’ socioeconomic goals. So, rather than counting socioeconomic subcontracting amounts at the first-tier only, primes could take credit for subs further down the supply chain, that is, the subcontractors of subcontractors.

Acquisition

The L-1011 TriStar ended Lockheed’s commercial dreams

Jason Lee Bakke,
February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

The L-1011 TriStar first flew November 1970 and was Lockheed’s brief foray into the passenger-jet market.

Acquisition

GSA Schedules: A Primer

Jason Lee Bakke,
February 22, 2023February 28, 2023

A Fundamentals primer on GSA Schedules.

Acquisition

Fundamentals: Federal acquisition regulation (FAR)

Jason Lee Bakke,
February 14, 2023February 27, 2023

A Fundamentals primer on the FAR.

Acquisition

Federal Acquisition Fundamentals: Limitation in subcontracting clause

Jason Lee Bakke,
February 11, 2023February 25, 2023

The limitation in subcontracting clause, also known as 52.219-14 (and more formally Limitations on Subcontracting), applies to contracts including task orders awarded via set-aside procedures.

GAO spikes the Federal Supply Schedule cross-walk; sellers beware

Jason Lee Bakke,
November 2, 2022February 27, 2023

The Federal Supply Schedules program manages some of the largest contracts in the world, with nearly $40 billion in sales in fiscal 2021. Yet even with their broad popularity, many buyers and sellers are unclear on the contracts’ history and use.

Acquisition

To the Cloud! Sixth Gen Fighter “Concept” Flies, if Nothing Else

Jason Lee Bakke,
August 9, 2021February 27, 2023

The Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative’s promise of combining the best of the F-22 and -35, while collapsing acquisition time frames, beating budget through full-rate production, and with affordable, reliable sustainment is unsurprising; I just got the tune out of my head.

Government docks fixed-price invoice for failure to perform hours, COFC agrees

Jason Lee Bakke,
May 10, 2021February 27, 2023

Here’s a smack in the face to all the faux-fixed-price contract holders out there: the Court of Federal Claims found the government was within its right to unilaterally deduct hours not performed on a firm-fixed-price contract.

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