The Department of Defense just released a document outlining the Guidelines For Creating and Maintaining a Competitive Environment for Supplies and Services in the Department of Defense. This document...
In June we talked about the release of the OASIS and OASIS SB contract for use by the government.
I saw an article in a Defense E-Brief from NDIA this week entitled “Pentagon Will Demand ‘Fair Prices’ From Commercial Vendors”. The essence of the article is that apparently the Defense Department is...
In a discussion with some associates a week ago I was surprised to hear they were not aware of the LPTA practice that is becoming more popular in evaluating government contract bids. First, let’s look...
Back in May I wrote a blog on the Small Business Administration’s Office of the Ombudsman. I had the opportunity to meet the National Ombudsman, Brian Castro, earlier this month. Brian is a busy man and...
This is a continuation of the last blog relating issues that were discussed in the Colorado Springs NDIA panel discussion. I thought these issues were relevant enough to devote 2 blogs to cover the...
Last week I attended a Rocky Mountain Chapter NDIA meeting in Colorado Springs. The meeting was a panel discussion about small business issues in government contracting and featured the Small Business...
The Defense Contract Audit Agency was created in 1965 to help the Government assure that they are making the best use of taxpayer dollars on the contracts they enter into. As a result, they have been...