February 2020
Subcontracting Summit 2020 Virtual Class Series
If you are perplexed by the twists and turns of subcontracting, the curve balls that prime contractors throw at you, and the challenges presented by your own subcontractors, we have just what you need! Join our instructor Tim Sullivan as well as special guests, for PCI’s “Subcontracting Summit,” a series of nine 75-minute virtual webinars beginning in January. You and your colleagues are invited to participate as our experienced faculty explains virtually every aspect of the subcontracting process over the…
Find out more »HOW: A Hands-On Workshop to Help You With Other Transactions
Federal contractors and U.S. Government agencies have recently had a renewed interest in using novel forms of agreements to develop new technologies. Other Transaction Authority agreements, in particular, have provided both industry and agency personnel with much needed flexibility to negotiate unique terms that meet the needs of each party. However, the frameworks that apply to Other Transaction Authority agreements are continually evolving and present novel considerations that are not familiar to most contractors and officials. Principles that apply to…
Find out more »May the Clause Be with You℠ Season 2
020 Annual Subscription includes 25 Short, Focused Sessions, 30-40 Minutes in Length, to Highlight the How and Why of Important FAR and DFARS Clauses In this bi-weekly program, our experts will select and introduce to you—in a practical way—some of the most important but often misused FAR contract clauses in an easy-to-digest 30- to 40-minute Webinars. Some of those clauses in particular, those set forth in FAR PART 52, without doubt establish a critical foundation in every Federal Government Contract. You…
Find out more »TINA and NDAA 2020
The Truth in Negotiations Act (“TINA”) outlines the required cost information disclosures that contractors must make to the government for specific contracts, such as those above the dollar threshold set out in FAR 15.403-4. The New Year sees a trend in increased post-award audits by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), the body in charge of performing audits on contracts subject to TINA, increasing contractors’ vulnerabilities to the penalties associated with a TINA violation. This half day seminar will address…
Find out more »Professor’s Forum 2020
Summary Volume 3 of the Final Report of the Section 809 Advisory Panel on Streamlining and Codifying Acquisition Regulations contains some fascinating recommendations, not the least of which is the panel’s discussion of the need to update the Defense Department’s business practices so that it has the tools and processes necessary to optimize its purchasing power. One of those tools would be the use of “market-based competition,” whereby the DOD would be allowed to make purchases under $15 million the…
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