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DOD To Impose Controls On Labor And Overhead Rates For Services Contracts
On July 31, 2012, the DOD issued Class Deviation 2012-O0012, Limitation on Amounts Available for Contracted Services. This was a step to implement language contained in Section 808 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “(1) establish a negotiation...
The Very Real Problem of Fake Parts
There is a booming business in making and selling counterfeit parts to the U.S. government. Most of it is of foreign origin, but some is not. These parts can affect consumer electronics, telecommunications, medical devices, automotive parts, critical infrastructure,...
New SBA Size Standards: When Will They Become Final?
Recently, the Small Business Administration (SBA) published a new rule setting size standards for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes known as NAICS 2012. See 77 Fed. Reg. 49,991 (Aug. 20, 2012). The rule, which has an effective date of...
DCAA Touts Increased Quality of Audits
DCAA Touts Increased Quality of Audits by Darrell Oyer, Darrell J. Oyer & Company: A canned DCAA presentation contends that the quality of audits has improved as evidence by the fact that in FY2003 DCAA examined $265b and questioned only $8b (3%); but in FY2011...
Proposed FAR Rule Requires a Broad Universe of Government Contractors to Safeguard Contractor Information Systems
Guest Authors: Elizabeth Ferrell & Erin Sheppard, McKenna Long & Aldridge. Originally posted at http://www.mckennalong.com/publications-advisories-3064.html On August 24, 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA) and...
Wiggle Room In DOD Vehicle Lease Not Big Enough to Drive a Truck Through! – A Case Study
The Overseas Logistics Group (“OLG”) sued the Department of Defense for breach of contract in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over a contract to lease vehicles to DoD. The contract originally required the government to repair the vehicles to the condition in which it...
Even Best Value Decisions Have Limits – Case Study
The Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (“OJP”), issued a request for quotations from vendors holding contracts under GSA Multiple Award Schedule 80 for a blanket purchase agreement and a task order proposal to provide federal identity, credential and...
Should the Kimono be Opened? – Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Best Practices
FAR Part 9.504 requires contracting officers (CO’s) to identify and evaluate potential OCI’s early in the process, but puts no time pressure (other than the award deadline) on the need to resolve (i.e., avoid, neutralize, or mitigate) significant organizational...
