Mail Bag is a recurring feature of the Week Ahead. We welcome your questions at info@allenfederal.com. This week’s question is from T. Salehi who asks, “I know I can get through the front door of the White House and meet the President. How big of a contract can he give me?” Read more
CLUE: “2010” ANSWER: “When was the last time my company had ethics training?” If this is your company’s response, you stand more to lose than just the Daily Double. Failure to hold annual training on ethics and contract compliance is a primary indication to an auditor that your company is reckless and likely not complying with important rules. Read more
Ok, so maybe it’s not quite time for the NCAA basketball tournament, but the question still remains: When competing against other agencies, why does GSA consistently act like a 16 seed? Using numbers released late last year by Bloomberg Government, total federal IDIQ spending was approximately $100 billion. GSA owns nearly half of that market, making it the largest IDIQ purveyor by far. The largest single IDIQ program, despite years of neglect, remains GSA’s Multiple Award Schedule program. Read more
Contractors often complain about the cost and time associated with pursuing each new Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. They’d rather spend precious bid and proposal dollars pursuing actual pieces of business. The Office of Federal Procurement Policy has acknowledged IDIQ proliferation as a problem for several years. While there is a business case approval Read more
Sometimes people need to hear things more than once in order to take notice – and action. In case you needed more evidence that contractors can’t assume their buyers, even CO’s, know the procurement rules – and why you MUST – here is a summary of what Allen Federal has heard on the streets since just the beginning of 2015. Read more