The federal government has a goal of awarding contracts to small businesses. We outlined these Small Business Goals in episode 324. Government agencies have a variety of tools to hit those goals (small business set...
The government contracts out a lot of services. We’ve covered that topic in many episodes. Sometimes those contracts are for specific services for one government customer. Other times these contracts are for a broad variety...
Change happens. Even in, and especially in, government contracts. Life happens….circumstances change…requirements change. Change happens. However, not all changes are equal. In episode 478, we talked about the 3 levels of changes: – Green light...
Many (ok, most?) contracts do not go exactly as planned. The contracting officer typically awards contracts with the intent of not having to make unplanned changes to the contract. Likewise, the contractor is typically not...