Contracting Officer Podcast 2.0 (samples)

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

Kevin and Paul provide a simplified overview of wrap rates including what cost components make up a labor billing rate and a walk-through of a sample calculation.  Learn why some cost components are able to be managed and how others are not negotiable.  
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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market. 

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected]  

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/ 
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork 

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. 

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

Lowest Price Technical Acceptable (LPTA) is an acquisition strategy that recently become controversial enough that acquisition regulations have been updated to somewhat limit its use. 

Kevin and Paul provide an overview of the regulation updates and discuss how, like any acquisition strategy, LPTA can be a powerful tool if used appropriately and a disaster if misapplied.  
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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market. 

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected]  

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/ 
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork 

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. 

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

2020 was an unprecedented year.  Despite the challenges, the federal government acquisition machine kept churning.  And through even greater challenges the government contractor community stepped up to answer the call.  

Kevin and Paul discuss their mistaken expectations about 2020 and describe how contractors are still working hard to get "back to zero".
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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market. 

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected]  

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/ 
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork 

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. 

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

It is common for two or more companies to work together to win and successfully perform federal government contracts.  The relationship between those companies must be formally documented and agreed to in order to define roles and responsibilities and avoid future issues.

Paul welcomes Shane McCall, Manager Partner at Koprince Law, LLC to discuss three common forms of contractor relationships:  Teaming Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, and the federal Mentor-Protege Program.
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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market.

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected] 

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. 

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

Kevin and Paul discuss the application of FAR 52.215-23, Limitations on Pass-Through Charges.  The government supports subcontracting and even mandates that small businesses receive preference when subcontracting opportunities exist.  What they don't want is for a prime contractor to subcontract all (or almost all) of the work out without providing any value as the prime.  To ensure this doesn't happen, there is a helpful clause that directs the contracting officer to determine whether excessive pass-through charges exist.   

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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market.

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected] 

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork 

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. 

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

Kevin and Paul discuss the Selection Zone, the last of the four Acquisition Time Zones.  (Episode 317 provides an overview of all the Acquisition Time Zones)

The Selection Zone starts when proposals are due and submitted and ends when a contract has been awarded.  Listen and learn how the rules for communication change when you enter the selection zone and how industry's actions in the first three Acquisition Time Zones have somewhat determined the winner before proposals are even evaluated. 

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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market.

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected] 

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork 

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. 

This episode is part of The Contracting Officer Hall of Fame Playlist.

To listen to all other episodes of The Contracting Officer access your Podcast 2.0 license here: https://skywayacq.com/access/   

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

Paul talks about common acquisition practices at the Department of Veterans Affairs with special guest David Geary, a former VA contracting officer and current Skyway team member/consultant.  

Listen and learn how and why the VA uses the flexibility inherent in acquisition regulations to support their mission.  

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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market. 

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected]  

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/ 
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork 

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time. 

If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!)

There are a lot of different ways the federal government can acquire products and services.  Not unlimited for sure, the FAR puts some restrictions on it though still leaves enough options to make your head spin.   

Kevin and Paul break the options into four categories that can be used to link the size and complexity of the buy to the most common acquisition strategies used. 

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If you enjoy this podcast, check out Skyway Acquisition at skywaymember.com  to begin your relationship with our team of former contracting officers. The Skyway Community is the essential resource for context in the government market.

Give us a call at 877-884-5280 or email us at [email protected] 

LinkedIn CO Podcast Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6796606/
Facebook Government Contracting Network Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GovernmentContractingNetwork 

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Kevin Jans and Paul Schauer created the Contracting Officer Podcast to help government and industry acquisition professionals understand more about how the other side thinks. As former government Contracting Officers who have also worked on the industry side, Kevin and Paul share their perspectives in support of the podcast’s mission:  Make government contracts better, one contract at a time.