370 – To Compete or Not Compete
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul discuss one of the key decisions (really a determination) that a...
View ArticleWho are you? (Refresher)
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul discuss the common question “when should I contact the Contracting Officer...
View Article372 – The Execution Time Zones – Overview
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul give an overview of the Execution Time Zones – a helpful way to envision...
View Article373 – Cost and Rates (with Wayne LeLand)
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin discusses indirect rates with Wayne LeLand, a former DCAA auditor, current CPA and...
View Article374 – Unsolicited Proposals
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) The government wants innovative ideas from industry. The catch is that a government...
View Article375 – Where Are You? (Refresher)
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul discuss the FAR’s preference for telecommuting. (or working remotely in...
View Article376 – What Time Is It? (REFRESHER)
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) In this holiday refresher of a previously released episode, Kevin and Paul review,...
View Article377 – How are MAC IDIQs used?
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Starting off the new year with acronym soup. MAC (multi-agency contracts or multi-award...
View Article378 – What is Contract Scope?
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul describe the Contracting Officer’s scope determination and how it impacts...
View Article379 – Flexible Workspace Contracts
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul discuss the government’s move into the world of flexible workspace, tapping...
View Article380 – What is an OTA?
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul discuss OTAs – Other Transaction Authority, a non FAR/DFARS based, legally...
View Article381 – Where do RFPs Come From?
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) When an RFP is released, there has been some activity, maybe a LOT of activity, by both...
View Article382 – A different view of the Acquisition Time Zones (with Brian Burns)
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin discusses the Acquisition Time Zones with Brian Burns, podcaster...
View Article383 – The Process to Relationship Ratio (80-20 Rule Revisited)
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul return to the balance between process and relationships in the GovCon...
View Article384 – What is the Economy Act?
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) It may be surprising to learn that the federal government sometimes duplicates effort and...
View Article385 – What is a Tech Eval?
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Only a contracting officer can sign a contract on behalf of the government, but as the...
View Article386 – What is commercial in the government’s eyes?
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) The FAR has long defined commercial items, though the very term “commercial item” has...
View Article387 – Contracting Officer Direction w/Angela Jacobs
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and special guest (and former Contracting Officer) Angela Jacobs discuss the...
View Article388 – It is your decision
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul discuss the not-very-black-and-white nature of decision making and how not...
View Article389 – Responsive vs Responsible
If you work in the Government acquisition world, this podcast is for you. (not just for Contracting Officers!) Kevin and Paul discuss two hurdles a small business must leap in order to receive a...
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