Author Archive
Digital Government
Aronie: The profit margin
GSA’s inspector general squeezes profit margins of vendors selling services under schedule contracts.
Acquisition
Aronie: Keep GSA schedules humming
In its current crisis, GSA cannot afford to neglect the schedule contracts program.
Acquisition
Aronie: Don't be a target
Using the False Claims Act as a weapon has moved to the GSA schedules.
Digital Government
Aronie: That's 'Dee' to my friends
A chance meeting ends up recruiting a partner in the quest to 'get it right'
Acquisition
Aronie: Foolish consistency
Some people hide behind the 'this is the way we always do it' shield.
Acquisition
Aronie: Paying the subcontractors
GSA and DOD apparently disagree about who gets to reap any savings.
Acquisition
Aronie: The simple made complex
Complex procurements render GSA buys more susceptible to protest.
Acquisition
Aronie: Contractors? thorny position
Don't presume that federal clients are acting properly, says columnist Jonathan Aronie.
Acquisition
Aronie: Defining small by committee
Crisscrossing regulations often have unintended consequences, columnist Jonathan Aronie says.
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Acquisition
Learning from the past
The skills developed and the lessons learned in 2003 are as valuable now as they were then.
Digital Government
A controversial clause
Few provisions of the schedule contracts create as much confusion and heartburn as the price reductions clause.
Acquisition
See you in court
Aronie: Companies are too hesitant to turn to the courts or the general accounting office to protect their rights
Digital Government
Discussing debarment
The government has many arrows in its compliance enforcement quiver, but few are as lethal as debarment
Digital Government
Fudging on fees
Since 1995, the General Services Administration has financed its schedule purchasing program through the collection of a 1 percent (soon to be 0.75 percent) Industrial Funding Fee (IFF)
Digital Government
Advice to contractors: Be compliant
Companies are often reluctant to look at how well they comply with federal contract requirements
Acquisition
Advice and appeals
Commentary: Advice from contracting officers should mark the beginning of a contractor's inquiry, not the end
Acquisition
No guarantees
Commentary: Even under requirements contracts, courts will not let vendors recover lost profits
Digital Government
Small-business confusion
Commentary: Contractors should be alert to the possibility that the subcontracting plan flow-down requirement could find its way into their subcontracting plans
