Archive for the ‘Firm Fixed Price contracts’ Category

Changes to GSA SmartPay and what it means to Companies on the FSS

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

An interesting article on changes coming to those on the FSS
and receive contracts of a $100k or less.  Information about how the
Author and his company can assist you in dealing with Level 3 SmartPay can be
found through the link at the end of the article, or at the following website http://www.ftswpa.com/gsacardprocessing.php

Clink link for a copy of the article




Non-Discrimination in Compensation – Compensation data collection Tool

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

The Obama’s administration early announcement that they will be proposing a new data collection rule related to “Compensation Discrimination”.  This is another attempt on the part of DOL and the Obama’s administration to force contractors to report data on employee and management compensation under the guise of identifying and preventing compensation discrimination.  In reality it is a back door effort to force government contractor to either become unionized or to pay wage scales dictated by the union.  If also smacks of the heavy handed approach
to government dictating how business are to pay their employees.  This is no different than DOL efforts to tell Boeing where it can set up business operations and that any effort to operate in Right to Work states will be met with lawsuits from DOL.

You have an opportunity to comment, please use it. However, the only real way to prevent this proposed rule from becoming finalized it to contact your Congressional Representative loudly and
often.  Because this is another attempt to kill capitalization by the Obama administration.

Click here for a copy of the Fed Reg announcing this proposed rule




CAS exemption for contracts performed outside the US no longer applies

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

You will remember that a few months back I sent out a news alert about a proposed rule to remove the exemption from CAS for contracts performed outside the US.  The proposal rule is not finalized.
Performing a contract entirely outside the US no longer exempts the contract for CAS coverage if under normal circumstance the contract would be CAS qualified.

Click here for the Feg Reg publication of the final rule