Requirements Type Contracts, What you need to Know
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
A good short article on the uniqueness of a Requirements contract. But what is most interesting is how the article demonstrates it is important to review and view the contract clauses and requirements as a whole, not individuality to fully understand their potential impact on your as contractor.
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Determining Manufacturing Readiness Risk as part of the Source Selection process
Monday, August 1st, 2011
DFARS (DFARS Case 2011-D031) is proposing that as part of the source selection process, manufacturing readiness and manufacturing-readiness processes of potential contractors and subcontractors, be considered for major defense acquisition programs (MDAP).
Of course nothing in the proposed rule, as described in the Federal Register, defines what manufacturing readiness and processes are and how that will be measured/determined during the source selection process.
Most likely DoD is floating this rule out there to get major manufactures input, through their comments, on how this would work, and what the parameters should be.
While most major prime contractors would be able to address this potential issue, it is the subcontractors on such MDAP that need to be concerned about the proposed rule. Because it would not be the CO obtaining this information during the source selection process, but the prime obtaining the information from prospective subcontractors. This could expose the subcontractors intellectual property as it relates to its manufacturing processes, to the prime.
This could put the subcontractor at a significant negotiating disadvantage with the prime. Another area, from this administration, in a long line of new risks being faced by subcontractors.
Tim Di Guiseppe
Click here for a copy of the Federal Register and info on where to submit comments
OFCCP Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Protected Veterans
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
“These obligations require, for the first time, quantitative measurements for the hiring of protected veterans,
self-identification invitations pre and post-offer, and a documented review of specified personnel practices.”
Be prepared to significantly increasing policies, procedures and reporting requirements not only internally but also when flowing down contract clauses to subcontractors.
Tim
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