Schaus and Associates was nice enough to invite me to participate in its 2024 Webinar Series on the FAR during which I provided a quick and dirty overview of FAR Part 15 including the source selection process, proposal drafting and pricing, proposal and price evaluation and analysis, notification requirements, and debriefing requirements. You may listen…
Companies that perform construction or sell supplies to the government usually have to comply with multiple domestic sourcing requirements. Karri Palmetier presents on the Buy America Act, Trade Agreements Act, Berry Amendment and much more. Click here to view the full presentation.
Karri Palmetier discusses supply chain risk management (SCRM) issues with the Western Colorado SBDC. Click here to view the Webinar.
On April 23-24, PTACs from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development hosted a small business conference on the Sky Ute reservation in the beautiful Four Corners. I am proud to have supported this great event and had the opportunity to meet so many amazing small businesses from our region…
On April 8, 2019, Rick Zelenka of Critical Path IP Law and I presented an engaging discussion on how companies should navigate the Intellectual Property web to protect critical IP when selling space data. We appreciate the opportunity to participate in the 35th Space Symposium Tech Track and thank the Space Foundation. A copy of…
On March 28, 2019, NDIA-Rocky Mountain Chapter, Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Colorado Government Contracting Forum, and The Smalls hosted a day with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to help small and medium sized businesses achieve success in DoD compliance standards. The event focused on understanding how DCAA and…
The role of the contracting officer is unique to government contracts and an essential aspect of working with the Government because the contracting officer is the sole person with authority to award, modify, administer or terminate a contract. The issue of contract authority arises most frequently during the performance of a contract when a government…
December 31st is fast approaching and so is the deadline for the Defense Department’s cybersecurity requirements for all government contractors and subcontractors. For those who are not aware, in 2001, the federal government started the process for protecting classified information when stored or shared by electronic means. If contractors maintain a government IT system or…
I can still remember sitting at the Army JAG School, one of the few blue uniforms in a sea of green, to be taught the magic of government contracting. Still jet-lagged after the flight from Tokyo to Virginia, I was pounding coffee as the professors started educating us on fundamentals. Weeks later, I emerged as…
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