Cost-type contracts bring audits. What the Defense Contract Audit Agency looks at and how to be ready.
FAR Part 31 decides which costs the government will pay and which must be kept out of your rates. Three words organize the framework, and a list of specific limitations surprises most new contractors.
The difference between a salary and a wrap rate is indirect cost. Here is how fringe, overhead and G&A pools work, how they stack into a billing rate and why the government cares about the structure.