Tag: FAR
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The Federal Acquisition Regulation is long, but most small contractors return to a handful of topics again and again. Here is a reader’s map to get started.
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The two sections of a federal RFP that tell you how to write and how you will be judged.
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The FAR is the rulebook for most federal buying. It is long, but it is organized logically. A map of its structure for contractors who want to find what applies to them.
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Two reform laws from the mid-1990s created much of the toolkit agencies lean on in the fourth quarter: simplified thresholds, a commercial preference, task order contracts and more.
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Every federal contract lets the government end it early. A convenience termination compensates the contractor for work done; a default termination is a finding of failure with lasting consequences.
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A base period plus options is the most common structure in federal services. Here is what an option is, how the government decides to exercise it and the dates and signals worth watching.
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A contract is complete when the government inspects the work, finds it conforms and accepts it. The inspection clauses, Section E and the finality of acceptance carry real consequences.
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Full and open competition, written sole-source justifications, competition advocates and the GAO protest stay all trace to one 1984 law. Here is what CICA changed and why it still matters.
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Most major agencies add their own regulations on top of the FAR. A contractor who skips the supplement is reading half the rulebook, and often the half with the most demanding requirements.
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Section I of a solicitation is a list of numbers and titles, and every one of them is a binding term. The numbering system itself tells you where each clause comes from and what it governs.