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cost or pricing data

DoD provides some relief for small/nontraditional contractors

December 8, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Effective immediately, the list of exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements at Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.403-1(b) is expanded to include contracts, subcontracts, […]

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How can the SBIR/STTR process be more welcoming to startups?

November 5, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Here are some good recommendations from USAF contracting officers Steven Groenheim and John Diekel, Restructuring the SBIR/STTR process: First, we should consider overhauling the application […]

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Does efficiency in weapons acquisition equate to the absence of industry profits?

August 27, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Clearly, efficiency in the conduct of weapons programs is a desirable objective… What do we mean by efficiency in this context? There is a tendency […]

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Podcast: What’s the price of an AI/ML product?

July 6, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

As firms are finding out, the unit economics of AI/ML is not exactly like software. It requires more manual manipulation of data than one might […]

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Cost or pricing data updates and challenges

April 4, 2020 Eric Lofgren 0

In a February 2019 report finding that a defense contractor, TransDigm Group, Inc. (TransDigm), overcharged DoD for spare parts under sole-source contracts, the [Inspector General] […]

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