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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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Podcast: Commercial item acquisition with Phil Jasper

September 15, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

I was pleased to have Phil Jasper, Mission Systems President at Collins Aerospace, join me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss commercial item acquisition. […]

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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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Why are OTAs plagued by references to FAR clauses?

January 9, 2020 Eric Lofgren 1

One of the biggest failures of FAR 12 [commercial] contracting has been DoD’s unwillingness to proactively use these commercial of a type procedures because of […]

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