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What FAR Council Updates to Small Business Contracting Requirements Mean for Large and Small Business Contractors

Federal Construction Contracting Blog

The SBA made numerous changes to its regulations in the past year, but the FAR Council has largely failed to keep pace. For example, one of the rules makes noteworthy changes to the FAR’s Limitations on Subcontracting, resulting in a more friendly regulatory landscape for small business prime contractors.

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Why You Should Understand DBE Laws and Regulations

Best Practices Construction Law

I recently spoke to a group of highway contractors about disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) laws and regulations and some of the different policies among the state departments of transportation. Our four investigative imperatives are transportation safety, grant and procurement fraud, employee integrity, and consumer and workforce fraud.

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California Legislature Further Helping Subcontractors

Construction Law Monitor

Author, Maria Giardina of Sedgwick, LLP , does a very good job of explaining the step that the California Legislature has taken to further protect the interest of subcontractors who often enter into one-sided contacts with general contractors in order to procure work in this troublesome economy.

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Job Order Contract Program Implementation

Job Order Contracting

Development of acquisition/procurement approach. JOC procurement/award process. Development of acquisition/procurement approach. All significant conditions, such as requirements for compatibility with existing laws, regulations, contracts. Facility management/engineering planning. Monitoring. Ongoing training.

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What is Job Order Contracting? What is IDIQ?

Building Information Management

IDIQ contracts had historically been used only as single award contracts to procure services or supplies until the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994, noting the value of multiple award contracts. Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts has been a useful tool in federal government acquisition for many years.

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What is Job Order Contracting? What is IDIQ?

Building Information Management

IDIQ contracts had historically been used only as single award contracts to procure services or supplies until the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994, noting the value of multiple award contracts. Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts has been a useful tool in federal government acquisition for many years.

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Using RSMeans Cost Data for Job Order Contracting – JOC – October 2013

Building Information Management

Owners have reams of rules and regulations to follow in order to put a project out for bid fairly. Tasked with maintaining and repairing thousands of buildings nationally and internationally, military facilities managers found the normal route of federal acquisition regulations much too slow and bureaucratic.