This series of FAR summaries is meant to take a meaningful portion of the Federal Acquisition Regulations to ensure an easy-to-understand approach to maintain that readers comprehend the process of doing business with the government and that the government exercises a fair and reasonable approach to doing business with the federal government.
FAR Part 51 Use Of Government Sources By Contractors
So, you think the government is just out for your money? Nope. They help you do their work.
You can use the GSA schedule to outsource work (FAR 51.1(. Remember, it’s one big one now.
You may be able to have access to GSA’s government fleet (FAR 51.2). Be careful, though. Those Contracting Officers never leave their GPS monitors. Especially, on weekends.
This concept was introduced to us at the VA Acquisition Academy. We simulated maintenance for an entire military installation. .
This is the end of the regulation set forth by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. I hope I dumbed it down enough so that you could understand how things work. We only have two parts left. They are contract clauses and contracting forms and I probably won’t go into detail on every single clause and every single form. So, I hope if you’re getting ideas around the bonfire that you have a working knowledge of how the regulations fit into the clauses as well as standard forms within the federal government. If you are a potential awardee with the federal government then you can ask me as a part of your paid expense and if you are a budding consultant or law firm you can create a fake email account and try to ask me.
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