Commercial Item Updates in NDAA 2018
By Robert Jones | | Commercial Items, News
Each year brings about new budgets and new National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA). NDAAs address funding, strategic plans, and rules affecting the defense acquisition process. NDAA 2018 is no exception…
Increased Profit Margins On Government Contracts
By Robert Jones | | Commercial Items, Government Contract Accounting, Selling to the Government
What are your current profit margins on government contracts? Are you still bidding a fee of 6% to 10%? Many contractors think they must accept low profit margins on government…
Better Buying Power 3.0
By Robert Jones | | Commercial Items, News, Selling to the Government
On September 19, 2014, Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics released Better Buying Power 3.0, his promise for improvements in defense acquisition, competition, and pricing. In…
What Qualifies as a Commercial Item?
By Robert Jones | | Commercial Items
Question Are items used on a government ship ever commercial? I’m thinking of food, laundry etc. But what about racks that house military systems? It seems that they would never…