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All Episodes are inside Skyway Central© Click here to access the Podcast 2.0 License and start listening today ..read more

All Episodes are inside Skyway Central© Click here to access the Podcast 2.0 License and start listening today ..read more

All Episodes are inside Skyway Central© Click here to access the Podcast 2.0 License and start listening today ..read more

All Episodes are inside Skyway Central© Click here to access the Podcast 2.0 License and start listening today ..read more

All Episodes are inside Skyway Central© Click here to access the Podcast 2.0 License and start listening today ..read more

All Episodes are inside Skyway Central© Click here to access the Podcast 2.0 License and start listening today ..read more

The government buys lots of services…but not all service contracts work the same way. There are personal services, non-personal services, Service Contract services, advisory services, and so on. We have a whole podcast playlist just for service contracts. One common type of services is Professional Services. These services are defined as having a “recognized status based upon acquiring professional knowledge through prolonged study.” In other words, these are skilled services that require expertise, education, and/or time to master.  The level of expertise, education and time can impact ..read more

Communication between government and industry matters throughout the acquisition process. In last week’s episode, we dug into a common misconception that gets in the way of effective communication – namely a lack of clear agreement on what is fair game (or not) to communicate about. In the FAR, the phrase “open and frank communication” is one of the phrases used to describe that effective dialogue between both sides. In the last episode, Kevin and Paul covered the things that the government does that get in the way of open and frank communication. If you haven’t listened to episode 445, pleas ..read more

Communication between government and industry matters throughout the acquisition process. In this episode Kevin and Paul dig into another common misconception that gets in the way of effective communication – namely a lack of clear agreement on what is fair game (or not) to communicate about. In the FAR, the phrase “open and frank communication” is one of the phrases used to describe that effective dialogue between both sides.  Ok, while we can appreciate that “open and frank communication” is something we would want…what exactly does that mean? How open is too open? How frank is too fran ..read more