Contracting Officer's Representative Answers
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How to Register in the System for Award Management (SAM) A Quick User Guide for Contract Registrations can be found at: https://www.sam.gov/sam/transcript/Quick_Guide_for_Contract_Registrations.pdf Helpful Information What is an Entity? In SAM, your company / business / organization is referred to as Read More
Discussion Script This document includes language recommendations for attorneys to use when seeking out and having discussions with potential expert witnesses. The purpose of this document is to provide recommended/suggested language, so that the potential expert witness clearly understands: · the Read More
Guidance for Contracting for Expert Witnesses Before You Begin: Contracting versus Other Retention Methods Key steps in the contracting process are outlined and discussed below. In certain cases, the AGENCY may be able, or legally required, to use other, non-contract Read More
Item Process Responsible Office/Individual 1 Identify the need for an Expert; obtain Budget/Office Management approval; and identify COR Requestor 2 Provide high-level notification to budget/acquisition office of the type of expert needed, COR assigned, estimated value and estimated need by Read More
Requestor’s SAM Registration Guidance What is SAM? The General Service Administration’s (GSA) Office of Government-wide Policy consolidated the government-wide acquisition and award support systems into one new system — the System for Award Management (SAM). SAM combines federal procurement systems and the Catalog Read More
MEMORANDUM Request for Full System for Award Management (SAM) Deviation Memorandum We recommend that you authorize a deviation from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to obtain expert services from [insert name of expert witness]to allow the awarding of a contract with/to [insert company/expert witness name] without requiring that the firm register in the System for Award Management(SAM). [If the expert witness is a company employee and AGENCY anticipates awarding a contract to the company, insert a sentence Read More
MEMORANDUM REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY DEVIATION FROM FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) REGISTRATION To: [Insert Name], Contracting Officer Through: Office of General Counsel Through: [Insert Name], Procurement Executive for Acquisition From: [Relevant Deputy Director, Bureau/Office Name] Date: [Insert Read More
With a full SAM deviation, the expert doesn’t need a DUNS number and is not required to register in SAM.gov. The deviation must provide the following: 1. The alleged urgency of the matter; 2. The efforts made to locate a qualified expert Read More
Tips, Do’s and Don’ts Tips: · Use your requirement (specific needs) to target your research and how the expert can best fill your need · Begin identification of experts that will satisfy your requirement as early as possible. · Consider if the potential Read More
I was asked: “I need an Independent Government Cost Estimate (IGCE). What is an IGCE and do you have a sample for me”? Edited from Wikipedia The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) defines a cost estimate as, “the summation of Read More