2021-06-30 // day precision
Explaining a one-week award above the SAT
Posted by Dan Cary
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A contingency contracting officer answers a policy question about an unusually fast award with a stand-up-comedy evasion. It plays on the tension between urgent execution and explaining the file afterward.
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Topics: Early Years, June 2021, CCO, contingency contracting, acquisition speed, policy review, SAT