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This section is to address some pro's and con's of Government Contracting by providing in-depth articles and real life inquiry and responses from members. 

 

Articles of Interest

  SCA H&W Rate Increase Announced

The H&W new rate is $4.41 per hour and is required in all government contract bids, or other service contracts awarded on or after August 1, 2017.
  DCAA Checklists You Should Never Be Without

Are you a Prime or Subcontract doing business or hoping to do business with the government?

Well, there are several important checklists you should have in your Tool Chest, alongside the tools we provide.  There are others, but we must start somewhere.  And they’re free!   

Really Free? Well, since your tax dollars paid for them, “technically” they aren’t free!
  Ineligible Dependent Health Care Benefit Costs

The DDP memorandum states that costs incurred for ineligible dependent health care are unallowable under FAR 31.201-3 and violate the selected cost principle at FAR 31.205-6(m);

However, these unallowable costs are not expressly unallowable. Therefore, auditors should not pursue application of penalties under FAR 42.709 to the questioned ineligible dependent health care benefit costs. Accordingly, auditors also should not cite contractors that fail to exclude these costs from Government contracts for noncompliance with CAS 405.
  DCAA Contract Accounting System Requirements - You Can Do It!
Are government accounting system requirements only applicable for Cost Reimbursement Type Contracts? This is a widely misunderstood concept. Many contractors feel that they do not have to worry about audits since they do not have any cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) type contracts. Others feel that since their contract(s) are small they are okay. Boy do they find out the hard way that this is not true. Let me tell you how it generally works...
 
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