Procurement Basics

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Procurement Basics

• Ken Holecko
• President Elect
• Federal Section

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Procurement Basics

• Be a good business partner
• To your customer, the contractor is you
• You have an interest in the contractors
  treatment of its employees, especially on your
  site
• Employees in a services contract may have a right
  of first refusal in a new contract

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Procurement Basics

• Read the contract--frequently
• Im the customer, they should make me happy
• Amendments are always more expensive than getting
  them into the contract up front
• Understand your authority as the COTR
• Make a note of the end date and renew before
• Watch for conflicts of interest

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Procurement Basics

• Clarify intellectual property issues
• Who owns the methodology?
• Can you hire another contractor to use report and
  implement the recommendations?
• What do you own
• A license?
• The process?
• The software?
• The code?