Government Contracts (employee, job, company, agency)
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I was offered a position to work on a government contract. However, the award was protested by another federal contractor. The protest has been dismissed by the GAO. But, I am being told the stop work order has not been lifted. The only info I am getting is that work should start soon, but, no date or solid time frame has been given.
Has anyone here ever been thru anything like this? How much longer after a GAO decision should it take for work to begin?
Any offer "pending contract award" must be taken with a grain of salt.
I have been listed on no less than four DOD/USAID bids and have only gotten one job because of it--and not the specific job on the contract that I was bid on.
Contractors are always protesting when they lose a bid and it results in delays.
The company that lost the bid can--and most likely will-- drag its feet for month, or longer, to continue to bill the USG for services provided.
There is also a 30-90 day transition period to the new contractor from the old.
Some DOD stuff is getting delayed due to the possibility of sequestration.
Contractors are always protesting when they lose a bid and it results in delays.
The company that lost the bid can--and most likely will-- drag its feet for month, or longer, to continue to bill the USG for services provided.
I've heard of this happening too but don't have any personal experience with it (even though I was a contractor for a bit).
A friend told me his company put in a bid for a Federal project, and another company protested, dragged it feet etc, until the timeline for the project was so backed up, the Fed's just dropped it all together.
I've heard of this happening too but don't have any personal experience with it (even though I was a contractor for a bit).
A friend told me his company put in a bid for a Federal project, and another company protested, dragged it feet etc, until the timeline for the project was so backed up, the Fed's just dropped it all together.
contemplate the ramifications of what you wrote please: if a company protests it's failure to be awarded a contract they can stop the USG from getting work done because the USG will simply walk away from project.
I sure hope not.
That being said, I am sure some contracts are cancelled for a variety of reasons including being OBE.
to the op, around 90 days until you can start....but don't bet on it. the communication chain between USG-Contractor--Employee is often abysmal.
Ok well I got an update. Apparently, the govt agency issuing the contract is reviewing the proposal to make sure nothing was flawed with the bidding and award process or something like that. I have no clue what that means. At any rate, work will not begin until the agency is finished reviewing the proposal. This is awful. I really thought this would be a good opportunity now I just feel lead on.
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