Contracting Officer Podcast 2.0 (samples)

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011 What are Section L&M Part 2 Aug 23, 2026

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What is Section L? What is Section M? In this 2 part episode, Paul and Kevin explain how the Government provides proposal preparation and content instructions in Section L and provides the evaluation criteria that...

013 The Market Research Zone (Zone 2) Aug 23, 2026

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The second in a 4 part series describing the Acquisition Time Zones in greater detail. (see Episode 003 for an overview of the Time Zones) In this episode Kevin and Paul discuss the types of...

576 - Faster Contract Awards (w/ Hector Navarro) Aug 21, 2026

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009 What is a Cost or Fixed Price Contract? Aug 17, 2026

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What is the difference between a Firm Fixed Price contract and a Cost Reimbursable contract? If you’ve ever asked this question, this podcast is for you. We provide an overview of the 2 basic contract...

008 RFI, DRFP, and RFP: What’s the difference? Aug 17, 2026

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In this cast, we provide an overview of the Request for Information (RFI), the Draft Request for Proposals (DRFP) and the Request for Proposals (RFP). Contracting Officers use all of these in different ways and...

007 What is a Contracting Officer? Aug 17, 2026

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In this cast, we explain the basics of what Contracting Officers do. We define the role of the CO, along with some detail on how they are appointed. We also describe the different types of...

006 Debriefing (Part 2) Aug 17, 2026

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One of the many unique elements of federal contracting is the Debriefing. In this cast, we continue our discussion on the nuances and lessons learned on the enigmatic debriefing. During Part 2, we cover some...

005 What is a Debriefing? (Part 1) Aug 17, 2026

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Zone:Zone 4 Listen and Learn… One of the many unique elements of federal contracting is the Debriefing. In this cast, we explain what a debriefing is (and what it isn’t). We also describe the...

002 What is the 80/20 Rule in government contracts? Aug 17, 2026

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Listen and Learn… One often-overlooked difference between the federal market and the commercial market is that federal market sales are won more by process than by relationships. Contracting Officers (COs) cannot buy based on relationships alone. Relationships matter (see FAR Parts 3 and 9), but relationships are usually not the most important factor. The relationship is 20% of the decision. The other 80% is the competitive process.

575 - The Overhaul of FAR Part 16 Aug 14, 2026

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