Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies

William Sims Curry is President of WSC Consulting, a small business specializing in consulting on government contracting. Curry served as an Air Force systems procurement officer and was employed in purchasing management for prime contractors on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, DOE’s Positron Electron Project, and numerous DOD programs. He has authored three books and numerous articles and research papers on government contracting. Curry is a Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM) and a fellow by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA).

1. The Contracting Cycle and Advance Contract Planning 2. Competition and Socioeconomic Contracting 3. Solicitation Documents: Information for Prospective Contractors 4. Solicitation Document: Proposal Requirements and Preparation Guidelines 5. Management of Pre-Proposal Communications and Evaluation of Proposals 6. Protests 7. Contract Negotiations, Ethics and Conflicts of Interest 8. Contract Document 9. Contract Terms and Conditions 10. Short Form Contracts, Short Form RFPs, Emergencies and Letter Contracts 11. Contract Review, Execution and Audit 1 2. Contract Administration and Closeout Appendix A Glossary of Terms Appendix B Best-Practices Research Project Appendix C Best-Practices Request for Proposals (RFP) Appendix D Best-Practices Model Services Contract (MSC) Appendix E Proof of Anomalies in Formulas for Weighing Objective Values and Subjective Scores Appendix F Estimate at Completion Appendix G Sole Source Justification/Approval Form Appendix H Reference Checklist Appendix I Short Form RFP with Short Form Contract Appendix J Form for Evaluation of Proposals in Response to RFP Appendix K Formulas for Weighing all Criteria Including those with Optimal or Suboptimal Values Appendix L Sample Show Cause Letter Appendix M Sample Letter Contract Appendix N Contract Amendment Appendix O Short Form Contract Amendment Appendix P Contractor Performance Report