everybody , this is Lieutenant
Commander Yuli , I'm with Mr Aaron
Nolan , Jack , Mr cobb cox and Mr King
Win and mr burke , heck over here at F .
L . C . You kuska . Um so for everybody
attending here on the phone line , if
we can just request that at some point
today , please send an email to the wet
smack team uh , regarding your
attendance during this morning's
session um with your , you know , with
the violence . Unfortunately there is
no way for us to know like who's dialed
into here , but we need we need to
verify that in order to make sure that
your attendance for the post award has
been recorded . Uh and also for those
of you who have not received your
postal board slides , they were sent
yesterday should have been to send to
everybody , but if you haven't received
it again , send an email and we will
send it to you um , you know ,
accordingly , okay ? Um And if you need
to talk , you need to press star 6 to
unmute yourself and
okay ? And then uh finally , uh , you
know , please uh let us present the
slides in in its entirety and then
we'll have uh we'll give you an
opportunity to ask any questions you
may have after the presentation . Okay ?
So I appreciate your patience and we're
going to go ahead and start .
Okay ? So um , good morning , everybody ,
uh you guys can't see the
slides that we have been , we have up
on the screen . So please follow along
with your paper copies of the week's
Mac post award slides . Well , I'm
gonna go ahead and go go to slide too .
Uh so the first agenda will be
introductions . Um I'm on the slide
three now , so today's attendees is
composed of Mr Robert Heck he's the F .
O . C . Y . Director of contracting
chief of the contracting here at F . O .
C . Y . Co . 200 . Uh We have Miss King
when she is the uh you know , A . F . L .
C . Y . Husband and contracting officer
and also wax Mac contracting officer .
We have Mr Kyle cox , same thing
husbanding and let's my contracting
officer , MS Nolan Jack , the same
thing , husbanding and wrecked my
contracting officer . Uh we have mr
thomas Kunisch from our Nasa
headquarters , flight director at Nasa
02 . And we may also have our
legal counsel MS laura ridden on the
line , just not able to . We're now ,
Huh ? So of course me and I'm currently
the actually Hosea why coach ?
Mhm . Give me , give me a second , I'm
just making sure everybody's on me .
So I'm moving on to page four
important part of the inconvenience .
So before I move forward I just want to
make sure that that you guys are
hearing me correctly , can somebody
unmute yourself and just roger up that
you can hear me okay ?
You can go ahead ,
we hear you loud and clear . Okay .
Okay thank you very much sir . Okay
thank you very much . Um Okay so I'm
moving on to page for the agenda for
today's post a work session . The first
agenda will be the opening remarks from
Mr Burke heck we'll you know , we'll
briefly discuss the goals for this
conference . We'll show you the
regional award information and you know
who's who's playing where and how and
what regions . We'll talk about the
overviews of of roles right from the
requiring activities from the
contracting office and also for the
ordering office and for the contractors
as well . We'll talk about the contract ,
the contents of the contract and we'll
talk about the ordering process . Uh
We'll move on to equitable adjustments
and claims . Uh We'll talk about
performance . We'll talk about what for
those of you who may be unfamiliar with
white area workflow . Uh That's
essentially where you get paid . Um And
then we'll talk about ethics and the
future , right rolling admissions and
so far what has wax Mac brought to the
table . And finally , as I mentioned
earlier , we'll have offered will give
opportunities for questions and answers .
Yeah . Mhm .
All right . So before we move forward ,
I'd like to transfer the floor over to
Mr Bert heck for his opening remarks .
Hi . Good morning everyone Bert . Heck
here . Thanks for the introduction .
Yeah . Um So I just wanna , you know ,
welcome everyone to this conference .
We're very thankful for uh the number
of firms who ah who proposed and were
awarded on this contract . We think
it's a very important contract , not
just for the Navy but for the Naval
Services , Marine Corps . Um other D .
O . D . Because we think it fills a gap
where um previously are expeditionary
forces folks kind of moving away for
where there is infrastructure and uh
and military presence to areas where
they where we need some help , where we
need integrators , folks that can uh
find solutions uh and provide uh
material and uh services to
these forces . And so uh it's a gap
that really wasn't very well addressed .
I don't think prior to this we listened
to our customers , our expeditionary
customers and and wet smack was the
result . And so the team , you know ,
put together uh kind of the concept ,
you know , sent out the solicitation of
course all of you uh answer the call
awarded contracts for various regions
globally for this contract . So um you
know , this is the official kickoff if
you will kind of get everybody familiar
with uh with the contract and how we
operate uh in what you can expect . And
also as a form to answer questions as
lieutenant general we said at the end .
So um I want to welcome you and I want
to thank you and with that I will turn
it back over over you go
right sir , thank you very much for the
opening remarks . Um Okay so we'll move
on to slide number five . We'll be
discussing the conference goals for
this . Uh 1st 1st postal word session
for the waxman . And
okay So uh flat we're going over
to slide six . Now
apologize . My computer's slow .
Okay , so on slide six we briefly
talked about the possible orientation
conference goals but the primary goals
for disposal work conference , it's to
mainly achieve a clear and mutual
understanding right of the key contract
requirements . We want to make sure
that you you know , there is no
ambiguity in what you know in the
contract that you received and and uh
you know and and answer any
clarifications or any confusions that
may still linger out there from your um
so the you know , just a kind of like a
note here that the P . A . That this
this post war conference is not a
substitute for the contractors full
understanding of the work requirements
nor will it alter the contract award in
any way . So nothing said during this
orientation conference should be
construed to alter the terms and
conditions of any contract . If if we
for example misspeak today or maybe say
something that is not accurate in
accordance with the contract . Then the
contract . What's written on the
contract will take prevalence . Okay ,
that would be , that would be dividing
agreement . Not uh not words today .
Alright , moving on to the next slide ,
I'm moving on to slide eight . Um so
this kind of briefly shows you kind of
where the 22 regions are all over the
globe . We have 22 regions . Um
all outside of the continental United
States and outlying territories . Um So
you know , I think that this should
have been transparent when you saw the
solicitation uh but it's here for again
for confirmation and just to make sure
that you know exactly what you signed
up for next life .
Um I'm on slide nine now , so this is
a summary of all contractors um
by region , right by dollar value with
contracts they have and what dollar
values they've been awarded depending
on the number of regions that they
proposed to . Okay , so I'm
gonna move on to this and you have a
copy of that and that's more for for
your information And really the next ,
I believe the next 22 slides are all
just kind of like giving more detail in
each region . Uh you know who's who's
playing in that region and uh and
what countries are composed of that
region . These all should be already uh
been known to you again during the
solicitation except for the contractor
information . So nothing here should be
surprising to everybody to anybody
except on the on the left side of this
life . So I'm gonna go ahead and skip
all of these . This is more for your
information . Um Uh huh . Mhm .
Okay , so I'm gonna move ahead to slide ,
we're going to be discussing the
overview of rolls right on this
contract . Um So let's start with the
stakeholders , right ? And that's
usually the requiring activity , the
ones who generate the requirements . Um
You know , we do have a robust I guess
a wide range of customers that were
expecting to be using the wax Mac .
This is open to all Department of
Defense to include the U . S . Coast
Guard . They are authorized , you know ,
ordering activities as well as
requiring activities on this I . D . I .
Q . Um you know , each of those and
this is going to be discussed further
down the slides when we get to the
needy ingredient . I just want to give
a high level overview right now of like
who's playing in this , right ? Who can
be the potential customers ? And the
answer is there might be a lot . Um So
these requiring activities right there ,
they're not really involved in the I .
D . I . Q . You know , all they have is
they generate requirements . Uh and
then they're going to try to , you know ,
use uh they're gonna try to order those
requirements right ? Using the wax um
for uh you know , for the P . C . O .
Uh since we awarded the lexmark idea
que all their contracts from here from
F . L . C . You Kuska . And if there's
any modifications on the base I . D . I .
Q . Uh there's any post award actions
or performance feedback that that will
will need to happen on this contract ,
then that will all come from this
office , you know , probably managed by
the wax Mac team of here . So the
bottom line is as far as the base
contract is concerned , uh you know ,
there's really nothing that outside of
this office is really going to have any
actions for any other stakeholders and
then moving on to the bottom , that's
more for the task orders . Right ? So
that kind of list more of what the
recurring activities , the ordering
officers and the course are supposed to
do in performance of the , you know ,
once a task order has been awarded an
execution now uh you know , starts on
on your contracts , right then that's
that's there . They have more tangible
roles and and actions . And then the
PCO is kind of like a little bit out of
the loop on the base on the task or the
level . However , um you know , just a
caveat that even though fo c y is is
the PCO office . Uh We also probably
will be using the West Mac ourselves .
So we we probably will be engaging ,
you know , as ordering officers , you
know , and uh there might be some
requiring activity actions here to in
court action . Okay . And then lastly
is you the contractor uh you know , you
your your job is to obviously proposed
to our tops right requests for task
order proposals , you know , submit
pricing and then once you win the task
order , then we expect you to perform
in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the task order .
Typically that will probably come to
you if you've already been familiar
with husbanding and for those of you
that are not right , there's uh there's
usually like a list of items that are
going to be submitted to you as kind of
like a list of requirements , a list of
Ellen's and then uh so what's unique
about the West Mac is in addition to
that you may also be receiving like uh
you know , a separate either a
statement of work or some kind of
performance work statement in a
supplement to the list of requirements
just because of the unique nature of
expeditionary requirements and
contingency requirements . You know ,
it's usually not a one size fits all
type of thing . Uh you know not not not
like husbanding where it's usually like
a set menu , right ? Expeditionary
might carry a different flavor for
every art top . So please make sure
that you're looking at the list of
requirements at the end at the same
time , you're looking at the separate
statement of work if if one is
submitted with the our top just to make
sure that you know exactly what you're
proposing to and you know exactly what
is the expectations so you can price
accordingly and you can execute
according . Yeah .
Um I'm moving on to slide 34 .
So this one again this is more like a
table uh had like a tabular uh form of
what I just said . So you know each
uh entity , their core ordering off the
scale . What's my contractor you have a
role to play in in each of these uh
kind of like roles and responsibilities
on the website from distribution
requirement , communications evaluation
of offers , award etcetera . Okay so it
should be everything that I just said
from the last lied and all of the
information last night should also
correspond to this .
Okay , so as mentioned earlier for
authorized ordering activities uh We we
we just briefly listed like probably we
think is going to be the main uh you're
in a word , the requirements are gonna
mainly come from here but this is not
all inclusive rates . So D . O . D . O .
D . O . D . S is an order . Rised and
authorized ordering activity here but
you know more than likely at least on
the onset . I think we're going to
probably see more requirements from the
navy . You know probably the Marine
Corps , Uh Army and Air Force two J
choose to use it . But we have also , I
think the U . S . Coast Guard has
expressed interest in this And if we
need to add or ordering activities
we can do so by modifying the contract
but you guys will all receive
notification of that . The additional
ordering activities are going to be
authorized in the future . It's not
going to be a surprise . You will get ,
you will get notification and uh of
course you have you know you have um
you have some input in that in the
future . Okay
so I'm moving on to slide 36
contract content and I will pass it
over to miss erin Bolinger . Hi I'm
starting on slide 36 . Good morning .
My name is Aaron Nolan Jack . I'm a
contracting officer here at F . L . C .
Yokosuka and I'm Gonna be going over
contract content . So on Slide 37
Contract Contents . Your I . D . I . I
ke can be broken down into sections as
shown on this slide . Uh In the next
few slides we're going to go over
specific parts uh student parts of
section T and h your contract has a
beast . The words period of five years
starting july 1st 2021 ending june 30th
2026 . There's an option period that
starts july 1st 2026 ends june 30th
2031 Due to the protest . The execution
date was the lead . So you'll notice
the execution date is on October 2021 .
Next slide Performance work
statement as shown on your contract .
The efforts are broken down into
categories on your contract . Pages
three through 11 they are shown at sub
claims . The option period is also
reflected on your I . D . I . Q . Pages
11 through 20 in the same way these
problems are not valid unless the
option period is extra I
the section C task order performance
work statement . This document will
detail the basic requirements will be
accompanied by an exhibit or other
supporting attachments such as the
instructions offers . We will cover
that process more in the next section .
Web smack ordering process . I'm
section C . Task order P W . S
continues the task order P . W . S .
Performance work statement or statement
of work . How may also include
background information , additional or
specific requirements for contractors
or descriptions of special
circumstances that apply to that task
order . Next slide , Section eight
Special Contract Requirements as stated
in section H . There will be roll on
and roll off actions are admission um
over the period of performance of the
West bank . Currently the website team
is considering opening the web stack
for roll on at the one year mark , not
concrete . Moving on
along with the roll on . Roll off .
Section age covers ordering procedures
and mandatory requirements for
eligibility vendors performing in
region 5678 and parts of nine
need to be registered in J . C . CS .
For base access and their registration
must be active and approved If you are
not sure of your J . C . C . S . Access
and you require J C C X Bay CCS access .
Please email me and I can let you know
what your status is but you will be
required to be approved for base access
in that system in order to perform in
those regions . Moving on the Side 43
West Mac Ordering Process .
Yes .
Now we'll move on to the wet smack
ordering process for those who have or
have had an idea like contracts
especially G MAC holders . This process
will look very familiar . Right
westpac ordering process here we have
an overview chart of the ordering and
award process which we will go over in
more detail in the following slide
um lexmark ordering process continues
uh snack holders for the specific
region or regions will be notified of a
government requirement via email of our
top along
with the performance work statement or
statement of work . There will also be
an exhibit that shows the feelings the
unit quantity and there is a space cut
off in this image for notes . Those
notes may come from the contracting
officer or the core .
Um mm There will also be a document
entitled instructions offers . This
document will have information about
when questions or responses or do . It
will also describe pricing and
evaluation .
Uh huh . Moving on to the next slide ,
we are now on slide 48 looking at
the roles and responsibilities , the
issuing of the our top is the ordering
offices responsibility
5549
uh evaluating with solicitation ,
interested vendors should submit their
questions and responses by the time or
times specified in the instruction to
offer responses to the our top are due
by the time specified in the
instruction to offer ex wife .
It responds to submit it . A war can be
made without discussion . Often this
will mean that the award he received a
signed award without a need for a
bilateral or joint signature . This
award will usually be for what was
proposed by the vendor but there may be
cases where a reduction is needed at
the time of award unless told otherwise
in the our top proposed pricing on all
items and do not use
next slide . Uh fair warning . Several
of these slides are pretty wordy . Uh
since you have a copy we're going to be
going over the highlights from those ,
we are now inside 51 responses to the
our top must be submitted before the
deadline to be guaranteed for
consideration . Um It is recommended
that submissions be sent well before in
case their technical issue , it is a
vendor's responsibility to confirm . So
how much general five part I think in
the interest of fairness , no
information can be shared with a
specific vendor prior to issuing the
our top to the region Mac holders .
This includes questions and answers ,
questions received will be collected
and these questions and answers will be
sent to all our top recipients before
the close of the our top
yeah responses to the art . Top must be
submitted before the deadline to be
guaranteed for consideration . It is
recommended that submissions be sent
well before in case there are technical
issues and it is the vendor's
responsibility to conformity .
We are now inside 53 of note receiving .
In our top does not mean that you have
to provide a response . There may be
specific conditions when an award will
be made directly to a vendor . But
these situations are very rare . Again ,
receiving in our top does not require
you to respond , but you cannot receive
an award unless next slide
We are now inside 54 . Now that we've
covered the least communications ,
let's go over some basic our top
response information in the exhibit
attachment . As shown on this slide ,
you only need to enter the unit price
and the total of the automatically .
These do not alter other sections of
the All right .
Please ensure all proposed pricing is
in US dollars and includes any pricing
variables . Again , please avoid
substitution unless they are expressly
allowed in the art .
And occasionally , there may be a
need to change the quantities of
Ellen's or to add Ellen's after award .
All pricing to include added villains
after awards are subject to evaluation
and possibly negotiation . The ko
determines it necessary . Um , It
possibly negotiation ko determines it
necessary . While it is recommended to
provide pricing on all islands , avoid
a bait and switch situation . A bait
and switch situation . Uh When a vendor
provides a quote for all items or
services requested and then notifies
the ko that items are unavailable after
award . This can also happen when a
vendor proposes proposes pricing for
specific items and then later changes
that pricing after award . Um
So avoid a bait and switch situation as
it can hurt your eligibility for future
award . Um , bait and switch will lead
to negative cost report which could
jeopardize his rewards . Uh , and your
task order can be terminated for
default and we're gonna go over across
the quality assurance surveillance plan
and here but looking at the roles
responsibilities . Communication is the
responsibility of the core . The
contracting officer , the ordering
office and no vendor or vendors
but 5 50 eight
this brings us to the evaluation of
offers right .
Evaluation criteria will be detailed in
the instruction to offers documents
sent in the our top package Most are
tops will be awarded to the lowest
price with past performance
consideration or lowest price
technically acceptable . Again ,
discussions are not required before
award but are allowable when determined
necessary by the contracting officer .
Once an offer is determined acceptable
award will be made . This award
information will be distributed to both
successful and unsuccessful offers .
Please note award information may not
be sent to lexmark region holders who
do not submit a response to the art .
Right looking at the roles and
responsibilities , evaluation is the
responsibility of the core and the
contracting officer award is the
responsibility of the contract
But after reward . There maybe
requirement changes or modifications
needed . We're now on
562 changes can only officially come
from a warrant to contracting officer .
These can be communicated communicated
via phone or email once again , any
changes to propose pricing or added
islands are subject to evaluation . The
contract modification may be unilateral
meaning that the contracting officer
awards it and send you a copy for your
records or in the case of significant
changes will require contractor
signature showing agreement , in which
case it will be bilateral . Again these
notes only the warranted contracting
officer can make changes to your
contract five .
When the 30th cannot agree on an
overall price , the contractor is
required to perform the task order and
the price will be agreed upon later .
Remember if the change order does not
come from your contracting officer , do
not implement the change . Implementing
changes that have not been directed by
your contracting officer and the
contracting officer only are done at
your own risk . Bye
looking at the rules and
responsibilities past quarter changes
can only be made by the contracting
officer but coordination is the
responsibility of the core . The
contracting officer and the contract
slide . We're now inside 65
looking at Clover once the contract is
complete meaning the work is done and
appeared of performances over the
contracting officer will work with you
to close the contract which is when you
can submit your invoice right upon
completion of the task order . The
ordering office will complete a quality
assurance surveillance plane known as a
cloth . The result of this cost will be
sent quarterly as available . Um The
award can then submit their invoice to
walk wide area where clo via the water
table instructions and their task order
award and once payment has been
confirmed the contracting officer will
close up the past fine
looking at the roles and
responsibilities , contract . Close out
at least the documentation and
modification portion is the contracting
officer . Uh huh .
Uh huh mm
Everyone this is a college cox . I'm
another contracting officer here at F .
L . C . Y . I'm gonna go into a little
bit more detail on a few of the things
that that Aaron kind of glazed over and
her presentation including changes the
close rolling admissions and then some
of the real world impact as well . So
for our records , correct adjustments
you know one of the key key features I
think of expeditionary work is changes .
Oftentimes the missions are conducted a
very fluid environment so this results
just kind of inherently and the
requirements changing whether it just
be simply quantities changing of things
that are already on or perhaps adding
new , they're still covered by the idea
that weren't originally war . Yes this
section slides will discuss how these
changes are handled , what clauses
implement . I'm at the 88 next . Why
it's like yeah
adjustment So request for equal
adjustments . This actually happens
after the contracting officer issues a
unilateral change order in accordance
with far 52-43-12-12
for those HSB contractors out there
they're I'm sure all of you are very
familiar with this clause as as I would
venture to say that we don't have a
requirement that hasn't had at least
one change in other words what was
ordered , it's rarely exactly what it
ends up being at the end . Uh huh . So
again this is a very key and a
functional element . It will be a key
functional element of wet smack . Uh so
as I mentioned , this is implemented by
far 52-43-1 or two which is the changes
clause for fixed price contracts . Um
That clause permits certain changes
within the general scope of the
contract , including quantities , the
time place , uh so on so forth , they
didn't part of that scope . Um and so
most often changes are driven changes
just in the operational environment .
So if you if you started with , you
know 10 Border parties , you know you
need to go to 15 for for some reason um
This will be the driver for for those
changes operation next
one . This is
the the aria kind of split of duties .
Uh So as a best practice already a
should include the date and dollar
amount , should include the uh
basically in the format of a proposal
should include any any alleged delays
the drivers for for the cost increase ,
um dates and key events um and any
other required cost in pricing data to
substantiate . So
from the chaos perspective we review
the proposal submitted by the
contractor , request any additional
documentation substantiated , will
develop the government's position um
and then we also do a price analysis if
it's new pricing items were recorded .
Oh and so in most cases this is
actually a more simplified process
because as I said before , it's just
simply going from from a quantity of
extra quantity of y um And so most
times that's just you know , increasing
the the wreck was a dollar amount by
taking the increase in quantity times .
In most cases I'm , in other cases it
might fall into this whole process a
little more . Mhm . Excellent .
The claims , I want to start this slide
off by just saying that it is always
the government's goal to resolve all
change outside cost . I mean what I
mean by that is by mutual agreement of
the parties . The claims only kicks in
when when the parties cannot reach it .
Obviously that's that's obviously never
never in anyone's uh it's never ideal ,
although it happens , it happens rarely ,
I would say Um this this the claims
process is driven by 52-33-1 the
disputes clause . Um Just take that on
face value , a dispute is a
disagreement . Uh So the parties can't
come to agreement on the settlement .
The process moves to this dispute
process . Um The claim , the claims
calling definition to rid demand a
written assertion by one of the
contracting parties . Um And this can
go either way , this could be the
contractor . Uh Somebody can claim the
government or vice versa . The
government submitting uh issuing a
demand letter to the claims process to
the contractor submits a claim with all
pertinent information Amanda
certification . If applicable , it
makes an effort to come to an agreement
and then if an agreement cannot be
reached the ke away she was called a
contracting officers final decision and
then after that that's kind of the
stopping point . Um and the only
remedies after that are
right now we're gonna move on to the
contractor performance . Thanks
73 . So the quads as Aaron
mentioned , this is going to be a key
element that that all all like smack
contractors should hey really close
attention to . So as Aaron mentioned
past performance will be a significant
and continuing evaluation factor during
the our top process and what that means
is that your performance on each and
every task order will be documented in
accordance with the cost of it was
released with the yard tap . Um I think
it was attachments three and four uh
that outlined what we would be looking
at in the post war environment . It's a
really uh it's a really important thing
to keep track of and monitor to make
sure that your that your performance is
commensurate with requirement received
top marks . The cost of this will be
integrated . Yeah . So where you steps
on So the purpose to provide
continuous technical oversight of the
contract performance . This will
primarily be a function of the core and
feedback that we received from various
stakeholders . The methods on site
course surveillance when the Chorus
president and user feedback , other
government observations . The court
will maintain a cube a file according
to the contract . The pCS will provide
quarterly performance feedback in
annual feedback based on the web portal .
Quality assurance . Excellent .
These are screenshots I think it was
detachment four in the RFP . So this is
the actual cost data that will be
collecting at each task order . So
definitely keep your eye on this that
everything that's happening at the task
still hiring what for
And this is a screenshot from . So we
have a behind the scenes kind of
running the wet smack program is our
portal . So it's , it's where the
requirements owners where they generate
requirements for the prostate is kept .
It's for the delays and some of the
financial data is kept . So in that
system is where we will be keeping and
tracking lost data can be really handy
things that allow us to run reports and
get that feedback out to the West Bank .
But this is just how that that
spreadsheet data was attachment for is
converted . Thanks .
So the sea far the government
formalized method uh , to monitor and
evaluate the contractor's performance .
Um , this will also be considered prior
to exercising option periods enrolling
admissions . So in addition to making
the source selection passport , there
are other implications program as well .
Oh yeah .
Hey Kyle Burton here , your voice is
trailing off on some of your speaking .
I discussed if you want to stay a
little closer to the mic over will do
thanks .
Yeah , grabbing a chair so I can get
intimate with this phone here . Okay so
we're on slide 77 .
So the PCO will provide quarterly
performance feedback um in an annual
report from the sea par system . The
feedback will be inclusive of the
quarterly quality assurance data from
customer feedback . Um Any other
relevant data that we repossess at the
time . The Quarter four report will
likely be sent in conjunction with the
the annual report . Uh Main contractor
representative has 30 days to concur
respond to the annual rating . Um And
that process will be handled by this
office , the F . L . C . Y . P . C . O .
Office . Alright next slide that would
over wider workflow . Next life
We're on like 79 . So first I wanna
start off by saying for any new vendors ,
I don't know that we have any any brand
new federal contractors uh that you
haven't already registered and laugh
and how they recommend going ahead and
getting that process started . There
was a little bit of administrative area
to take care of with nominating a gam
getting your cage code set up and all
that in one half . Uh So I would
suggest doing that sooner rather than
later that way you're set up at the
task level level to to start invoicing
and going . I'm not gonna go over all
all of the things in here . The main
point to notice that this clause will
be incorporated . The de far is
52-37006 will be incorporated at the
task level . Um , it will contain a
list of routing.dax . Um , it'll tell
you what type of document , whether
it's a combo invoice and receive report
combo or two in one service invoice .
So we'll have all of those details
located in each task order . Um ,
because , because unlike the HSP
contracts , we're gonna have a lot of
variety and ordering offices . So each
one of those will probably have a
unique set of codex that you need to
input at the task level for invoicing
purposes . Next line .
Mm hmm . So one more thing to note . So
while the task order um ,
will contain a list , probably an
exhibit a that contains all the Ellen's
kind of the work dissected uh , to a
finer granularity at the invoicing
level . It will be handled at the
subclan level . I mean , so if you've
got , you know , clean one , uh ,
subclan , triple 01 A at that triple 01
A . A . That's where the invoicing will
happen within wafts , you're not
actually gonna invoice against the
individual . Um , okay , next
slide . All right . Rolling admissions .
Excellent . We're on slide feeding suit
now . Excuse me .
So , rolling admissions is implemented
by section H , one of the rolling
emissions and removals . Um , and I
think one of this originates in my mind ,
it was during the acquisition planning .
Um , we discovered that there's there's
flexibility needed within the week
smack program . Um , and I think this
is primarily driven just by , by the
length of the week's Mac programs . As
Aaron mentioned , it's a five year base
and a five year options that's 10 years
and a lot can change in the world and
in the industry um , over a 10 year
period because I think what the rolling
admissions really does for the
government is allow the wet smack
program to change as industry and as
the world changes . Um , so there are a
few areas that we highlighted in this
section uh that we're going to focus in
on to make sure that we can be agile
with the wet smack program . One of
them is additional scope of the
contract . Uh , This is actually , this
refers to the other service . Elon's ,
you'll notice under each of the sub
clans triples or one area and so on
that there are other uh huh islands .
And so those are going to be used where
certain services that we didn't
contemplate specifically at the idea
que level end up being needed . I mean ,
if there's a certain level of
consistency in that need , then likely
what will happen is during , during one
of the year's , we'll just modify the
idea is to include an updated Ellen
spreadsheet to include those
requirements to make sure that everyone
is aware that this is a covered service
by the whites mag . And so we use it in
that respect um additional ordering
officers . So if D . O . S . Or some
other entity expresses interest , we
may consider adding them as an
authorized ordering activity to the
West Bank program have been impossible
to increase the contract maximums . Um
and then I guess the through some of
those three things really gives us uh
you know a lot of flexibility to to
make sure that lex Mac stays relevant
in the coming years . Excellent . Yeah .
Mm hmm . So this is more of the details .
These are excerpts from from section H1
so the government reserves the right to
uh to determine when it will be
appropriate to execute rolling
admissions and removals . The PCO will
have discretion in the amount of time
required . Um and the main thing I
think the highlight here is that it
will be handled as if it's in a new RFP
so there'll be a new solicitation that
comes out um it will state the scope of
of the rolling admissions whether it's
you know , adding new regions to
existing vendors . We're adding brand
new vendors to certain regions or any
of those other changes that I
previously discussed next time .
Now the real world impact . Um so it's
something you may be aware . So wet
smack was used during Operation Allies
Refuge and I was fortunate enough to
actually deploy and support that
operation so in august and september I
deployed to spain um and since we have
a very broad wet smack audience , we
thought we'd just take a moment and
share a little bit about Operation
Allies Refuge and how the lexx MAg
assisted and successfully helped
complete that mission . So the way our
mission uh supported the relocation of
interested um an eligible afghan
nationals and their media families that
it applied for for special immigrant
visa . On 8 15 sec def uh declared
our Operation Allies refugee
contingency operation . And then is
everyone on this call is probably aware
on a 20 the west Mexico stay resulting
from the protest was overridden in the
West Bank became available as a
resource to to deploy chaos . The west
max kiki roll it quickly in spain .
Anyway , it quickly became a go to
contract vehicle for all of us over
there uh to fulfill the most urgent
requirements relating to establishment
of temporary camps have been related
services for all the refugees next one .
So just to give you a sense of the
scope , so we ordered nine task
quarters across all all the locations ,
approximately $5 million
Italy
by rain . In Spain . Those were the
camps were being set up And then the
top 20 lens by dollar value , a dollar
volume as you can see are just the kind
of the basics to to set up a camp
tables , tents , generators , all those
kind of ancillary services uh to make
sure that the camps were were
successful and people were as
comfortable as they could be , next one
to the strengths . The lexmark
supplemented existing contracts with
limited scope and or limited
capabilities . We found in some cases
that due to the scope of Operation
Allies Refuge , there's some , some
sectors , some supply , some services
were just tapped out . They didn't have
enough capacity to fulfill the
requirements . Welcome back . Was able
to fill in the gaps when standalone
procurement from local sources are
existing contracts were unable to
support . And I think this really has
to do with the availability . So the
networks that you expect contractors
already have in place . Um , and so ,
and I think what that enables is
agility . Um , I think one of the most
successful aspects of the wet smack
program was your ability , um , to to
quickly react , you know , sometimes
within 24 or 48 hours to certain
requirements and to provide those
requirements successfully . Um , and so
that was , I think your networks I
think were the key to success anyway
for for Operation Allies Refuge . And
making sure that , that those those
resources were available . And so
what's my country flexibilities enabled
expedite have to define solicit an
award requirements . And that's just a
feature of how the WEC smack is set up ,
uh , includes that changes clause that
that we discussed previously and making
sure that the requirements can kind of
mold to , to the current camp
requirements and then broad supplier
networks key to quickly and efficiently
providing the required services . So
overall , I think a success I think
from nazi perspective on using the wet
smack and kind of initially out the
gate , it was definitely a very helpful
tool in my bag while I was over in
spain .
All right . Thanks Kyle . Thanks Aaron .
Uh , so before we move forward to talk
about ethics , I just want to say one
additional note that we did not include
in the slides . However , I think it's
important to mention uh , you know , if
you refer to your to the P . W . S that
you , you know , submitted a proposal
for just wanted to highlight on
paragraph 2.1 point 4.4 right .
Um , you know , as a response to our
tops . Uh , and I'm gonna read it right
within 72 hours after the task order
award . If you are the awardee , the
contractor shall provide the requesting
activity poor and Kehoe , the following
information . One , all emergency
telephone numbers , police hospitals ,
firefighters , You know , in the area
that you know , you're going to be
performing in . Uh number two were ,
you know , provide the closest local
hospital address , phone number and
hospital staff salons to care . Number
three , local state and national
agencies that must be called for
hazardous materials and or spills
number four , contractor point of
contact information including 24 hour
contact phone numbers for the duration
of the period of performance And then
five mobilization plan and finally six
subcontractor information for all
services not performed by the
contractor . So I just want to make
sure that everybody is aware of that
and that's not a surprise in response
to our tops . Alright . So we're
on slide back to the slides one slide
88 . We're gonna be talking about
ethics . Okay . This is uh
this is uh probably if not the most
important topic of this call is
probably uh it's probably the most
important subject . All right , So
moving on to slide 89 ethics . So we
have several specific ethics provisions
right that we include in in the
contract and in the aws and if but I
I want want to read this slide to you
just to make sure that everybody has a
clear understanding of what is expected
here . Um So , you know ,
one , several specific ethics
provisions as mentioned in in our
contract . We have additional general
language in the solicitation in P . W .
S . The Ko has a broad reporting
requirements with regards to , you know ,
fair business practices and ethics in
the performance of this idea . Thank
you . Uh And then there are also ethics
requirements even for government
employees . Right ? So it's a two way
street . It's not just you guys . It's
also us here general provisions to
comply with any practicable laws ,
codes and regulations in connection
with the performance of all work under
this contract . Um PDBS section
inequality and you can find that
uh brings in the ethics related laws
and regulations of the country to which
a task order is being performed , right ?
So each country there's there's
different rules and regulations .
There's different business ethics and
feelings that you know may be
acceptable in one area and not
acceptable in others , right ? But in
all cases misrepresentation doing
business . These are all uh these are
all unallowable , Right ? So when
you're dealing business with the
government , you have to comply with
with american business ethics and not
anything else .
Moving on to slide 90 something about
gratitude gratuities So far .
52.23-3 . This
explains that the right of the
contractor to proceed may be terminated
if the contractor offered or gave a
gratuity for example to an
entertainment or gifts to the
government employee for the purpose of
obtaining favorable treatment under a
contract . I think as you guys may be
aware of you know recent cases right
with G . D . M . A . Um you know with
the most recent case and I'm not gonna
mention any names . But this is this is
very um this is very seriously
considered by the U . S . Government .
Should such cases occur right ? And
there are civil and criminal penalties
um that are associated with that . So
um you know , bottom line is do not
even attempt to offer any gratuities .
two are on behalf of the government .
Alright . Next slide slide 91 Okay .
We're talking about the anti kickback .
Uh Boss . So anti kickback laws is
uh located is mentioned in far 52.2 or
3-7 . Ah And I'm going to read the
couple of statements here . The statute
prohibits providing attempting to
provide or offering to provide any
kickback soliciting accepting or
attempting to accept any kickback or
including any kickback amount in a
contract price . This applies to the
prime or the subcontract right the
contractor is required to have in place
and follow reasonable procedures to
prevent and detect possible violation .
You need to have some kind of internal
control to make sure that this is not
happening . That's just at your level .
But on your subcontractor levels ,
contractor is required to properly
report any violations when it has
reasonable grounds to believe a
violation may have occurred . The
contractor shall cooperate fully with
any federal agency investigating a
possible violation . The contracting
officer may offset the amount of any
kickback against any funds owed by the
U . S . By the United States . Under
the prime contract , The contractor
must incorporate the substance of the
cause in all subcontracts eating
$150,000 . Okay so
again bottom line , what's the bottom
line here do not offer kickbacks to or
on behalf of the government .
Next slide The slide 9 to So
this is the code of business ethics and
conduct . And this is found under far
52.203 dash 13
Within 30 days after contract award ,
the contractor shall have a written
code of business ethics and
uh you you need to make a copy of the
code available to each employee ,
engage in performance of the contract .
The contractor shall promote an
organizational culture that encourages
ethical conduct and a commitment to
compliance with the law . The
contractor shall disclose the inspector
general and the contracting officer
whenever it has credible evidence that
a principal employee , agent or
subcontractor has committed a violation
of federal Criminal Law involving fraud ,
conflict of interest bribery for
graduate e violation . The crunch . The
contractor shall express start excuse
me . The contractor shall establish a
business ethics awareness and
compliance program and you must include
a training and an internal control
system especially .
Okay , next slide slide 93 prohibition
on persons convicted of fraud . The far
is to
52.203-7001 .
And this states that any person
convicted of fraud or other felony
arising out of a contract with the D .
O . D . May not serve in a management
or supervisory capacity , may not serve
on the contractors , board of directors
And May Not Act as a consultant agent
or representative of the contractor for
five for 5 years from conviction and
there are penalties for knowingly
employing such a person .
The next slide slide 94 . So this talks
about combating trafficking in person .
Uh this is found in far
52.222-50 .
And I'll read it broad coverage . This
includes contractors , uh , contractor
employees and their agents . The
restrictions are , you shall not
procure commercial acts during the
period of performance of the contract .
You shall not use forced labor in
performing the contract . You shall not
charge employees recruitment fees . The
contractor is required to notify
employees of the policies , take
appropriate actions against employees ,
agents or subcontractors who violate
the restrictions . Uh , affirmative
duty to disclose nature and extent of
any offense to the inspector general
and cooperate fully in investigations
of violations . You need to maintain a
compliance plan when services with an
estimated value exceeding $500,000 are
to be performed outside of the United
States . And the plan must be
appropriate to the size and complexity
of the contract . Next
slide is a slide 95 . This discusses
president responsibility And this uh
the applicable clauses d bars
209.406-3
requires the contracting officer to
refer matters , providing a basis for
suspension to the agencies . The
borrowing and suspense ng and
suspension officials . Excuse me . This
includes commission of any offense
indicating a lack of business integrity
or business honesty that seriously and
directly affects the present
responsibility of a government contract .
The borrowing and suspension officials
will consider the facts and decide
whether suspension or department is
warranted . Next
side . So this is talking about ethics
as it relates to government employees
and I'll read it to make sure we all
have a clear understanding ethics
restrictions for government employees .
Government employees are restricted
from seeking or accepting any graduate
ease . I he gives from a prohibited
source . Um , prohibited source
includes prime contractor and any of
its subcontractors . The restriction
applies to all government employees
regardless of whether they are involved
with the contracting process . The
basic rule is , government employees
may not seek or accept graduate ease
from a contract virtuosity . With a
limited set of exceptions is anything
of monetary value that could include
meals , lodging , travel expenses and
entertainment . Don't offer a graduate
e to a government employee . Uh , it
may be perceived as an attempt at
bribery . If a gratuity is accepted ,
government employees may end up in
trouble and contractors may be
investigated and follow on , you know ,
suspension in the park . Government
employees have internal reporting
requirements before seeking employment
with a contractor . Um , government
employees have to comply with ethics
requirements . And it also has high
visibility in all echelons here within
the department of allegations of
wrongdoing are reviewed and investing
to understand the rules , make sure
your employees and subcontractors
understand the rules and insist on full
compliance and adhere to all business
ethics as required by , uh , you know ,
doing a contract with the US government .
So before I move on to questions and
answers , I'd like to take , take a
five minute break . It's uh , 705 A . M .
Here . Uh and uh we will adjourn back
in about five minutes at 7:10 .
Okay so take a five minute break and
we'll open up the floor for any
questions in it . Thank you very much .
Okay Aaron take it away before we begin .
Please note that in order to ask
questions you must he connected the
phone or microphone . And right now it
looks like there's not a lot of ability
to use the chat function . Verbal
answers are going to given during the Q .
And a portion uh and they're only
intended for general discussion and do
not bring up the government's final
position or explanations or
instructions given by the government
officials um during the Q . And A will
not be binding uh the government may
determine that questions received are
not relevant to this post award
conference questions received . A
prejudicial to the specific perspective
offer or a question requires additional
research before an answer can be given .
In these instances the question will
either be marked for future action or
discarded at the government's
discretion . It looks like most people
are called in . So I would ask that we
try to be patient with each other but
we are here to answer any questions as
they arise with that we'll open the
floor for any question when you say a
question , please introduce yourself .
So we can make good . And also just as
a reminder press star six on your
phones to unmute yourself . Mhm
Good morning sir madam . This is Connie
van pray Cremins with Tech Trans
International . We just noticed that we
weren't on your list of prime
contractors but we're happy to be a
part of weeks max . We did send an
email to uh ask you for the slides and
thank you very much for your
presentation .
Good morning .
Uh Okay good morning , go ahead sir .
Good morning James Pinkham from a med
time . I have a list of questions I'm
hoping that are relevant to all
contractors . Can I go down the list or
do you prefer I do one by one and I
have others uh chime in as well .
Yeah go ahead and go down the list or I
mean unless you have like 10 or
something that should be fun . The
company you represent one more . A
momentum feminism
thank you thank you . So my first
question is uh is regards is in regards
to see cars . I know you mentioned on
slide uh 76 77 that the P . C . O .
Will issue the sea pars but are the
requiring activity is also gonna be
issuing uh see parts as well .
Eric would be the ones completing your
are filling that information . The pars
report would be provided to you by the
contracting office .
Okay thank you . Another question that
I have is regarding rolling admissions
um uh you mentioned that the PCO will
be initiating uh the
uh the request for adding new regions
of removing the regions . Is that
something that the contractors can do
as well or do we have to wait for the
PCO two ? Is you initiate that action ?
Yes . So you know that'll be something
is initiated by the government
understood . And this relates to my
following . My next question relates to
the adding regions , the joint
contingency contracting system . Uh do
we have a an idea of when those will be
approved ? The registration will be
approved ? Um so
the registrations are dependent on the
region the questionnaire uh and things
like that . So if there's a specific
question about your J C C S , please
email me uh E R I N
dash A L I C I A
0.0 L E N J A C
K at F E dot navy dot mil .
Or what we would prefer is actually the
West Mac Destro . Which is the
why dash M O dash West
Mac Beauty I believe . Um that should
have been part of the slides that were
sent out . But if you have a specific
question about your J C C S , you can
contact the West Mac team and we will
get back to you fairly quickly . Also
at the end of the slide there is a pOC
information there that has all of our
emails . So if you have a copy of the
slides you should be able to reach
yourself fairly . Yes sir . Thank you .
Just a few more questions if you don't
mind regarding taxes , Will the
government provides tax exemption .
Letters to contractors with the task
order awards ? Uh , so in
situations where there is a tax
exemption , that's something that would
be done at the actual task order level .
That would be specific to that task
order . So that would be something that
would be uh , either given during our
top or that would be something that you
need to speak to that ordering office
for as part of the our top . And I
believe that there's also a dollar both
in order to qualify for that tax
exemption . I'll have to get back to
you on that dollar threshold . But
there is a threshold . And if you don't
meet that threshold , I don't think
that that's something that we , and I
think there's also several clauses that
are country specific like I know Spain
has uh certain the claws and specific
to Spain . Thank you very much . I
appreciate the answer . Uh , and the
next two questions are somewhat
interrelated . That's regarding sofa .
Well so far be provided a contract ,
employees for certain regions uh , such
as south Korea and the equivalent for
the Philippines and then also regarding
spot in an L a way , a letter of
authorization will not be issued uh ,
to contractors as well . I do see that
letters of authorizations are discussed
in the idea que however , it is
referencing specifically africa , but
as it relates to the countries and
regions will alloys and sofa be
provided so far . So the
status , that's not something that we
have written in and that's not
something that I believe the government
should be providing . Uh , it's a
letter of authorization is required
again that would be at the our top
level and that would be region specific .
So that would be something that you
need to work with the ordering office
to achieve . But as far as the blanket
letter of authorization that does not
exist would not be issue . Yes ma'am
understood . Thank you . And my final
question is regarding essential
contractor services . When the
government provide task order
authorities a list of the mission
essential functions if there are any
and the purpose for this question is uh ,
such as uh , in the case of coded ,
there was for overseas activities ,
there was a requirement for mission
essential contractors report the duty .
However , some contractors didn't have
our weren't act weren't identified as
mission essential .
Are you asking if there's going to be a
special category for wet smack holders
to be seen as mission essential
contractors that know regarding
the functions that the tasks themselves ,
if they're going to be any functions
that are listed as or identified
mission essential or is that going to
be for a level ? Yeah , I think that
would be at the task level level
because right now obviously we're the
wet smack is Mokoena . I mean right now
each country kind of has its own covid
thing and testing requirements based on
that country . So he is something like
that is needed and I think it's going
to be handled based on the Thank you
very much . That's all the questions
that I have . Yeah . Okay . Thank you
very much sir . So okay . Opening the
floor for the next uh
participant for Q . And A .
Hello again , yep . Hello , Good
morning sir , we hear you . Um Yeah ,
just one quick question in regards to
the J CCS , if we're already accepted
and approved under the H . S . P . G
Mac , are there any specific
actions required within the J C . C . S
system that we need to take to have you
guys move on giving us for weeks Mac .
Right . The first question , what
company do you represent sir ? Uh si
bulk . So
as far as your J C C . S registration ,
we verified current J CCS based access
registration . If you were already
approved in J C C . S for those regions ,
then those should have been put on your
Mac . I'd like you . Uh If you were not
then please contact us and we can talk
to you or walk you through what steps
need to be taken in order to get that
base access . Alright , perfect . Thank
you .
Uh huh . Okay
anybody else ,
Just a reminder . If you're trying to
talk uh press star 6 to unmute yourself .
Hello ? Yes ma'am . We can hear you .
Good morning . Hey good morning Harry .
Good morning . I'll let the lady speak
first since we heard her first . If you
don't mind sir , if you can hold on to
your question . No problem . Thank you .
Thank you . Yes this is Maria from
waypoint LLP . Um My question is
regarding uh what do you consider an
acceptable time frame for completing a
daily reconciliation after supplying
and and approving a DD 2 50 in
white area work ? Well So that's going
to vary and that's really going to be
more at your task quarter level . It is
the question how soon can you complete
the duty to 50 or how soon you can
expect to find 80-50 bucks in the
government ? Uh Well both
because we've experienced that you know
sometimes uh we're not able to complete
a daily reconciliation within you know
a short time frame and
that extends a little bit more of when
we get a response that for that you
need to sit . Yeah so that's really
gonna vary . Uh And that's going to be
dependent on several factors how
complicated the award was . Um you're
ordering office any kind of changes
that may have happened um If there's
modifications needed to your contract ,
there's a lot of variables there .
However I'm not aware of there being a
specific time frame with which you're G .
D . P . 50 has to be completed ? It's
recommended you completed as soon as
possible . Um But I don't know if
there's like a time limit , Is that
what you're asking ? Yeah .
Okay . And okay . Um and
then uh when shouldn't envoy seeks
included based on like that final
reconciliation . You mean one should
it be submitted or when will be paid ?
When will it be paid ? Is there like a
net 30 clause or ? Yeah , there isn't
that after it's been accepted into law ?
Yes . Okay .
And the final question is
uh so companies that have been
accepted for worldwide coverage ,
if do we have to if we don't submit a
proposal for a particular region , will
we be taken off if no response has been
submitted within the period of time or
is that not applicable ? So there was
talk about that with the roll off for
voters who are not active again . We're
not looking at that just yet . Um just
because he received an archive does not
mean that you bond . Um so I I
don't want to say yes or no on that one
over a period . You know , you could be
contacted by the government asking ,
hey , do you still want to participate
in this region ? Um It could be part of
the roll off process but we don't have
plans to begin any kind of roll off
just yet . And also I would add that ,
you know that because the answer would
be , it depends but it's certainly not
in your favor . If there's , you know
less activity or no activity in a
particular region that you plan to
participate in . You know when we do
the roll on and roll off procedures .
So I would just say that but we can't
really give any definitive answer . It .
Uh huh . And I would add to that .
There are some hindrance in at the top
of Well maybe we just don't realize and
I would communicate with the hey , you
know , for these reasons , you know ,
we're not able to propose whether the
availability or some kind of a
strengths or restriction . Good for us
to know as far as
Okay . All right . Thank you very much .
Okay . Thank you . Uh Sir . So I think
the last person who tried to speak ,
it's your turn now . Yeah . Hi . Thank
you . There's a slight delay when you
mute yourself . My question is in
regards to the uh our tops and the
evaluation procedures that The team
intends to use on us . Is it more
simplified or is it far part 15 Where
we'll have the opportunity for feedback
and back brief and you know those
timelines apply and what what's the
process for that ? And sorry if I
missed it earlier in the slide deck but
I don't know if you're gonna follow 65
acquisition for years or far apart 13
or far apart . 15 for that evaluation .
Okay . Yes sir . Well what company are
you with ? I'm sorry Crawley Crawley
government services . Okay . Yeah . So
we're under far part 16 at this time .
So the contracts have already been
awarded , they were solicited and
awarded under far part 15 but now we're
administering what's called a fair
opportunity procedure therefore part 16 .
And so it will be a flavor of best
value . Um But past performance
consideration probably most of the time .
Okay . Yeah .
Okay . So yeah , I get that part 69
types of contracts . So All right ,
so it'll be value . The specific
evaluation criteria will actually be
spelled out in your instruction to
offers . It will tell you wonder what
far part uh they're using for
evaluation and how all offers will be
evaluated and how would we meet but
that will be at the our top level level
in your instruction to offers . Just
click classification . Um in far part
look at Far Part 16.505
ordering . That is your that's the
guidance that we will follow in regards
to solicitations at the instructions
offers at the task force level . All
right , thank you . 505 . Thank you
appreciate that . No further
questions .
Okay , any other questions on the line ?
Okay . Uh hearing nothing . We'll
hold for a couple of minutes here at F .
O . C . You Kuska . Just in case
there's any other questions that you
know that anybody may want to ask or if
anybody wants to um you know , do a one
on one session . We're more than happy
to comply if you want . Uh But other
than that I think we we thank you for
your time in attending this morning's
conference . Uh If you know , if you're
interested , we do have another one in
about 10.5 hours from now . We'll do
the second session for the post award
conference . And if you , you know ,
have uh any other um you know ,
stakeholder or a member of your team ,
and if you think that you thought of a
question , then feel free to join .
Otherwise we thank you for your time
and have a good rest of your day .
We'll hold for about five minutes here .
Good morning again , Commander , I
believe . I'm sorry . This is a James
King come from momentum . Again , I do
have one final question if you don't
mind . Sure . Absolutely , and I do
I do apologize for the delay , was
trying to get myself off of you , but
uh regarding uh invoicing on slide uh
66 it was mentioned that Joab can only
be , or watching voices could only be
submitted at the end of the contract
performance . Um And
not , obviously this is going to depend
on the task order , but if task orders
run for an extended period of time ,
let's just say a couple of years , is
it possible to submit periodic invoices ?
Or is it strictly at the end of the
contract period , so that actually
should not apply to the West back the
West Bank is not supposed to be for
long ongoing actions , these should not
be for more than a couple of months at
a time . However , in situations where
you do have an award that lasts for
years , there can be times and again ,
it's dependent on the contract and how
it's written , where you would submit
your invoices periodically at either
different milestones or different date
markers that were predetermined . But
again , for the West max , none of
these acts lasting for a year at a time ,
that's not really what the election was
designed for . So that , that would not
apply in this . Very good . Thank you
very much appreciate the answer .
Mhm .
Okay , so like you said , we'll hold
for a few more minutes just in case
some people are having technical
difficulties trying to amuse themselves
or , or whatnot .
Okay , so we don't hear any other
questions . So I think we've given
ample time for folks who uh , you know ,
to , to get asked their questions . But
let me caveat saying that if you have
any questions that maybe you think
about at a later time , feel free to
send that over to the West Mac team and
uh you know , we , we we will do our
very best to answer your question and
possibly include that in the second
session for for tonight Japan time . So
with that again , we'll hold for
another minute just in case there's any
last minute questions and then we will
be signing off and again , if you did
not receive the slides for today ,
please email us . Um , and we will get
those over to you right away .
Yes .
Okay . Good morning . This is F o c U
Kuska Wets . My team signing off .
Thank you very much .