Allen Federal has seen and heard a lot of strange things over our 30+ years in federal acquisition.  Both contractors and government officials have caught us by surprise.  What is oblivious to some is obvious to others.  As a public service, and back by popular demand, here is our “top 10” list of questions and statements from just 2024, none of which we are making up.  If this leaves you scratching your head, please contact us here at Allen Federal or take some time away from government procurement.

• I didn’t know that was an actual rule.
• Is it a problem if my contract is FOB destination and I’ve been charging for shipping (a repeat offender)?
• I didn’t think there were any rules if we were just a sub.
• My prime didn’t flow anything down to me.
• What do you mean I can’t charge a price higher than my Schedule contract price (for a Schedule transaction)?
• Can I take an order against my expired contract?
• You charge for that?
• From a GSA CO: We can’t tell you why we did that.
• I can’t have a discussion with you since we’re in the RFI stage.
• And yes, this happened again: Can you send me a copy of the FAR so we can red-line it?