| | Article: “Subcontracting Plan: Target the Projects you Want,” by Onvia. Discusses where subcontractors find opportunities and how business intelligence companies, like Onvia, can provide a list of prime government contractors in a particular industry or region for a subcontracting plan. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=198
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| | Article: “Subcontracting Plans and Small Business Subcontracting,” by Onvia. Discusses Part 19 of the FAR (Federal Acquisition Regulation), explaining the subcontracting regulations for small businesses, veteran-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) small businesses, small disadvantaged business and women-owned businesses. Includes subcontracting plans, mandatory elements of a subcontracting plan (e.g., the percentage of contracting dollars that must go to small businesses) and more. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=221
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| | Article: “How to Get on Approved Vendor Lists and Preferred Vendor Lists,” by Onvia. Lists steps for getting on an approved vendor list. Topics include filling out the form, the inspection, an inspection preparation checklist and more. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=93
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| | Article: “Pricing Out Subcontracting Work,” by Onvia. Provides considerations for determining a subcontract price to be competitive in the bidding process. Discusses requirements (e.g., special deliveries and certifications), overhead and profit (keeping cost information up to date), and additional pricing factors to consider for beginning a contract. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=191
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| | Discusses the quality requirements of the subcontracting company to the prime contractor. It is the prime contractor’s responsibility for the quality of goods supplied. Learn the necessary measures for an assessment of quality goods and services by the prime contractor, how to create a quality assurance process if one is not already in place, and the required specifications for setting up the quality assurance system. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=177
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| | Article: “Subcontract Flow-Down Clauses,” by Onvia. Discusses the subcontract flow-down clause (when part of the subcontractor agreement is taken from the original contract). Explains how it works and when it becomes necessary in order to protect parties involved in the agreement. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=206
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| | Article: “Contract Bundling: Opportunities for Subcontractors,” by Onvia. Discusses contract bundling and its affect on subcontractors. Learn the advantages of working with a prime contractor, where to find government awarded prime contractors and more. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=128
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| | Article: “Why Subcontractors Should Investigate Winning Proposals,” by Onvia. Discusses benefits of referencing a winning proposal, the type of information it includes, where to access winning government proposals and more. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=108
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| | Article: “Subcontractors: What you need to Know about Long-Term Contracts,” by Onvia. Explains elements of a long-term contract. Topics include guaranteed minimums, estimated annual demand/quantity, contract maximum quantity and mor | http://government.onvia.com/?p=135
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| | Article: “Things to Remember when Finalizing a Subcontracting Agreement,” by Onvia. Discusses final steps before submitting a subcontracting agreement and items to consider carefully including compensation, hours, deadlines and more. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=235
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| | Article: “Privity in Subcontracting,” by Onvia. Discusses the privity of a contract (the contractual ties) between the subcontractor and the prime (the contractor directly dealing with the government), and between the government and the prime contractor. Includes advantages and disadvantages of the lack of privity between the subcontractor and the government, and the relationship between the prime contractor and the subcontractor. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=213
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| | Article: “Subcontracting Opportunities,” from the SBA. Discusses subcontracting with a prime contractor as a vehicle to enhance a business’s qualifications and become more competitive. Includes subcontracting laws, who the laws do not apply to (e.g., small businesses), recommendations for subcontracting and a link to subcontracting opportunities through the SBA. | http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/basics/subcontracting/index.html
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| | Article: “Government Subcontracting Jobs: Federal, State and Local,” by Onvia. Discusses government subcontracting with a prime contractor, flow-down requirements, subcontractor relationships and more. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=51
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| | Article: “Advantages of Subcontracting with a Prime on a Government Project,” by Onvia. Lists advantages of subcontracting with a prime contractor. Topics include government relations, protective benefits, administrative burdens and more. | http://government.onvia.com/?p=142
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