Ten Big Mistakes in Contract

Administration

Presented by: NCMA Lone Star Chapter Board

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Lone Star Chapter Actors Guild

Shirley Shelor, Past President Sherry Green, Hospitality Chairperson

Staring

•Ken Dixon, Past President•William A. Cox, President•Cameo Ritterbush, Webmaster Chairperson

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Mistake I

You didn’t actually read your entire contract.

Six Months Later…

The two representatives reconvene to discuss the contract’s activities…

Mistake 6

You failed to deliver on time as required by the delivery schedule and thought the government would deem this acceptable.

Mistake 3 & 5

You took direction from unauthorized officials.

Do you always follow what is in your written contract, or do you listen to verbal promises and direction?

Mistake 7

You didn’t invoice properly, in accordance with the requirements of your contract.

Mistake 10

You failed to flow down your clauses to your subcontractors and suppliers.

Hear Ye! Supplier delivers incompliant material.

Costing company Millions.

Mistake 4

Do you always comply with quality control or quality assurance requirements and specifications in your contract?

Mistake 9

Did you volunteer to do extra work?

LE FIN

1. Have you ever actually read your entire contract?2. Is your performance world-class and do you care about your customer?3. Do you take direction from unauthorized officials?4. Do you always comply with quality control or quality assurance requirements

and specifications in your contract?5. Do you always follow what is in your contract or do you listen to verbal

promises and direction?6. Do you fail to deliver on time as required by the delivery schedule and think

the government will deem this to be acceptable?7. Do you invoice properly, in accordance with the requirements of your

contract?8. On multiple award schedule (MAS) contracts, do you give most favored

customer pricing to the government throughout the entire life of the contract?9. Do you volunteer to perform extra work?10. Do you fail to flow down your FAR clauses to your sub-contractors and

suppliers?

Ten Big Mistakes in Contract Administration**Based on article “Big, Big, Big” by Richard D. Liberman featured in Contract

Management in December of 2006