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Joe Petrillo, Procurement Attorney, Petrillo & Powell PLLC

What if you\'re paying a fixed price for services, but the contractor starts to fall down on the job? That\'s what happened to the Army in Afghanistan. It hired...

Federal News Network Staff

June 11, 2015 10:02 am

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What if you’re paying a fixed price for services, but the contractor starts to fall down on the job? That’s what happened to the Army in Afghanistan. It hired a company called Mansoor International to provide trucking. Mansoor was paid a fixed price for each trip, but then things started to go wrong. Joe Petrillo, a partner at the law firm Petrillo and Powell, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive for more on the case and the lessons learned we turn to procurement attorney Joe Petrillo, a partner at the law firm Petrillo and Powell.