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Joe Petrillo: New rules target contracting bait and switch

Contracting officers and program managers don't appreciate it when prime contractors bid using a particular sub only to pull a switcheroo after the award and th...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

August 11, 2016 1:33 pm

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Joe Petrillo, procurement attorney, Petrillo and Powell

Contracting officers and program managers don't appreciate it when prime contractors bid using a particular sub only to pull a switcheroo after the award and the work starts. Small businesses hate being escorted to the dance, only to have their date abandon them at the punch bowl. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin new rules to curb bait and switch are coming from the FAR Council.