I did forget (d) -- Thanks for adding it!

Pete

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>Don't forget:
>(d) because Contractors will NOT fix anything that was not included in the original contract without going through the entire Engineering Change order process (almost an entirely new or additional contract) because otherwise they do not get paid additional monies for the work and as you said they (c) lowbid to get the contract in the first place.
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>I cannot tell you the number of contractors that had great technical staffs during the bidding process (which boosted their chances of winnning the contract as we always looked at the technical staff on board) only to layoff 50% of their staff after the contract was awarded to them and then attempted to meet the contract requirements on the reduced staff.
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>I have been on both sides of this one: as both a customer as well as the contractor providing the service.
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>tracy
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>> Finally, as you are surely aware, fully 80% of DoD software projects are never completed. Guess why?
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>>Because of politicians who (a) cancel projects mid-stream because of changing political priorities; (b) don't give sufficient budget to cover their demands; and (c) some contractors who try to low-bid, and end up not having sufficient resources.
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