Episode 2 Program Notes (16 pages)

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Episode 2 Summary: Special Guest Lead Contracting Officer Kathleen Sewell joins us as we spotlight the Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) Schedule 874.  This episode is about scope: the scope of what we mean in these podcast and blog entries when we say "service Schedules" and how ordering agencies can find the Schedule(s)/SIN(s) of best fit for their particular service requirements.  Discover some service Schedules you may not know existed! After reviewing some basic Schedules terminology (the Schedule? the contract? the SIN?), we mention the broad coverage of some popular service Schedules, many of which will be individually spotlighted in future episodes.  Kathee leads our exploration of the MOBIS Schedule as we look at the scope of each MOBIS SIN (with a recent SIN update shown in the Program Notes), services within the scope of MOBIS, and services that may be a better fit for other Schedules.  Picking the Schedule/SIN(s) of best fit will lead us (via the eTools discussed in the detailed Program Notes) to the best-fitting Schedule contractors, so we emphasize a structured methodology for discerning that best-fitting Schedule (or Schedules). Where can agencies go wrong in that crucial Schedule scope determination process? Learn from the scope mistakes of others as we prepare to move into the next important phase of Schedule ordering: the task order RFQ that will be the subject of Episode 3.  -- Dave Clemens