Episode 5 Program Notes (9/19/2008, D. Clemens, 35 pages)

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Episode 5 Summary: Special Guest Contracting Officer Tonja Ferguson joins us as we spotlight the Environmental Services 899 Schedule.  This episode busts some persistent myths regarding small business issues relating to Schedule orders. For example, there is no authority to "set aside" any Schedule orders for small businesses but ordering agencies can achieve that same objective in how they select and weight their task order evaluation factors. We compare and contrast the ways in which North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, size standards, and then business size issues are handled at the Schedule contract level and at the task order level.  What is the relationship between the Schedule contract and the order with respect to these variables? Under what conditions could a Schedule contractor's business size change?