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Baroni, an experienced government contracting executive, emailed the following suggestions to help small businesses increase visibility throughout the lifecycle of their contracts by putting in place a number of internal control procedures:

• During the pre-award phase, create a deal review board that includes senior leadership to evaluate the terms and conditions, nature of teaming relationships, and financial obligations of each contract and make a “bid”/ “no-bid” decision that determines whether to pursue the opportunity and prepare a proposal.
• During the pre-award phase, repeat the evaluation of terms and conditions, nature of teaming, and financial obligations of a contract to make a “submit”/ “no-submit” decision based on your current ability to meet all terms and conditions.
• During the post-award phase, ensure quality and manage risk using “pre-flight” and quarterly “in-flight” reviews of the status of a contract.

Baroni said his biggest concern is the already tense environment between the government and the contracting industry as a whole.

“And unfortunately I hate to say this,” he added, “but I believe it will continue to fuel this negative sentiment between the two and create more tension rather than less.”