1. Are there federal regulations that include procedures for continuous orders against GSA Annex contracts that have been “cancelled” under GSAM clause 552.238-73 and not under FAR clause T4C/T4D? Or should it be assumed that the head of the agency is responsible for each of the federal regulatory activities (e.g. EPA, NPS, USCG) made the “written determination of compelling reasons to do so” in accordance with FAR 9.405-1 when exercising the options (assuming that the “cancellation” of the exclusion/suspension was made without any indication that the contractor is on the EPLS list or is “inactive” in the RCC)? [By the way, is there a FAR authority that allows “any party” to terminate a contract? The T4C clauses of the FAR seem to indicate that only the government can terminate a contract.] (b) If an order not accepted in writing by the Contractor is to be cancelled, the Customer shall notify the Contractor in writing of the cancellation of the Order, require the Contractor to accept the cancellation in writing and proceed as follows: Either party may terminate this Agreement in whole or in part by written notice. The termination will take effect 30 calendar days after receipt of notice of cancellation by the other party. If the contractor decides to terminate this contract, the government will not refund the minimum warranty. With respect to your question about the electronic library, I would not automatically assume that a contract has been terminated because it is not there. Yes, in a perfect world, this would make sense, but there are a few other circumstances that can also lead to a contract not being displayed in the e-library. The first is that if an entrepreneur has not updated their information in the last 2 years, their entry in the eLibrary system will be deleted. This does not terminate their contract, but prevents their information from being displayed in the electronic library. The second is the standard “system problem” we encountered last January, which could easily happen again. I work for a GSA Schedule contract office and can try to solve some of the issues here.
Please note that I do not work for the computer calendar, so I cannot go into the details of the specific issue you raise. I do not know why the GSA did not inform you that the contract was terminated. As far as I know, she doesn`t notify anyone when she places a new order. It adds the contract to its electronic list of schedules and relies on the contractor to send the message that a new schedule contract exists. 3. Further investigations into FPDS revealed that the GSA had issued a mod as a “legal termination of contract” in December 2010 with effect from 17.02.11. Our understanding, based on GSA`s order policies, is that no order can require fulfillment that “extends beyond the term of the intended contract.” Apparently, the GSA has a termination clause, GSAM 552.238-73, which is mandatory for all MAS contracts, which allows termination of the “contract” upon written notice from one of the parties. Speaking to the GSA Annex IT 70 helpdesk regarding our agency`s plan to exercise an option soon, the representative stated categorically that the options in relation to this IT Annex 70 contract could not be exercised. However, FPDS notes that several agencies did not exercise numerous options on orders against this cancelled or terminated futures contract until August 2011. Below are our questions: (1) If the Contractor accepts the cancellation and does not claim that costs have been incurred from the beginning of the execution of the order, no further action is required (i.e.
the order is considered cancelled).