Did you know that Unanet can be configured to help manage your Service Contract Act (SCA) contracts? With the correct setup, Unanet offers features that support compliance with SCA requirements—helping ensure accurate wage calculations and benefit allocations.
Here’s a quick overview of implementing SCA functionality in Unanet to make sure you’re getting it right from the start.
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Topics:
Compliant Accounting Infrastructure,
Small Business Compliance,
DCAA Audit Support,
Human Resources,
Unanet,
Government Regulations,
Service Contract Act
If you only have FAR-based contracts, you only have one set of regulations to follow – Federal Acquisition Regulations. But what happens if you have both FAR-based contracts and grants? Grants are covered under a whole different set of requirements in 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. Let’s walk through some of the differences.
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Topics:
Compliant Accounting Infrastructure,
Government Regulations,
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
Grants & Cooperative Agreements (2 CFR 200)
What is a Department of Defense (DoD) class deviation? It is a deviation from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) or Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS) that affects more than one contract. They are issued by an authorized official and are used to deviate from the FAR or DFARS and offer flexibility in the acquisition process. Class deviations are supposed to be temporary. If the class deviation will become permanent, the Government is supposed to issue a proposed revision to the FAR or DFARS.
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Topics:
Contracts & Subcontracts Administration,
System Award Management (SAM),
Government Regulations,
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS),
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
Cybersecurity
Executive Order Impacting Funding on Contract or Grant Work
The President issued an Executive Order (EO) on January 20, 2025, to immediately pause the disbursement of funds appropriated through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169) or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117058). This relates to programs for issuing grants, loans, contracts, or any other financial disbursements of such appropriated funds. The Office of Management and Budget issued a guidance memo on January 28 and rescinded the memorandum on January 29.
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Topics:
Contracts & Subcontracts Administration,
DCAA Audit Support,
Government Regulations,
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
Grants & Cooperative Agreements (2 CFR 200),
REAs, Claims & Terminations
FAR 1.604 allows a contracting officer (CO) to designate a representative to assist the CO in the technical monitoring and administration of a contract. The CO authorizes the contracting officer’s representative (COR) to perform many important tasks to assist the CO in administrating the contract during performance. However, FAR 1.602-2(d)(5) specifically prohibits the CO from authorizing the COR “to make any commitments or changes that affect price, quality, quantity, delivery, or other terms and conditions of the contract nor in any way direct the contractor or its subcontractors to operate in conflict with the contract terms and conditions.”
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Topics:
Compliant Accounting Infrastructure,
Contracts & Subcontracts Administration,
DCAA Audit Support,
Government Regulations,
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR),
REAs, Claims & Terminations
Does the Government find most of the cost incurred by a contractor to be reasonable? I must say it does appear that way. Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) FY 2023 Report to Congress shows that of the $186B incurred cost audited, there was only $1.1B in audit exceptions (.6%). So, the world is good, and we can move on. If that were only the case. Remember that while this percentage is low, this is money you have already spent that the Government will not pay you for, which directly impacts your bottom line.
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Topics:
Compliant Accounting Infrastructure,
Incurred Cost Proposal Submission (ICP/ICE),
Small Business Compliance,
DFARS Business Systems,
DCAA Audit Support,
Government Regulations,
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Costpoint’s automated overtime calculation streamlines your payroll process, ensuring compliance and reducing administrative burden. By leveraging Deltek’s Time & Expense module, you can configure custom overtime rules that automatically align with your company’s policies and state or federal labor laws. After updating the Overtime Hours Rules tab to reflect your companies’ business rules and to abide by state and/or federal labor laws and verifying the Pay Types Links subtask is correctly configured, which both can be found on the Timesheet Classes screen, along with changes within a few control screens in Time & Expense, you can ensure that your employees are documenting their time in accordance with your company’s policies and in compliance with any agreements you may have.
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Topics:
Compliant Accounting Infrastructure,
Small Business Compliance,
Government Regulations,
Deltek Costpoint