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11/9/2021
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Join the Government Contracting SIG for the following session:

Title: “The lowdown on flowdown” A looking at flowdown requirements for prime contractors and subcontractors. The session will examine:
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Objectives:
        What is a flowdown and why are contractors required to flow prime contract requirements down to subcontractors
                o   Discuss why the Government expects and requires contractors to flow contract clauses/provisions down
                o   Discuss the concept of privity
·       What to flowdown and why a simple copy and past exercise is likely not the correct answer
                o   Highlight some key clauses that all contractors should be aware of
                o   Discuss considerations that prime contractors and subcontractors should be aware of when flowing clauses down
·       Whom to flow something down to focusing on the definition of a subcontract/subcontractor
                o   Examine how the FAR/DFARS don’t define subcontracts and subcontractors consistently
                o   Discuss why it would be and is inappropriate for the Government to define who subcontractors are for contractors
                o   Discussion on how should contractors define who are subcontractors vs. vendors vs. alternate locations and affiliates.

Benefits:  1 hour of CPE(offered to Northern Chapter VSCPA members; guests pay $15)

Location: Virtual, Zoom meeting

Time:   Event starts at 8:00 AM, done by 9:30 AM

Speaker: Alex Mikhelson, CPA

Speaker's Bio:
Alex is an Experienced Manager in Baker Tilly’s government contractor advisory services practice and brings over 14 years of experience to the practice. Alex sets clients up for success by assisting with a wide spectrum of Government Contracting and Grant compliance challenges from business system reviews, contract pricing, indirect rate structuring to audit and investigation support resolution. Alex is also our practice's resident expert on Government Property and related challenges. Alex's background includes Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness, Government property management, business process re-engineering, managers’ internal control program (OMB A-123), DoD acquisition and logistics, and forensic auditing. Prior to joining Baker Tilly, Alex worked as a management consultant to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a task lead responsible for the Agency’s asset management program, financial audit support, and business process analyses. Alex was also a lead auditor for Army Audit Agency planning and managing complex acquisition and logistics audits as well as forensic audit work to detect and identify fraud.