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cuassume cuthat cuhe's cuthe cuone cuwho cusigned cuthe cumodification. cuIs cuthis cua culegal
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cumay cunot cunecessarily cucorrespond cuto cuactual cumental cuor cuphysical cumaturity cuof cuan
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You cuare cuthe cuPCO cufor cua cumajor cucompetitive cunegotiated cusource cuselection. cuThe
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cubudget, cuhas cua curequirement cufor cu220 cucargo culoaders cuto cube cudelivered cuat cu55
cuper cuyear cuover cuthe cunext cufour cuyears. cuOne cuofferor cuproposes cuto cudeliver cuall cu220
culoaders cuin cuthe cufirst cuyear cuat cua cudramatically cureduced cuprice. cuCan cuyou cuaccept
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cuYou cuneed cuto cuask cuthe cuuser cuif cuhe cuwants cuall cu220 cuin cuthe cufirst cuyear cuand cuare
cuthe cuoperating culocations cuphysically cuable cuto cuaccommodate cutheir culoaders cuin cuthe
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cufor cuaward cuor cuelimination cufrom cuthe cucompetitive curange cuif cuthe cuproposal cuis cunot
cumade cucompliant cuwith cuthe cuRFP.
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cuprogram cuis cuin cucontract cunegotiations cufor cua cuFixed cuPrice cuIncentive cu(Firm
cuTarget) cuSystem cuDevelopment cuand cuDemonstration cucontract cuaward cuto cua cusole
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cuand cuthinks cuthat cuan cuobjective cuperformance cuincentive cuwould cube cuthe cuway cuto
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cuconsiderations cufor cuthe cucolonel:
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cuorder cuto cujustify cuthe cuexpenditure cuof cufunds cuto cuachieve cuit. cuThe cucolonel cushould
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cuis cuearned cuby cuthe cucontractor. cuSubjectivity cuis cunot cuallowable cuunder cucurrent cuAF
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cuconsequences cucould cube cucaused cuby cuthe cuexistence cuof cuthis cufeature cuin cuthe
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cuconsume cuexcessive cuschedule cuto cuget cuthe cuextra cuspeed?
There cuhas cuto cube cua cucost cuincentive cuin cuplace cuso cuthat cuthe cucontractor cudoesn't
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cuunder cua cuCPFF cucontract. cuThe cuFPIF cushare culine cuserves cuthis cupurpose cuwhen
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cuAssistance? cuHow cudoes cuit cudiffer cufrom cuAcquisition? cuWhat cugives cuthe cuGrants
cuOfficers cutheir cuauthority cuto cuenter cuinto cuassistance? cuWhat cuare cuthe cutypes cuof
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cuoutside cuthe custatutory culimitations cuyou cuneed cuto cudetermine cuwhat cua cufair cuand
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cucost cureasonableness cureview cudetermines cuthe cuestimated cucosts cuto cube
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cuprogram. cuThe cuprogram cuis cunearing cuthe cuend cuof cuproduction. cuA cuProgram
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