Term: Contract Term

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The period of time for which the contractor will provide the Work under the contract. Sometimes defined as a base period plus one or more option periods. Note that the choice to exercise said option is the client’s unilateral one.

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"I know I’m flogging a dead horse here but I’m still trying to figure out why Canadians are shocked to discover that the country they live in, which couldn’t replace two naval supply ships in decades, is not going to be first out of the gate on new vaccine production."

Source: Tweet by Matt Gurney, National Post columnist, 2020 Nov 25

I have it on good authority that every contract for a ship of any size now contains this phrase: "The ship shall be delivered afloat, upright, and at the dock." You can thank a nameless contractor for each of those specifications: A contractor who failed one or more of those should-go-without-saying tests and who held the client to the letter of the contract to excuse this ridiculousness.

“You cannot increase the quality of an argument by simply increasing the quantity of your argument.”

Source: How to Make Your Arguments Stronger

Substitute "proposal" for "argument" and it's still true. But, boy, we keep trying.

Here's a good overview of procurement, written in a conversational tone.

What is Procurement?

Posted: 2020 Nov 14

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