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Government contract compliance can be led by either the CFO, Controller, CAO, or Legal teams and involves the intersection of government contract regulatory compliance as well as financial cost accounting, pricing, and business systems requirements.
The compliance function plays an important role in the success of U.S. Government contractors – with effective interpretation and application of U.S. Government contract requirements, it can transform regulations into competitive indirect rates, effective cost structures, and approved business systems required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), among others.
The pressures on today’s U.S. Government contractors seem to increase almost daily. They must deal not only with market challenges such as global competition, vertical integration, and cyber espionage; but also with increasing demands by government officials and other stakeholders to secure supply chains and safeguard U.S. critical technology information while improving the value of their business.
These demands from government officials and stakeholders derive from the set of clauses found in Government contracts which vary depending on the contract vehicle, acquisition method and government customer. This is where our Government Contractor Services (GCS) can help. Our GCS professionals provide a wide lens customized to client strategic objectives on U.S. Federal regulatory matters by combining the experience of senior-level industry executives; U.S. Government auditors and contracting officers; and an extensive library of industry leading practices.
We enable our clients’ success from 3 different perspectives:
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⇨ Are you planning to expand or exit the U.S. Government contracts, agreements, or grants marketplace? ⇨ Does the Deal involve government contractors, or integration activities requiring TSA/ITSA’s? |
⇨ Do you have Government contracts and are you planning to go public? | ⇨ Do you want to improve price competitiveness, expand your contract vehicles, or partner with the U.S. Government to develop new products? ⇨ Do you want to consider funding your business with foreign investors? ⇨ Have you received notice of an upcoming Government audit? |
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☑ Gov. contract risk due diligence ☑ Review TSA/ ITSA agreements for government compliance and maximum cost recovery ☑ Support integration activities with industry leading practices, benchmarks for government contractors ☑ Support combining cost accounting and indirect rate structure due to realignment ☑ Department of Defense (DoD) business processes integration ☑ Mandatory cost and regulatory submissions ☑ Cost recovery defense strategy |
☑ Cost accounting structure optimization and realignment ☑ Mandatory cost and regulatory submissions on cost structure realignments ☑ DoD business processes internal control framework alignment with Sarbanes-Oxley |
☑ Cost accounting structure optimization and realignment ☑ Contract vehicle expansion assessment ☑ Cost share arrangement and grant compliance ☑ National security services ☑ Audit readiness assessments |
| Our team can assist clients and KPMG teams connecting the regulatory dots, creating value, and mitigating compliance risks with the U.S. Government | |||
The following illustration shows examples of contract compliance challenges when receiving a cost-based U.S. Government contract:
Contact Brian, Fernando or Brad to find out more on how GCS can support achieving the strategic objectives of U.S. Government contractors.
