Re: N.D.A.'s

[RTS <gafa@xxxxxxx>]

Good for you Bob,

Back in my day the 70's and early 80's payments were a little different..

But glad you were able to have a good working relationship with the
government in your area..


*Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.*


On 5/23/2018 7:03 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>
> On 5/23/2018 9:57 AM, RTS wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply, Bob
> >
> > personally I turned down all federal government work requests,
> mostly because of the lengthy payment return..
> >
> > (never did like waiting 6-9 months to get paid) and some because of
> the stupid designs..
> >
> >
> > *Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.
>
>
> When I invoiced by purchase order I usually got paid by the federal
> government in 30-45 days.  (Often quicker.)  When they switched to big
> ticket credit cards I got paid within days of presenting the invoice
> along with a sign off of job approval. Sometimes the same day.
> Somebody would just call me up with a credit card number.  Now a
> certain airplane manufacturer who might have had something to do with
> the marine adversary squadron back in the early 90s didn't pay for
> months until I sent a letter to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
> informing him I would be filing a lien against his marine base if
> payment wasn't received very soon.  The payment check arrived Fed-Ex
> overnight a couple days later.
>
> I never did huge jobs for the feds.  $8,000-$25,000 usually, but they
> were big for me.  I never experienced third party caused delays
> either, but I did have my guy at the Army procurement office tell me
> if that was ever an issue I could get progressive payments for
> equipment delivered or portions of work completed.  I think GSA told
> me the same, but most of my jobs for them were pretty small.  Max
> maybe $9k.  Most in the $2-4K range, and by the time they called me in
> everything was ready to go.
>