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GCS is a prominent leader in the Government contracting community. We have successfully worked with both business executives and Government officials to resolve problems and promote efficient and effective contract administration. We help companies increase return on investment in Government contracts by developing systems and practices tailored to their particular circumstances. We assist companies in reducing compliance costs and business risk without sacrificing safeguards to protect the taxpayers’ interests. In cases where conflict is unavoidable, we provide a full range of litigation support services, such as expert witness testimony. Our integrated approach means we also team with public sector entities to provide comparable services tailored to their unique needs.

• Helping You Meet the Challenges of Government Contracting (pdf, 30K)
• Medicare Contracting Reform
  
• Proposal Support
  
• Contract Pricing
  
• Cost Accounting Standards and Allowable Costs
  
• Indirect Cost Rates
  
• Federal Supply Schedule Contracts
  
• Commercial Item Acquisition
  
• Management Systems
  
• Audits and Investigations
  
• Claims and Disputes
  
• Training
  
• Federal Government Services
  
• Grants & Cooperative Agreements
  
• Providing Government Contracting Services Under Sarbanes-Oxley
  

Medicare Contracting Reform — We assist healthcare contractors in a broad range of Government programs, including fiscal intermediaries, carriers and insurers involved in Medicare Parts A and B, FEHBP, and TRICARE medical, dental and pharmacy benefits programs and most recently with Medicare contracting reform under the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. Download our brochure. (pdf, 60K)

Proposal Support — We provide comprehensive analysis of the Government’s solicitations requirements and assist in developing pricing proposal strategies. We help companies prepare pricing proposals pursuant to the requirements of the solicitation at prime and subcontract levels. We help companies perform cost or price analyses of subcontractor proposals. We assist clients with post-proposal submission activities, such as Government preaward audits and price negotiations. Download our brochure. (pdf, 22K)

Contract Pricing — We provide a unique blend of both prior Government experience and private industry experience in advising clients on pricing strategies to maximize achievement of business goals and objectives. Because contract pricing is a continuous process, we help companies develop pricing proposals for contract modifications necessitated by subsequent change orders, supplemental agreements, etc. We assist clients with intercompany pricing strategies and practices that increase opportunities for broader approaches to offerings, while reducing compliance costs and business risk. Download our brochure. (pdf, 20K)

Cost Accounting Standards and Allowable Costs — We are well-known for assisting clients on Cost Accounting Standards and Government regulations on allowable contract costs. We help clients to understand these requirements and develop the necessary compliance systems and infrastructure. We routinely help companies interpret the applicability of Cost Accounting Standards, prepare Disclosure Statements, resolve compliance issues, and determine the cost impact of changes in accounting practice. We also routinely help companies establish systems for accounting for unallowable costs and resolving allowability challenges made by Government officials. Download our brochures on on Cost Accounting Standards (pdf, 20K) and Allowable Costs (pdf, 19K).

Indirect Cost Rates — We help clients develop cost allocation and indirect rate structures that comply with a variety of Government requirements, which include Office of Management and Budget rules, Federal Acquisition Regulation rules, and Cost Accounting Standards rules, as well as state and local government requirements. We assist clients in preparing proposals for provisional and final indirect cost rates, as well as post-submission activities such as Government audits and rate negotiations. Download our brochure. (pdf, 19K)

Federal Supply Schedule Contracts — A major core competency of our practice is assisting our clients in developing strategies for pricing offers for Federal Supply Schedule contracts, also commonly referred to as Multiple Award Schedule contracts. We help clients prepare commercial sales practice disclosures, initial offers, and best and final offers. We advise clients on establishing realistic comparable customers/customer categories for purposes of administering the “Price Reductions” clause. We also advise clients on the necessary compliance infrastructure to reduce business risks posed by Federal Supply Schedule contracts. Download our brochure. (pdf, 19K)

Commercial Items — We assist our clients in developing commercial pricing strategies pursuant to recent reforms in the way the Government purchases supplies and services from the private sector. The reforms include provisions enacted under the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act and the Clinger-Cohen Act. We advise companies on the important regulatory definitions and suggest approaches to taking advantage of the FAR Part 12 processes. We are especially well known for our experience in using commercial pricing approaches in preparing pricing proposals for the Government. Download our brochure. (pdf, 20K)

Management Systems — We help clients develop and/or analyze management systems that are needed to improve effective and efficient compliance with a variety of Government requirements. We help companies evaluate existing management systems against Government criteria in order to identify critical gaps and develop corrective action plans. Such management systems have typically included cost estimating systems, accounting systems, material management and accounting systems (MMAS), contractor purchasing systems, etc. Download our brochure. (pdf, 19K)

Audits and Investigations — We help companies in reacting appropriately to Government audits and investigations. We have provided support in conducting internal reviews and making voluntary disclosures where necessary. We have significant experience in helping parties resolve issues raised by the Defense Contract Audit Agency, agency Offices of the Inspector General, Department of Justice, and individuals through qui tam actions. Download our brochure. (pdf, 19K)

Claims and Disputes — Another core competency is our experience with contract claims and disputes. We assist companies identify and quantify circumstances which justify requests for equitable price adjustments or claims, as conditions warrant. We help companies prepare termination settlement proposals on contracts terminated for convenience or default. We have provided expert witness services in virtually every arbitration and litigation forum available to Government contractors, ranging from Boards of Contract Appeals to Federal District Courts. Download our brochure. (pdf, 22K)

Training — We provide customized training to meet the unique needs of companies - large and small, experienced and new, manufacturer and service provider, etc. Our training is current and topical, owing largely to our involvement in thought leadership activities, as well as participating as instructors in formal training programs. Download our brochure. (pdf, 19K)

Federal Government Services — We provide a variety of accounting and financial management services to assist Federal entities in the management and performance of Federal Government business operations. We help agencies understand and achieve the objectives of legislation and accounting principles designed to enhance the accountability of Federal programs. We assist clients with critically important support in such areas as development of management systems, cost allocation and budgeting, addressing and anticipating internal control issues, customized training, and myriad other program management tasks. Download our brochure. (pdf, 36K)

Grants and Cooperative Agreements — We help recipients of grants and cooperative agreements with the myriad of agency rules and agreement terms and conditions. We also help colleges and universities implement the provisions of OMB Circular A-21, especially in preparing and supporting proposals for facilities and administrative rates.Download our brochure. (pdf, 19K)

Providing Government Contracting Services Under Sarbanes-Oxley — With the exception of certain litigation support services, the core competencies provided by EY/GCS are well within the SEC’s independence rules. The rules prohibit providing expert opinions and other expert services for an audit client for the purpose of advocating the client’s interests in a litigation or in an administrative or regulatory proceeding or investigation by a regulatory body. The Government’s contract terms and conditions, as well as its regulations, distinctly define what constitutes a legal, administrative, or regulatory proceeding. These would not involve normal contract administration activities. Download our brochure. (pdf, 129K)