There are two types of contractors in this world: the ones who understand the FAR, and the ones who are about to FAR around and find out.
In this episode of The GovCon Show, we take one of the most useful phrases in modern culture and give it the government contracting treatment.
FAFO: FAR Around and Find Out is about what happens when contractors treat clauses, flowdowns, subcontracts, pricing assumptions, customer direction, and fixed-price risk like background noise — then act surprised when the music stops.
The FAR Around part rarely feels reckless in the moment. It usually feels normal. Efficient. Practical. Customer-friendly. Maybe even necessary. Someone skims the subcontract. Someone assumes the clause is covered. Someone treats a flowdown like decorative language. Someone prices uncertainty like certainty. Someone accepts customer direction because “it should be fine.”
Then reality shows up.
The Find Out part is where the clause gets tested, the subcontract gets enforced, the price has to hold, the file has to explain itself, and “should be fine” has to become “here is the evidence.”
This episode is not about fear. It is about awareness, discipline, and knowing where your company may be operating on assumptions instead of control.
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This is not a lecture.
This is not a webinar.
And it’s definitely not the NPR of government contracting.
This is the show where contracting professionals say the quiet part out loud.
We break down the reality behind federal contracting:
the pressure,
the responsibility,
the decisions that actually matter
and the absurdity that comes with all of it.
From bad SOWs and rogue FAR clauses to CPSR panic attacks and procurement files that don’t tell the story they should… nothing is off-limits.
Whether you’re new to the game or have been doing this for 20+ years, you already know:
This isn’t just paperwork.
This is executing federal law in real time.
And sometimes… it’s chaos.
We’ve seen it all and we talk about it.
Honestly!
With a little sarcasm, and a whole lot of truth.
And just enough attitude to keep it real.
No filters. No fluff.
Just real conversations from the front lines of government contracting.