Problem:
I am just looking for information to compare how we do things to how other companies do things. When you are the PM how does your company separate the actual sections of the project so that the US government or the customer can not claim that the company or PM is in collusion with the Subcontractor or vendor. In the same vain how does a company deal with the customer claiming Impropriority between the PM and the vendor / subcontractor, by this I mean the PM order material not on the contract for themselves, or paying the Subcontractor extra money to receive a kickback in cash on the side.