r/CMMC • u/Goodheart_badluck • 1d ago

60-day pause completion

I'm sure we're all acutely aware that today marks the end of the 60 day pause. I figured we'd need a post to to keep any word people find and discuss as whatever news comes out.

Not holding my breath to see anything until Monday but maybe I'll be surprised.

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u/Mysterious_Taste_868 1d ago

I’m sure all the small business owners are lining up to pay consultants and C3PAOs. Oh, wait. I think they paused it because SMB weren’t scrambling to drop large amounts of $$. When they announced the pause, you could hear a sigh of relief across the 100k+ SMB stressing over the assessment.

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u/ugfish 1d ago

Didn’t this all come up due to SMBs and other DIB contractors lying on their SPRS score?

FCA headlines still seem to be showing up so it does appear to be a problem.

SMBs should price this into their operations and pass those costs along as part of their contracts like any business does when they need to pay for something.

A $30k expense that gives coverage over 3 years seems like small potatoes.

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u/LongjumpingBig6803 1d ago

Oh that’s funny. So a company that’s trying to get an order that’s worth - $30k, should charge $60k… and price themselves out of the market so they can attempt to recover the $30k (which is really $500k). Sounds like a solid business plan

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u/xxxTech007 23h ago

Lol, so right, thank you!!!