Note, I've dealt with state governments too, and they've typically abided by some form of FAR. I probably don't want to know what wizardry you've used to bypas

Note, I've dealt with state governments too, and they've typically abided by some form of FAR. I probably don't want to know what wizardry you've used to bypass the FAR (kudos though), but I've also been party to its bypass, and it's generally been related to ... an advanced form of networking. That said, my response was tailored towards federal government, as I'd completely lost the plot in which Alaska was the subject, so it's probably worth throwing a couple of caveats into my response for that reason alone.