previous or incumbent?

[Mitchell Maltenfort]

I think you want "current" as in the "current contractor."

I've only seen incumbent used for the current holder of an elected
office, or as a synonym for obligation such as "it is incumbent upon
us to..."


On 12/1/06, Susan Hogarth <hogarth at gmail.com> wrote:
> If Company A is working on a contract currently, it is the incumbent. Correct?
>
> If Company A is working on a contract, and Company B takes over on
> (say) January 1, on January 2 Company A is the 'previous contractor',
> while B becomes 'incumbent'. Correct?
>
> When B is talking about how it will deal with A after the contract is
> awarded to B, does B refer to A as the 'incumbent' or the 'previous'
> contractor? For instance: "We (B) will communicate rapidly with the
> [incumbent/previous] contractor as soon as the contract is awarded to
> us."
>
> I knwo this must be much simpler than I'm making it out to be. Blame
> it on Friday...
>
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