CON 3990 REVIEW TIPS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔The post award phase is comprised of (2) - ✔✔Perform contract
Close contract
✔✔Who is responsible for administering the contract after award? - ✔✔The Gov and the
Contractor
✔✔What is the main area of focus during the contract administration phase? -
✔✔quality of contract performance
✔✔What does quality include? - ✔✔schedule
cost
successful delivery of services or items
✔✔Who is responsible for quality? - ✔✔the seller, contractor
✔✔Why should the buyer provide quality oversight when it is the contractors
responsibility to ensure quality? - ✔✔The buyer has a responsibility to the stakeholders
to protect their interest
✔✔Should the contracting system focus on risk management or risk performance? -
✔✔Risk management
✔✔How should contractors be treated? - ✔✔fairly and impartially but need not be
treated the same
✔✔In terms of the Federal Acquisition Regulation System, the actions of each member
of the contracts team must reflect - ✔✔integrity, fairness, and openness
,✔✔Communications from contracting professionals have influence over what? -
✔✔Cost, quality, and timeliness of products and services
✔✔What is a deviation? - ✔✔policy/procedure which is inconsistent with the FAR
✔✔When is an SF26 form used? - ✔✔Award/Contract - used to award negotiated
contracts in which signatures of both parties on a single document is appropriate
✔✔when is an SF33 form used? - ✔✔Solicitation/Offer/Award - May be used to award
either negotiated contracts or for sealed bidding
✔✔When is an SF30 used? - ✔✔Amendment of Solicitation/Contract Mod - used to
amend any solicitation or modify any contract
✔✔When is an SF 44 used? - ✔✔Purchase Order/Invoice/ Voucher - used for Simplified
Acquisitions at or below MPT
✔✔What form is used to document an abstract of offers? - ✔✔SF 1409
✔✔When is the SF 1442 used? - ✔✔Solicitation/Offer/Award - Construction
✔✔When is the SF 1449 used? - ✔✔Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items -
required for solicitations for commercial items if the acquisition will exceed the SAT.
Encourages the use under the SAT as well
✔✔What is the DD254 form for? - ✔✔Contract security classification specification
✔✔What is the DD 1155 form for? - ✔✔Order for supplies or services - used for
ORDERS under IDIQ or if SF 1449 is not used under SAT
✔✔What form is used for weighted guidleines? - ✔✔DD 1547
✔✔What form is used for FCCOM? - ✔✔DD 1861
✔✔What are the 2 purposes for post award orientation? - ✔✔give Gov and KTR clear
and mutual understanding of all contract requirements
identify and resolve potential problems
✔✔What is a kickback? - ✔✔where a subcontractor makes a payment which is
accepted by a prime contractor for the purposes of improperly obtaining or rewarding
favorable treatment.
✔✔What does the Anti-kickback act prohibit? - ✔✔providing or offering a kickback
soliciting /attempting to a accept kickback
, including the amount of any kickback in contract price charged by subcontract to a
prime
✔✔What type of information is considered contractor bid or proposal information? -
✔✔cost or pricing data
indirect costs and direct labor rates
proprietary information
info marked as bid and proposal info
information marked IAW 52.215-1(e)
that has not been made available to the public
✔✔Who may disclose contractor bid and proposal information? - ✔✔Someone
authorized by the agency head or KO may disclose contractor bid and proposal info to
another authorized person in accordance with applicable agency procedures
✔✔What must be signed before contractor proposal information can be delivered to the
Government? - ✔✔Non-Disclosure Agreement
✔✔How should source selection informatin be marked? - ✔✔"source selection
information" should be on the cover page and each page where SSI is.
✔✔What is considered source selection informatin? - ✔✔any info used in evaluating a
bid or proposal to win a contract (whether it is marked or not)
bid prices
proposed costs or prices
source selection plans
tech eval plans
tech eval/cost or price eval of proposals
competitive range determinations
rankings of bids
and info marked as SSI
✔✔What are some examples of Organizational conflicts of interst - ✔✔Any unfair
advantage
company A provides tech direction so should not be allowed to supply REALTED
components
company A provides tech direction for product X which is canceled. Company B
provides tech direction for product Y which is similar but developed fundamentally
different fashion. Company A CAN supply system Y
✔✔What are the three broad categories of OCI's? - ✔✔unequal access
impaired objectivity
biased ground rules
SURE A+
✔✔The post award phase is comprised of (2) - ✔✔Perform contract
Close contract
✔✔Who is responsible for administering the contract after award? - ✔✔The Gov and the
Contractor
✔✔What is the main area of focus during the contract administration phase? -
✔✔quality of contract performance
✔✔What does quality include? - ✔✔schedule
cost
successful delivery of services or items
✔✔Who is responsible for quality? - ✔✔the seller, contractor
✔✔Why should the buyer provide quality oversight when it is the contractors
responsibility to ensure quality? - ✔✔The buyer has a responsibility to the stakeholders
to protect their interest
✔✔Should the contracting system focus on risk management or risk performance? -
✔✔Risk management
✔✔How should contractors be treated? - ✔✔fairly and impartially but need not be
treated the same
✔✔In terms of the Federal Acquisition Regulation System, the actions of each member
of the contracts team must reflect - ✔✔integrity, fairness, and openness
,✔✔Communications from contracting professionals have influence over what? -
✔✔Cost, quality, and timeliness of products and services
✔✔What is a deviation? - ✔✔policy/procedure which is inconsistent with the FAR
✔✔When is an SF26 form used? - ✔✔Award/Contract - used to award negotiated
contracts in which signatures of both parties on a single document is appropriate
✔✔when is an SF33 form used? - ✔✔Solicitation/Offer/Award - May be used to award
either negotiated contracts or for sealed bidding
✔✔When is an SF30 used? - ✔✔Amendment of Solicitation/Contract Mod - used to
amend any solicitation or modify any contract
✔✔When is an SF 44 used? - ✔✔Purchase Order/Invoice/ Voucher - used for Simplified
Acquisitions at or below MPT
✔✔What form is used to document an abstract of offers? - ✔✔SF 1409
✔✔When is the SF 1442 used? - ✔✔Solicitation/Offer/Award - Construction
✔✔When is the SF 1449 used? - ✔✔Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items -
required for solicitations for commercial items if the acquisition will exceed the SAT.
Encourages the use under the SAT as well
✔✔What is the DD254 form for? - ✔✔Contract security classification specification
✔✔What is the DD 1155 form for? - ✔✔Order for supplies or services - used for
ORDERS under IDIQ or if SF 1449 is not used under SAT
✔✔What form is used for weighted guidleines? - ✔✔DD 1547
✔✔What form is used for FCCOM? - ✔✔DD 1861
✔✔What are the 2 purposes for post award orientation? - ✔✔give Gov and KTR clear
and mutual understanding of all contract requirements
identify and resolve potential problems
✔✔What is a kickback? - ✔✔where a subcontractor makes a payment which is
accepted by a prime contractor for the purposes of improperly obtaining or rewarding
favorable treatment.
✔✔What does the Anti-kickback act prohibit? - ✔✔providing or offering a kickback
soliciting /attempting to a accept kickback
, including the amount of any kickback in contract price charged by subcontract to a
prime
✔✔What type of information is considered contractor bid or proposal information? -
✔✔cost or pricing data
indirect costs and direct labor rates
proprietary information
info marked as bid and proposal info
information marked IAW 52.215-1(e)
that has not been made available to the public
✔✔Who may disclose contractor bid and proposal information? - ✔✔Someone
authorized by the agency head or KO may disclose contractor bid and proposal info to
another authorized person in accordance with applicable agency procedures
✔✔What must be signed before contractor proposal information can be delivered to the
Government? - ✔✔Non-Disclosure Agreement
✔✔How should source selection informatin be marked? - ✔✔"source selection
information" should be on the cover page and each page where SSI is.
✔✔What is considered source selection informatin? - ✔✔any info used in evaluating a
bid or proposal to win a contract (whether it is marked or not)
bid prices
proposed costs or prices
source selection plans
tech eval plans
tech eval/cost or price eval of proposals
competitive range determinations
rankings of bids
and info marked as SSI
✔✔What are some examples of Organizational conflicts of interst - ✔✔Any unfair
advantage
company A provides tech direction so should not be allowed to supply REALTED
components
company A provides tech direction for product X which is canceled. Company B
provides tech direction for product Y which is similar but developed fundamentally
different fashion. Company A CAN supply system Y
✔✔What are the three broad categories of OCI's? - ✔✔unequal access
impaired objectivity
biased ground rules
