A contract is considered physically complete when the contractor has completed all the
required deliveries, and? - ANS-The government has accepted all the items
A contracting officer has the brodust discretion in fashioning, suitable evaluation procedures
when considering? - ANS-Quotations
A contractor employee accidentally broke a test fixture that belongs to the government and is
accountable to a government contract. Generally speaking, is the contractor liable for
damages? - ANS-No, contractors are not like held liable for loss of government property
A contractor failed to deliver a commercial item within the time specified by the contract. As
the government, contracting officer, you plan to terminate the contract. What type of
termination would you proceed with? - ANS-Termination for cause
A contractor is developing their pricing strategy in a competitive environment. Knowing that
required effort will result in following contracts, the contractor, submits and offer below
anticipated cost with the plan to recover any losses by increasing the price on follow-on
efforts. The pricing strategy is referred to as. - ANS-Buying-in
A post award orientation aids of government in contractor personnel to? - ANS-Achieve a
clear and mutual understanding of all contract requirements and identify and resolve
potential problems
A program manager asked John whether a contract clause is only used in the contract, or if
it applies to the solicitation as well. John correctly answered by replying with which of the
following statements?
-a contract clause only applies after contractor word
-a contract clause applies, unless superseded by a solicitation provision
-a contract clause is a term or condition, used in contracts, or in both solicitations and
contracts, that applies after contract award or both before and after award
-a contract clause is a term our condition used in contracts and solicitations, unless the
resulting contract is for a commercial item - ANS-a contract clause is a term or condition,
used in contracts, or in both solicitations and contracts, that applies after contract award or
both before and after award
A proposal submission time and date of 2 PM on February 3, 2020, appeared on a cover
page of a government solicitation. Based on the information provided at FAR 52-215-1.
Instructions to offers-competitive acquisitions, which of the following proposals is late?
-The contractor provided it's proposal at 2:15 PM on February 3, 2020
-The contractor provided proposal on January 25, 2020
-The contractor sent a proposal electronically at 1:30 PM on February 2, 2020; however, the
government did not receive the proposal until February 4, 2020, due to government server
being down for repairs. The contractor had proof of the server failure.
-The contractor physically delivered their proposal at 11 AM on Tuesday, February 4, 2020,
due to the fact at 1 PM on February 3, there was a bomb scare that shut down the
government contracts office for the remainder of the day precluding physical delivery of their
proposal - ANS-The contractor provided it's proposal at 2:15 PM on February 3, 2020
A protest can be followed for which of the following?
, -Claim
-Bad performance rating
-Termination for default for failure to deliver
-Solicitation - ANS-Solicitation
A purpose of a post award orientation is to? - ANS-Achieve a clear mutual understanding of
all contract requirements
According to the FAR, acceptance of supplies or services is responsibility of whom? -
ANS-The contracting officer
According to the FAR, the acquisition team? - ANS-Includes the contractor
ACME company did not make the competitive range in a source selection. When the
contracting officer asked for final proposal revisions to contracting officer. - ANS-Will not
contact a CME company, since it is no longer in competition
Acquisition planning should begin: - ANS-as soon as the agency need is identified
After release of the solicitation, you must be the focal point of an exchange my potential
offers? - ANS-The CO
Agency shall conduct market research: - ANS-Appropriate to the circumstances
And ensuring overall quality of items and services received under a contract, which of the
following is the responsibility of the government?
-Designing, fabrication inspection of all items
-Quality assurance surveillance
-Designing the contractors inspection system
-Fabrication of subassemblies - ANS-Quality assurance surveillance
And over arcing principal for responding to questions from all potential offerors is: -
ANS-Fairness
At what dollar value am I the contracting officer, synopsize a proposed contract action in the
GPE? - ANS-Expected to exceed $25,000
Can a contractor file a protest at anytime it chooses? - ANS-No, there are established time
frames with in which a contractor must file its protest
Change orders issued under the changes cause of the contract use which form? - ANS-SF
30
Commercial contracting, what quality system is utilize? - ANS-The contractors
Contract files for contracts, using simplified acquisition procedures should be considered
closed when the contracting officer receives evidence of two things. The first is receipt of the
property or service. What is the second? - ANS-Final payment
Contracting officer shall provide property to contractors only when it is clearly demonstrated
that: - ANS-The overall benefit to the acquisition, sniff and ly outweighs that increase cost of
administration
Contractors are required to certify that a claim is made in good faith when submitting any
claim exceeding? - ANS-100,000
Contractors are responsible for? - ANS-Tendering to the government for acceptance, only
those supplies or services that conform to contract quality requirements
Defining department of defense acquisition requirements so they can be met with
commercial items is ? - ANS-Encouraged
Does the government have a right to inspect a product before it is accepted? - ANS-Yes,
always