CON 3990 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔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
✔✔What is unequal access? - ✔✔Unfair competitive advantage when a contractor
obtains information not available to the competitors
✔✔What is impaired objectivity? - ✔✔When a support contractor is performing duties
that involve assessing or evaluating itself or a related entity
✔✔What are biased ground rules? - ✔✔most often occurs during the writing of the
SOW, performing systems engineering, or providing technical direction efforts
✔✔What are the three approaches available to contractors and the Agency for dealing
with OCI's? - ✔✔Avoid
Neutralize
Mitigate
✔✔How can a contract deal with OCI by avoiding? - ✔✔exclude potential sources from
competition or eliminate a segment of work from a contract or task
✔✔How can a contract deal with OCI by neutralizing? - ✔✔encourage/facilitate support
contractor recusal, exclude or limit support contractor participation in source selection,
bar access to competition sensitive data
, ✔✔How can a contract deal with OCI by mitigating? - ✔✔OCI mitigation plan - reduce or
alleviate impact of unavoidable OCI to an acceptable level of risk
✔✔What should a KO do if an OCI exists? Shoul they award the contract? - ✔✔It's best
to cancel the RFP and make needed changes to eliminate any conflict.
✔✔If there is an OCI can a KO award the contract? - ✔✔Yes they can if it is in the best
interest of the U.S., and if a waiver is approved by the HCA
✔✔What does a KO need to do if an OCI was thought to exist but actually does not? -
✔✔The KO needs to tell all parties that the OCI does not exist and their rationale for
why
✔✔Do whistleblower protections apply to any element of the intelligence community? -
✔✔No not in DFARS part 203
✔✔What entities can disclosures be made to? (disclosing of fraud, waste, and abuse) -
✔✔member of congress
inspector general with oversight of contracts
GAO
DoD employee with oversight of contracts
court or grand jury
management official who has responsibility to investigate misconduct
✔✔What is a disclosure? - ✔✔when an employee initiates or provides evidence of
contractor misconduct in any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to waste,
fraud, or abuse on a DoD contract
✔✔All unclassified award data must be - ✔✔made accessible to the public via Federal
Procurement Data System (FPDS) if
above MPT or any mods which change previously reported contract data regardless of
dollar value
✔✔What are is the purpose of the Federal acquisition system? - ✔✔deliver on a timely
basis best-value product or service
maintaining the publics trust and fulfilling public policy objectives
✔✔What is a life-cycle cost? - ✔✔the total cost to the Government of acquiring,
operating, supporting, and (if applicable) disposing of the items being acquired.
✔✔When does the vast majority of life cycle costs occur? - ✔✔after initial procurement
✔✔What is Market research? - ✔✔collecting and analyzing information about
capabilities within the market to satisfy agency needs
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔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
✔✔What is unequal access? - ✔✔Unfair competitive advantage when a contractor
obtains information not available to the competitors
✔✔What is impaired objectivity? - ✔✔When a support contractor is performing duties
that involve assessing or evaluating itself or a related entity
✔✔What are biased ground rules? - ✔✔most often occurs during the writing of the
SOW, performing systems engineering, or providing technical direction efforts
✔✔What are the three approaches available to contractors and the Agency for dealing
with OCI's? - ✔✔Avoid
Neutralize
Mitigate
✔✔How can a contract deal with OCI by avoiding? - ✔✔exclude potential sources from
competition or eliminate a segment of work from a contract or task
✔✔How can a contract deal with OCI by neutralizing? - ✔✔encourage/facilitate support
contractor recusal, exclude or limit support contractor participation in source selection,
bar access to competition sensitive data
, ✔✔How can a contract deal with OCI by mitigating? - ✔✔OCI mitigation plan - reduce or
alleviate impact of unavoidable OCI to an acceptable level of risk
✔✔What should a KO do if an OCI exists? Shoul they award the contract? - ✔✔It's best
to cancel the RFP and make needed changes to eliminate any conflict.
✔✔If there is an OCI can a KO award the contract? - ✔✔Yes they can if it is in the best
interest of the U.S., and if a waiver is approved by the HCA
✔✔What does a KO need to do if an OCI was thought to exist but actually does not? -
✔✔The KO needs to tell all parties that the OCI does not exist and their rationale for
why
✔✔Do whistleblower protections apply to any element of the intelligence community? -
✔✔No not in DFARS part 203
✔✔What entities can disclosures be made to? (disclosing of fraud, waste, and abuse) -
✔✔member of congress
inspector general with oversight of contracts
GAO
DoD employee with oversight of contracts
court or grand jury
management official who has responsibility to investigate misconduct
✔✔What is a disclosure? - ✔✔when an employee initiates or provides evidence of
contractor misconduct in any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to waste,
fraud, or abuse on a DoD contract
✔✔All unclassified award data must be - ✔✔made accessible to the public via Federal
Procurement Data System (FPDS) if
above MPT or any mods which change previously reported contract data regardless of
dollar value
✔✔What are is the purpose of the Federal acquisition system? - ✔✔deliver on a timely
basis best-value product or service
maintaining the publics trust and fulfilling public policy objectives
✔✔What is a life-cycle cost? - ✔✔the total cost to the Government of acquiring,
operating, supporting, and (if applicable) disposing of the items being acquired.
✔✔When does the vast majority of life cycle costs occur? - ✔✔after initial procurement
✔✔What is Market research? - ✔✔collecting and analyzing information about
capabilities within the market to satisfy agency needs
