CLC 222 Mod 2 Quiz 3 – With All Questions & 100% Accurate Answers & Explanations

CLC 222 Mod 2 Quiz 3 – With All Questions & 100% Accurate Answers & Explanations CLC 222 Mod 2 Quiz 3 – With All Questions & 100% Accurate Answers & Explanations What is Acquisition planning? 2.101 - ANSWER - means the process by which the efforts of all personnel responsible for an acquisition are coordinated and integrated through a comprehensive plan for fulfilling the agency need in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. It includes developing the overall strategy for managing the acquisition. When should acquisition planning begin? Who should participate? How often should the plan be reviewed? FAR 7.104(a) - ANSWER - When to begin: as soon as the agency need is identified, preferably well in advance of the fiscal year in which contract award or order placement is necessary. Who participates: the planner shall form a team consisting of all those who will be responsible for significant aspects of the acquisition, such as contracting, small business, fiscal, legal, and technical personnel. If contract performance is to be in a designated operational area or supporting a diplomatic or consular mission, the planner shall also consider inclusion of the combatant commander or chief of mission, as appropriate. Plan reviewed: The planner should review previous plans for similar acquisitions and discuss them with the key personnel involved in those acquisitions. At key dates specified in the plan or whenever significant changes occur, and no less often than annually, the planner shall review the plan and, if appropriate, revise it. When is a written acquisition plan required? 7/207.103 (d) (I) - ANSWER - FAR: A written plan *shall* be prepared for *cost reimbursement and other high-risk contracts other than firm-fixed-price* contracts, although written plans may be required for firm-fixed-price contracts as appropriate. DFAR: (e) Prepare written acquisition plans for acquisition programs meeting the thresholds of paragraphs (d)(i)(A) and (B) of this section on a program basis. Other acquisition plans may be written on either a program or an individual contract basis. (A) Acquisitions for development, as defined in FAR 35.001, when the total cost of all contracts for the acquisition program is estimated at $10 million or more; (B) Acquisitions for production or services when the total cost of all contracts for the acquisition program is estimated at $50 million or more for all years or $25 million or more for any fiscal year; and Who has overall responsibility for acquisition planning? DFARS 207.103 (g) - ANSWER - **The program manager**, or other official responsible for the program, has overall responsibility for acquisition planning. What must agencies do if market research indicates commercial or non developmental items might not be available to satisfy agency needs? FAR 10.002 (c)