CON 1100: Contract Foundational Skills
Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
Identify the stages of the contracting life cycle - Answer Acquisition Planning Stage
Solicitation Stage
Evaluation Stage
Award Stage
Contract Administration Stage
In what should the contracting officer take the lead? - Answer Encouraging business process
innovations.
In what should the contracting officer ensure? - Answer Ensuring that business decisions are
sound.
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) includes six pathways to enable the workforce to
tailor strategies to delivery better solutions faster. - Answer Urgent Capability Acquisition
Middle Tier of Acquisitions
Major Capability Acquisition
Software Acquisition
Defense Business Systems
Acquisition of Services
Which pathway is to rapidly develop fieldable prototypes within an acquisition program to
demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly field production quantities of systems with proven
technologies that require minimal development? - Answer Middle Tier of Acquisition
Which pathway is to acquire information systems that support DoD business operations? -
Answer Defense Business Systems
Which pathway is to field capabilities to fulfill urgent existing and/or emerging operational
needs or quick reactions in less than two years? - Answer Urgent Capability Acquisition
, Which pathway is to facilitate rapid and iterative delivery of software capability systems (e.g.,
software-intensive systems and/or software-intensive components or sub-systems) to the user?
- Answer Software Acquisition
Which pathway does this describe is to acquire and modernize military unique programs that
provide enduring capability? - Answer Major Capability Acquisition
Acquisition planning must involve all personnel responsible for significant aspect of the
acquisition. What is the purpose of acquisition planning? - Answer The purpose of this
planning is to ensure that the Government meets its needs in the most effective, economical,
and timely manner.
Which of the following is true about market research? - Answer Collecting and analyzing
information about capabilities within the market to satisfy agency needs
Simplified acquisition is an acquisition method prescribed by FAR Part 13 for purchasing supplies
and services, including construction, research and development, and commercial products and
commercial services, for which the aggregate amount does not exceed a certain limit. What is
this limit called? - Answer The simplified acquisition threshold.
What is the dollar amount of this limit? - Answer Equal to or less than $250,000.
In what two families are contract types generally grouped? - Answer Fixed-Price and Cost-
Reimbursement
What is the official U.S. government website that contracting officers use to publicize
contracting opportunities? - Answer System for Award Management (SAM) sam.gov
When drafting the solicitation, this tool provides guidance on the use of all provisions and
clauses contained in the FAR, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS),
Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR), and Department of Energy
Acquisition Regulation (DEAR). It also includes guidance on the use of provisions and clauses
contained in DoD class deviations.
What is the tool? - Answer DAU Provision and Clause Matrix
Which best value source selection process allows the government to award to other than the
lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror? - Answer Tradeoff
Study Guide Exam And Actual Answers.
Identify the stages of the contracting life cycle - Answer Acquisition Planning Stage
Solicitation Stage
Evaluation Stage
Award Stage
Contract Administration Stage
In what should the contracting officer take the lead? - Answer Encouraging business process
innovations.
In what should the contracting officer ensure? - Answer Ensuring that business decisions are
sound.
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) includes six pathways to enable the workforce to
tailor strategies to delivery better solutions faster. - Answer Urgent Capability Acquisition
Middle Tier of Acquisitions
Major Capability Acquisition
Software Acquisition
Defense Business Systems
Acquisition of Services
Which pathway is to rapidly develop fieldable prototypes within an acquisition program to
demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly field production quantities of systems with proven
technologies that require minimal development? - Answer Middle Tier of Acquisition
Which pathway is to acquire information systems that support DoD business operations? -
Answer Defense Business Systems
Which pathway is to field capabilities to fulfill urgent existing and/or emerging operational
needs or quick reactions in less than two years? - Answer Urgent Capability Acquisition
, Which pathway is to facilitate rapid and iterative delivery of software capability systems (e.g.,
software-intensive systems and/or software-intensive components or sub-systems) to the user?
- Answer Software Acquisition
Which pathway does this describe is to acquire and modernize military unique programs that
provide enduring capability? - Answer Major Capability Acquisition
Acquisition planning must involve all personnel responsible for significant aspect of the
acquisition. What is the purpose of acquisition planning? - Answer The purpose of this
planning is to ensure that the Government meets its needs in the most effective, economical,
and timely manner.
Which of the following is true about market research? - Answer Collecting and analyzing
information about capabilities within the market to satisfy agency needs
Simplified acquisition is an acquisition method prescribed by FAR Part 13 for purchasing supplies
and services, including construction, research and development, and commercial products and
commercial services, for which the aggregate amount does not exceed a certain limit. What is
this limit called? - Answer The simplified acquisition threshold.
What is the dollar amount of this limit? - Answer Equal to or less than $250,000.
In what two families are contract types generally grouped? - Answer Fixed-Price and Cost-
Reimbursement
What is the official U.S. government website that contracting officers use to publicize
contracting opportunities? - Answer System for Award Management (SAM) sam.gov
When drafting the solicitation, this tool provides guidance on the use of all provisions and
clauses contained in the FAR, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS),
Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR), and Department of Energy
Acquisition Regulation (DEAR). It also includes guidance on the use of provisions and clauses
contained in DoD class deviations.
What is the tool? - Answer DAU Provision and Clause Matrix
Which best value source selection process allows the government to award to other than the
lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror? - Answer Tradeoff
