As the contracting officer for the newly awarded EQG software design contract, you
have completed debriefing a losing offeror. The losing offeror declares at the end of the
debriefing that the agency did an improper cost/technical tradeoff analysis and
expresses the intent to protest. Given this situation, which of the following forums would
be most likely to not hear a protest challenging the source selection decision? - Correct
Answer-civilian board of contract appeals
which protest PARTICIPANT is likely to schedule a hearing to resolve issues raised in a
protest? - Correct Answer-GAO
Which protest PARTICIPANT examines the protest to ensure that it is timely, identifies
the basis for the protest, and renders a written decision with factual detail explaining the
decision? - Correct Answer-Contracting agency
What party fits the GAO "interested party" definition and therefore can file a protest to
an agency procurement? - Correct Answer-An agency tender official under an A-76
competition
Two days after awarding the featherweight hypothermic undergarment production
contract, you receive a registered letter containing an agency level protest from an
interested party challenging the award. The protester claims that the solicitation
contained ambiguous data which resulted in the company not receiving the award.
Given this situation, which of the following would be the appropriate procedure? -
Correct Answer-NOT: withhold the award pending resolution of the protest
Which is correct about an assignment of claims? - Correct Answer-an assignment of
claims is used to help contractors obtain private financing for Government contract
The contractor currently working on your service contract has just been awarded
another service contract in the amount of $10,000 for janitorial work in DAU building #7.
He has never asked for nor received an assignment of claims before. He decided that
he would like the recently awarded service contract payments to go directly to his bank.
An assignment of claims is permissible in this situation. - Correct Answer-True
The Air Force contracted to purchase a quantity of portable electric hand drills. Because
the drill was a commercial item, the contract contained the provisions found in FAR
52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions --Commercial Items. When the contractor
delivered the drills, the Government issued a written acceptance and distributed the
drills to the field, without inspecting them. Air Force civil engineering personnel soon
found that the drills, in normal use, overheated and burned out their batteries