CON 7800 Commercial Acquisition
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1. SCENARIO: You have been unable to obtain Prices paid for alternative solutions or
market pricing to perform a price analysis approaches.
and the offeror has been unable to provide
information on recent prices pald by the gov- Prices paid for the same or similar prod-
erment and commercial customers for the ucts sold under different terms and con-
same or similar product under sumilar terres ditions.
and condibons.
Prices paid for similar levels of work or
What other information should the contract-
effort on related products.
ing officer request from the offeror to aid
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in making a price reasonableness determina-
tion? (Select three that apply).
2. Which changes could trigger a price adjust- A change in quantity
ment to the baseline pricing models? (Select A change in financing terms
all that apply). Changes in other complexity factors
An escalation in material prices
3. SCENARIO: You have been assigned as the WRONG- "Services that could be of-
procuring contracting officer for a services fered or sold competitively, in substan-
contract. You have assigned your contract tial quantities, in the commercial
specialist to research past procurements of
the same or similar services to help deter-
mine whether your potential acquisition will
meet the definition of a commercial service.
To assist them with market research, your as-
signed contract specialist asks you to describe
the characteristics of commercial services.
4. SCENARIO: Three offerors have submitted WRONG- Obtain certified cost or pricing
prices on a firm-fixed-price solicitation. You data from each offeror.
have done your due diligence to ensure there
is no collusion. You have evaluated the offers
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to ensure that the selected offeror is respon-
sible, and their price is fair and reasonable.
Which represents a reasonable next step?
5. SCENARIO: You are performing a price analy- Information pertaining to characteristics
sis for a product procurement. Your colleague of the product that might have an influ-
suggests using the parametric cost estimat- ence on the price.
ing techniques
6. SCENARIO: You are looking at catalog pric- If a company routinely provides vari-
ing data as part of the market research to ous discounts off its established catalog
determine a fair and reasonable price for a price, then the catalog price would not
proposed service. be reliable to determine a fair and rea-
Which statement is true about catalog pricing sonable price.
7. Why is the commercial determination such a There are products that do not fit the
big deal? Doesn't commercial just mean com- COTS definition that still fall under our
mercially available off-the-shelf *commercial" definition.
8. SCENARIO: Why do we need to determine Commerciality is specific to products
commerciality before we use the streamlined and services, not companies or facilities.
commercial acquisition procedures? You ask
yourself, "After all, if a company or facility has
been deemed commercial, surely all the prod-
ucts or services provided by that company or
facility are commercial?" Which is the appro-
priate response?
9. SCENARIO: You have been unable to obtain -Prices paid for alternative solutions or
market pricing to perform a price analysis approaches.
and the offeror has been unable to provide
information on recent prices paid by the gov- -Prices paid for similar levels of work or
erment and commercial customers for the effort on related products.
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1. SCENARIO: You have been unable to obtain Prices paid for alternative solutions or
market pricing to perform a price analysis approaches.
and the offeror has been unable to provide
information on recent prices pald by the gov- Prices paid for the same or similar prod-
erment and commercial customers for the ucts sold under different terms and con-
same or similar product under sumilar terres ditions.
and condibons.
Prices paid for similar levels of work or
What other information should the contract-
effort on related products.
ing officer request from the offeror to aid
Mark for follow up »
in making a price reasonableness determina-
tion? (Select three that apply).
2. Which changes could trigger a price adjust- A change in quantity
ment to the baseline pricing models? (Select A change in financing terms
all that apply). Changes in other complexity factors
An escalation in material prices
3. SCENARIO: You have been assigned as the WRONG- "Services that could be of-
procuring contracting officer for a services fered or sold competitively, in substan-
contract. You have assigned your contract tial quantities, in the commercial
specialist to research past procurements of
the same or similar services to help deter-
mine whether your potential acquisition will
meet the definition of a commercial service.
To assist them with market research, your as-
signed contract specialist asks you to describe
the characteristics of commercial services.
4. SCENARIO: Three offerors have submitted WRONG- Obtain certified cost or pricing
prices on a firm-fixed-price solicitation. You data from each offeror.
have done your due diligence to ensure there
is no collusion. You have evaluated the offers
, CON 7800 Commercial Acquisition
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to ensure that the selected offeror is respon-
sible, and their price is fair and reasonable.
Which represents a reasonable next step?
5. SCENARIO: You are performing a price analy- Information pertaining to characteristics
sis for a product procurement. Your colleague of the product that might have an influ-
suggests using the parametric cost estimat- ence on the price.
ing techniques
6. SCENARIO: You are looking at catalog pric- If a company routinely provides vari-
ing data as part of the market research to ous discounts off its established catalog
determine a fair and reasonable price for a price, then the catalog price would not
proposed service. be reliable to determine a fair and rea-
Which statement is true about catalog pricing sonable price.
7. Why is the commercial determination such a There are products that do not fit the
big deal? Doesn't commercial just mean com- COTS definition that still fall under our
mercially available off-the-shelf *commercial" definition.
8. SCENARIO: Why do we need to determine Commerciality is specific to products
commerciality before we use the streamlined and services, not companies or facilities.
commercial acquisition procedures? You ask
yourself, "After all, if a company or facility has
been deemed commercial, surely all the prod-
ucts or services provided by that company or
facility are commercial?" Which is the appro-
priate response?
9. SCENARIO: You have been unable to obtain -Prices paid for alternative solutions or
market pricing to perform a price analysis approaches.
and the offeror has been unable to provide
information on recent prices paid by the gov- -Prices paid for similar levels of work or
erment and commercial customers for the effort on related products.
