CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔recurring requirements - ✔✔repetitive purchase of the same product or service over
a set time period
✔✔types of contracts - ✔✔1) fixed-price (FFP)
2) cost-reimbursement (CPFF)
3) incentive
4) indefinite-delivery
5) time and materials, labor-hour, and letter
✔✔FFP key features - ✔✔- price wont change with contractors cost increase
- risk and responsibility for costs mainly on contractor
- gov't contract administration minimized
- preferred contract type
✔✔FFP contract is best used when - ✔✔- work can be clearly defined
- reasonable price comparisons
- realistic estimates are possible
- stable environment/requirements
✔✔cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract key features - ✔✔- fee is negotiated and fixed
- effort poses too great a risk
- limitations are imposed
✔✔incentive contracts key features - ✔✔- used fixed-price contracts are not appropriate
- incentive results in lower costs
- incentive results in improved delivery or technical performance
✔✔indefinite-quantity contracts key features - ✔✔- minimal gov't levels maintained
- flexibility in quantities and schedule
- limit gov't obligation
✔✔time and materials (T&M) contracts key features - ✔✔- direct labor hrs at specified
rate
- materials at actual cost
- gov't surveillance necessary
✔✔T&M contracts is best used when - ✔✔-type of labor is known
-gov't assumes risk
-labor hr is a variation
✔✔basic order agreement (BOA) - ✔✔- terms and clauses for future contracts
- method for pricing, issuing, delivering
, - expedite contracting for uncertain requirements when other factors are known
✔✔blanket purchase agreement (BPA) - ✔✔- simplified method of filling anticipated
repetitive needs
- usually local supplier
- may establish more than 1 to maintain competitive price
✔✔2 most common contract types - ✔✔FFP and T&M
✔✔relationship of risk between contractors and gov't - ✔✔inverse relationship
✔✔selection criteria - ✔✔- lowest price technically acceptable
- align with performance based acquisition
- better technical solution often costs more
✔✔organizational conflict of interest - ✔✔contractor's own activities, activities of related
entities
✔✔personal conflict of interest - ✔✔exchanges with contractor after receipt of proposal
✔✔best ways to avoid conflict of interest - ✔✔- accept no gratuity, gift or favor
- identify market research efforts
- document all forms of communication, formal and informal
- save emails
✔✔consequences of poor communication - ✔✔- assumption of future proposal, bid or
quote
- potential for protest
✔✔solicitation purpose - ✔✔- announces to industry, gov't is actively seeking a product
or service
- includes all information prospective offerors must provide
- clearly written
- consistent with the requirements identified in planning
✔✔request for proposal (RFP), RFB and RFQ describe - ✔✔- components of solicitation
- gov't requirement
- anticipated terms and conditions
- information offeror is required to provide
- factors and significant subfactors
✔✔quality assurance surveillance plan (QASP) - ✔✔List of required task for a service to
ensure the contractor is executing the contract properly
✔✔risk mitigation - ✔✔identify, analyze, prioritize, determine response strategies
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS MARKED A+
✔✔recurring requirements - ✔✔repetitive purchase of the same product or service over
a set time period
✔✔types of contracts - ✔✔1) fixed-price (FFP)
2) cost-reimbursement (CPFF)
3) incentive
4) indefinite-delivery
5) time and materials, labor-hour, and letter
✔✔FFP key features - ✔✔- price wont change with contractors cost increase
- risk and responsibility for costs mainly on contractor
- gov't contract administration minimized
- preferred contract type
✔✔FFP contract is best used when - ✔✔- work can be clearly defined
- reasonable price comparisons
- realistic estimates are possible
- stable environment/requirements
✔✔cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract key features - ✔✔- fee is negotiated and fixed
- effort poses too great a risk
- limitations are imposed
✔✔incentive contracts key features - ✔✔- used fixed-price contracts are not appropriate
- incentive results in lower costs
- incentive results in improved delivery or technical performance
✔✔indefinite-quantity contracts key features - ✔✔- minimal gov't levels maintained
- flexibility in quantities and schedule
- limit gov't obligation
✔✔time and materials (T&M) contracts key features - ✔✔- direct labor hrs at specified
rate
- materials at actual cost
- gov't surveillance necessary
✔✔T&M contracts is best used when - ✔✔-type of labor is known
-gov't assumes risk
-labor hr is a variation
✔✔basic order agreement (BOA) - ✔✔- terms and clauses for future contracts
- method for pricing, issuing, delivering
, - expedite contracting for uncertain requirements when other factors are known
✔✔blanket purchase agreement (BPA) - ✔✔- simplified method of filling anticipated
repetitive needs
- usually local supplier
- may establish more than 1 to maintain competitive price
✔✔2 most common contract types - ✔✔FFP and T&M
✔✔relationship of risk between contractors and gov't - ✔✔inverse relationship
✔✔selection criteria - ✔✔- lowest price technically acceptable
- align with performance based acquisition
- better technical solution often costs more
✔✔organizational conflict of interest - ✔✔contractor's own activities, activities of related
entities
✔✔personal conflict of interest - ✔✔exchanges with contractor after receipt of proposal
✔✔best ways to avoid conflict of interest - ✔✔- accept no gratuity, gift or favor
- identify market research efforts
- document all forms of communication, formal and informal
- save emails
✔✔consequences of poor communication - ✔✔- assumption of future proposal, bid or
quote
- potential for protest
✔✔solicitation purpose - ✔✔- announces to industry, gov't is actively seeking a product
or service
- includes all information prospective offerors must provide
- clearly written
- consistent with the requirements identified in planning
✔✔request for proposal (RFP), RFB and RFQ describe - ✔✔- components of solicitation
- gov't requirement
- anticipated terms and conditions
- information offeror is required to provide
- factors and significant subfactors
✔✔quality assurance surveillance plan (QASP) - ✔✔List of required task for a service to
ensure the contractor is executing the contract properly
✔✔risk mitigation - ✔✔identify, analyze, prioritize, determine response strategies
