Compliance
Which contractor employee is responsible for implementing and monitoring the
small business subcontracting program for the prime contractor? - Correct
Answer ✔️✔️Small business liaison officer (SBLO)
"BOOTS. Inc.. recently completed work on a 1-year. $10 million contract for
technical support services awarded by the U.S. Army. The contract included a
small
business subcontracting plan. and it also included small business participation
requirements. BOOTS met or exceeded all the goals in its subcontracting plan
and
all the small business participation requirements. with one exception-
subcontracting awards to small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs). The goal was
6% of total
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,subcontracting dollars to be awarded to SDBs. BOOTS' actual amount of awards
to SDBs was 0%. BOOTS received written notice specifying the failure and
advising BOOTS that it may have to pay liquidated damages to the government.
The notice designated 15 working days for BOOTS to respond. On the tenth
working day. BOOTS provided the following response. ""One year ago. BOOTS
hired Kiara Johnson to administer our subcontracting program and monitor and
- Correct Answer ✔️✔️"BOOTS made a good faith effort to achieve its
SOB goal.
BOOTS should no! be assessed liquidated damages related to its SOB goal.
BOOTS should be assessed liquidated damages equal lo the amount it planned
"
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,Which of the following are mandatory flow-down clauses in applicable
subcontracts? {Select three that apply.) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️"FAR
52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns
FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics
FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan
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Which of the following are accurate statements about the DoD Mentor-Protege
Program? (Select three that apply.) - Correct Answer ✔️✔️"The Program's
mentors may be incentivized by DoD through reimbursement of the
development assistance costs they incur helping their proteges.
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, Government personnel need to monitor the prime contractor's developmental
assistance program to ensure any incentives are property applied.
The Program's mentors may be incentivized by receiving credit toward the
applicable small business subcontracting goals in their small business
subcontracting plan.
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"A 12-month. $10 million contract was awarded to a prime contractor for
engineering modifications. The prime contractor met or exceeded all its small
business
subcontracting goals and requ irements except those associated with
subcontracting with Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs). The VOSB goal
in the prime
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