Midterm CON 216 Exam 2 Questions and All Actual Answers Edition.

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? - Answer civilian board of contract appeals which protest PARTICIPANT is likely to schedule a hearing to resolve issues raised in a protest? - 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? - Answer Contracting agency What party fits the GAO "interested party" definition and therefore can file a protest to an agency procurement? - 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? - Answer NOT: withhold the award pending resolution of the protest Which is correct about an assignment of claims? - 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. - 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 prematurely due to a defect. In using the drill, the