CLC 059 SUBCONTRACTING EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A,GUIDE VERSION

CLC 059 SUBCONTRACTING EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A,GUIDE VERSION (3a) AF Contracting Mission Develop and execute innovative business strategies and cost effective Contracting solutions to enable the global AF mission (3a) 5 Contracting Guiding Principles 1. Stand up and do the right thing to ensure integrity and fairness of the procurement system 2. Never award a contract at the expense of integrity 3. Know the fundamentals, think innovatively, and remain focused on the details 4. Care for one another by sharing our knowledge and experiences 5. Passionately protect the image of our Nation, our Air Force, and our contracting profession (3a) 3 Different Levels of Contracting 1. Operational Contracting 2. Strategic Sourcing 3. Systems Contracting (3a) Operational Contracting provides timely, effective, and efficient cradle-to-grave contract support to meet the needs of the installation commanders, deployed commanders, and resident/tenant/supported units and is outlined in AFI 60-102, Operational Contracting Program (3a) Strategic Souring level of contracting responsibility for purchasing commonly used items on a large scale (buying in bulk) (3a) Systems Contracting acquires items of particular interest to the public safety and national defense (e.g. GPS, weapons systems, etc.) (3a) Federal Acquisition Program entire machine dedicated to ensuring the governmnet is able to purchase the items and services necessary to accomplish its mission (3a) Federal Acquisition Program Vision deliver on a timely basis the best value product or service to the customer, while matinatining the public's trust and fulfilling public policy objectives (3a) 6 Objectives for the Federal Acquisition System 1. Govern proceedings within the contracting mission 2. Satisfy the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness 3. Conduct business with integrity, fairness, and openness 4. Minimize the administrative operating costs 5. Fulfill public policy objectives 6. Maintain public opinion/trust (3b) Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC) The contracting organizational structure created to guide and support AF contracting with a strategic mindset at the MAJCOM. AFICC's main role is to provide a single voice for operational contracting and is responsible for taking an enterprise, or AF-wide, approach to solving all mission and installation requirements while standardizing the acquisition process. (3b) (3c) Career Field Education and Training Plan (CTETP) Comprhensive education and training doucment used to plan, manage, and control training throughout the career field (identifies life cycle basline traiing requirements) (3c) CTETP Part 1 Provides infromation necessary for the overall management of contracting (3c) CFETP Part 1 Section A, B, and C A - explains how everyone will use the plan B - identifies career field progression infromation, duties and responsibilites, training strategies, adn career field path C - assoicates each level with speciility qualifications (knowledge, education, experince, training, and other) (3c) CFETP Part 2 used by supervisors and trainers to indenitfy, plan, and conduct training commensurtate with the overall goals of this plan (3c) CFETP Part 2 Section A, B, C, D, and E A - identifies the Specility aTraining Standard (STS) and includes duties, tasks, and Technical Refernces (TRs) to support training B - referneces the Contracting Apprentice course objectives list C - entitled, "Support Materials," is reserved D - references the Education and Training Course Anncoucements (ETCA) website for USAF Formal Schools course desciptions and training infromation E - entitled, "MAJCOM Requirements," is reserved (3c) CFETP file will always contain... training support resources and minimum core tasks (3c) Specialty Training Standard (STS) lines items an AF publication that describes an AF speciaility in terms of tasks and knowledge an Airman in that speiailty may be expected to perfrom and know (3c) STS line items identify the training needed for what skill levels? 3, 5, and 7 levels (3c) STS line items serve as a contract between whom? AETC and functional users to show which of the overall training requirements for an AFSC are taught in formal schools (3c) STS also cover correspondence courses such as ____________. Career Development Courses (CDCs) (3c) The STS line items seres as a guide for the ___________________. Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) Specialty Knowledge Test (SKT) (3c) Level 1 Input/Helper (3c) Level 3 Apprentice (3c) Level 5 Journeyman (3c) Level 7 Craftsman (3c) Level 9 Superintendent