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| Which standards are used to determine contractor responsibility before making an award to a contractor? |
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| Resources, performance record, and eligibility |
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A contractor excluded from government contracting for a reasonable, specified period of
time because of conviction on a criminal offense in connection with obtaining a public contract is |
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| What action should be taken if legal proceedings are not initiated within 12 months after the date of a suspension notice? |
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| Terminate the suspension. |
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| Which of the following systems is not used in making a determination of contractor responsibility? |
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| Dun and Bradstreet System (D&B). |
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What action must a contracting officer (CO) take in the absence of information clearly
indicating that a prospective contractor is responsible? |
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| Make a determination of nonresponsibility. |
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What does the Small Business Administration issue as assurance that a small business has
been determined responsible for the purpose of receiving and performing a specific government contract? |
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| Certificate of Competency (COC). |
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| When an offeror proposes more than one product that will meet the government’s need, how are the offers evaluated? |
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| Evaluate each product as a separate offer. |
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| Prepare the award of commercial items on the |
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To the maximum extent possible, purchase orders for commercial items should include only
those clauses required to implement provisions of law, or executive order, and |
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| those clauses that are determined to be consistent with prevailing commercial practice |
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| The simplified acquisition procedures of FAR Part 13 may be combined with FAR Part 12, Commercial Procedures, for |
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| acquisitions up to the simplified acquisition threshold. |
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| Requirements solicited using simplified acquisition procedures (SAP) are typically evaluated on |
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| adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement |
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| What may be used in lieu of obtaining individual quotations each time a purchase for the same item is contemplated? |
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| Standing price quotation. |
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| provide for inspection terms |
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When only one reply is received in response to a solicitation estimated at less than the
simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), what action must the contracting officer take before making the award? |
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Include a statement in the contract file giving the basis of the determination of fair and
reasonable price |
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| What clause must be included in an unpriced purchase order? |
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| Which section of a blanket purchase agreement contains accounting and appropriation data? |
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| Accounting and appropriation data are not cited |
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| In order to cancel a blanket purchasing agreement a contractor must give how many days written notice to the government? |
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| Calls placed against a prepriced blanket purchase agreement |
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| must be placed by an authorized caller. |
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| The cover page and each page containing source selection information must be marked |
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| Source Selection Information—See FAR 2.101 and 3.104. |
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| All personnel involved in source selections must |
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| sign a non-disclosure agreement. |
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| What action must a contracting officer (CO) take when a late proposal is received? |
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| Provide a notice of late receipt and indicate whether or not the offer will be considered |
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| Can a proposal be withdrawn at any time before award? |
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| Yes, by written notice at any time before award. |
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| One indicator of an offeror’s ability to perform the contract is |
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| by evaluating past performance. |
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| Relevancy may be used in a past performance evaluation to |
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| measure similarities in contract efforts. |
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| When determining which offerors to include in the competitive range, the contracting officer |
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| includes all of the most highly rated proposals. |
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What action is appropriate when the contracting officer decides that a proposal should not
be included in the competitive range? |
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| Eliminate it from award consideration and notify the offeror. |
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| When may an offeror be permitted to revise its proposal? |
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| At the conclusion of discussions. |
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| Price analysis is preferred over cost analysis because it |
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| When analyzing price which of the following is not a condition for using previously proposed prices? |
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| The reasonableness of the price is not uncertain. |
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| Which price analysis technique makes comparisons based on factors such as price per square foot? |
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| Cost estimating affiliation. |
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| When using an independent government estimate (IGE) to conduct price analysis, the IGE must |
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| include a basis for the estimate using validated data. |
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| Cost analysis provides the basis for |
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| negotiating contract pricing arrangements. |
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| What factors are considered in determining whether a cost is allowable? |
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| Standards established by Cost Accounting Standard Board |
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| The cost of doors for the building being constructed. |
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| An example of overhead costs is |
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| What type of indirect cost is over and above allowable costs? |
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| An offeror is required to submit and certify cost or pricing data for a |
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| $750,000 non-commercial item acquisition. |
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| Certified cost or pricing data is required |
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| for termination settlements exceeding the Truth In Negotiations Act (TINA) threshold. |
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| When requesting price information other than cost or pricing data |
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| use the data for cost realism analysis. |
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| Which of the following regarding other than cost or pricing data is true? |
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| It may only be used to the extent necessary to determine price reasonableness |
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| Which of the following exchanges allow for negotiating with offerors and allows for revising proposals? |
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| A contracting officer must use discussions to |
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| allow offerors to respond to adverse past performance information. |
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| What helps the contracting officer negotiate a fair and reasonable price when information at the buying office is inadequate? |
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| When developing prenegotiation positions in noncompetitive acquisitions |
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| establish minimum, objective, and maximum price positions. |
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| How should the physical environment enhance win/win outcomes? |
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| Gives other side the perception of being treated fairly. |
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| Many negotiators are unable to make material concessions because |
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Definition
| their opening position is too close to their expectation level. |
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| How should you handle weaknesses in your negotiation position during negotiations? |
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| Do not volunteer weaknesses. |
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| Deadlocks in negotiations |
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| What is the best sequence for negotiating areas of disagreement? |
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| No one approach is better than another. |
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| A certificate of current cost or pricing data must be submitted |
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| using the exact wording prescribed by the FAR. |
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When using lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA), the Source Selection Decision
Document (SSDD) must contain all of the following elements except |
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Definition
| a comparative analysis of factors. |
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| What contract award form is used for construction, alterations, or repair? |
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The contracting officer provides written notice of award to the unsuccessful offerors within
how many days? |
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| Post-award debriefings should be conducted |
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| within 5 days after the request is received. |
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| Which of the following regarding post award debriefings is true? |
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| Must be requested by unsuccessful offerors within 5 days after notification of award. |
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Who can postpone a bid opening (even after the time scheduled) when there is reason to
believe that causes beyond the bidders’ control and without their fault or negligence caused a
delay? |
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| A bidder may modify or withdraw its bid |
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| not later than the exact time set for the opening of bids. |
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| To be considered for award, a bid |
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| must comply with the instructions of the invitation |
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| Which is not an example of an apparent clerical mistake? |
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| Representation error with respect to Affirmative Action Programs. |
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In order to get an advanced decision before award determination, queries concerning
doubtful cases of mistakes in bids are submitted to the |
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If two or more bidders still remain equally eligible after ranking in order of priority, the
award is made by |
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| drawing lots with only the equal bidders participating. |
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Term
The contracting officer examines the situation to determine why there was a small number
of responses to the invitation for bids when |
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Definition
| three or fewer bids are received |
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| Contract awards resulting from sealed bidding are generally made using |
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| a. SF 26, SF 33, or SF 1447 |
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| A government action may be protested by |
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