1.Which of the following FAR citations outlines early exchanges with industry?

FAR 15.201

FAR 12.501

FAR 14.201

FAR 25.101

2.What are pre-bid conference, pre-solicitation notices, and site visits all considered?

Mandatory for all procurements greater than $1M

Time-consuming and of little value

Unnecessary for complex requirements

Exchanges with industry

3.In general, who is the only person who may answer a prospective offeror's inquiry about a specific acquisition?

Program manager of the project

Contracting officer with contractual authority

Author of the requirement being acquired

Contracting specialist

4.Fill in the blank from the following alternatives: "After issuance of the solicitation, the evaluation factors for award and their relative importance cannot be changed without _______."

approval from the program manager

approval from potential offerors

first, canceling the solicitation and resoliciting the requirement

a formal amendment to the solicitation

5.You have provided one potential offeror with additional information necessary to prepare their offer. What must you do next with this information?

Make it available only to the firms you think will submit an offer

Make it available to the public as soon as practicable

Cancel the solicitation and then release a new solicitation to prevent unfair competitive advantage

Cancel the solicitation because there is an unfair competitive advantage

6.You issued a solicitation for 100 high-end, commercial off-the-shelf computers estimated at $230,000. Later that day, the customer informs you the quantity of computers needed has increased from 100 to 110. What should you do?

Proceed with receipt of offers, then issue a new solicitation for the additional computers

Mention the change in a pre-bid conference.

Issue a modification to the solicitation

Issue an amendment to the solicitation

7.The customer informs you that there is a change in the PWS; but you just issued your Request for Proposal three days ago. After reviewing the proposed change to the PWS, you determine that it is significant but does not exceed what could have been reasonably anticipated. What is your best course of action?

Amend the solicitation using the Standard Form 33 and extend the proposal due date

Mention the change in a pre-bid conference

Issue a modification to the solicitation and consider an extension to the proposal due date

Issue an amendment to the solicitation and consider an extension to the proposal due date

8.To whom must you provide a copy of all questions and answers generated at a pre-proposal conference?

Only the offerors who did not attend

All potential offerors, upon request

All the government employees on the acquisition team

Only the offerors that make the competitive range

9.You are the Contracting officer and need to post an amended solicitation and the changes will result in a need to extend the due date for proposals. Within the amendment you include: your office information (including your office name and address); the date of the solicitation; solicitation number; the date of the amendment; amendment number. You also describe the change. Are you ready to post the amended solicitation?

Yes, you have provided enough information

Yes, you dont need to include the solicitation closing date since that was in the original solicitation

No, you only missed the need to include the number of pages

No, you need to include the number of pages, the identity of the Government POC and their phone number and the revision to the due date

10.You have released your RFP on the GPE; it is a five year aircraft maintenance contract for a fleet of 25 aircraft. Two weeks later the Program Manager tells you the requirement has changed; they now need only one years worth of maintenance and the size of the fleet has been reduced to 5 aircraft. What should you do with your solicitation?

Update the solicitation to account for the change in requirements and new terms and conditions and reduce the response time because the scope of the effort has been reduced.

Abandon the solicitation and issue a new one to account for the change in requirements and new terms and conditions.

Cancel the solicitation and issue a new one to account for the change in requirements and new terms and conditions.

Amend the solicitation to account for the change in requirements and new terms and conditions.