compliance with subcontracting requirements. Question 14 of 20. 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 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 enforce compliance with the plan. During this past year, we have consistently submitted our individual subcontract reports (ISRs) and summary subcontract reports (SSRs) on time using the Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS). When we were developing our small business subcontracting goals, market research identified at least three SDBs who were capable of providing the types of technical services we needed. To identify and solicit offers from all small businesses, including SDBs, we sponsored small business opportunity fairs and provided speakers at local meetings of small businesses. However, despite our repeated, diligent efforts to solicit offers, we received zero offers from SDBs." Which of the following statements do you agree with? ( Select two that apply.) BOOTS should not be assessed liquidated damages related to its SDB goal. BOOTS made a good faith effort to achieve its SDB goal. BOOTS did not award any subcontracts to SDBs, therefore, it failed to make a good faith effort to achieve its SDB goal. BOOTS should be assessed liquidated damages equal to the amount it planned to subcontract to SDBs