Question 1 of 10. Which of the following should NOT be used as a source of...

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Question 1 of 10. Which of the following should NOT be used as a source of contractor performance information? O Commercial companies O Open public forums Financial institutions Publications Mark for follow up Question 2 of 10. As per the contract requirements, the contractor completed their work in three phases. The contractor started and ended each phase on schedule, but within the phases made suggestions to the government on how to save time on some tasks while creating additional days for others. The contractor implemented a project communications strategy that enabled the deliverables acceptance process to be shortened by three days on average. Based on the narrative, which overall rating should be assigned to the contractor? OExceptional O Marginal Satisfactory O Very Good Mark for follow up Question 3 of 10. At the end of the two-year contract period of performance, how many past performance evaluation entries will you have created? O 8-Once every quarter 1- Once at the end of the contract period of performance O2-Once per year 4- Twice per year Mark for follow up Question 4 of 10. How long does a contractor have to respond to a performance evaluation after the Assessing Official's signature date? 10 days 60 days 30 days 15 days Mark for follow up Question 5 of 10. Which of the following is NOT one of the five past performance ratings? Exceptional Good O Marginal Very Good Question 6 of 10. What format is best used in writing a complete past performance narrative? Expectation, Performance, Impact, Rating Experience, Price, Compliance, Rating Subcontracting, Evaluation, Timing, Rating Costs, Incentives, Subcontracting, Rating Mark for follow up Question 7 of 10. Are contractor performance evaluations available through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request? Yes d) Yes, if the contract value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold Yes, if the requestor is an interested party No Mark for follow up Question 8 of 10. A contractor did not meet its contractual requirements and lost two months of data, resulting in cost overruns. Is it appropriate to downgrade the contractor's rating in both the Technical/Quality and Cost Control categories for the same issue? No, one issue should only change the rating of one category. No, downgrading them in one category is enough to get the message through to source selection teams. Yes, ratings in all categories should be downgraded when one issue affects more than one category. Yes, various impacts stemming from one issue can affect the rating in multiple categories. Mark for follow up Question 9 of 10. On March 16th, the contractor's data hosting center suffered an outage. The contractor restored services within four hours, and upon restoration it was discovered that the last two months of backups had failed and approximately 200 data submissions were lost. Under the direction of the government, the contractor contacted all participating banks to ask them to resubmit their data, and was able to recover the system in time to meet Agency reporting deadlines. They also updated their recovery plan to include additional layers of redundancy, and testing to ensure the system works in case of future outages. Based on this narrative, which rating should be assigned to the contractor in the Technical/Quality category? Unsatisfactory O Marginal Satisfactory Very Good Mark for follow up Question 10 of 10. An agency has just awarded a $350,000 two-year task order under GSA Schedule. Is a past performance evaluation required after the first year of the task order? No, past performance evaluations are not required for orders placed under federal supply schedules if they exceed one year in duration. Yes, but a past performance evaluation would only be required after the two-year task order is complete. No, past performance evaluations are not required for orders placed under federal supply schedules, regardless of the award amount. Yes, past performance evaluations are required for orders over the simplified acquisition threshold under federal supply schedules. Question 1 of 10. Which of the following should NOT be used as a source of contractor performance information? O Commercial companies O Open public forums Financial institutions Publications Mark for follow up Question 2 of 10. As per the contract requirements, the contractor completed their work in three phases. The contractor started and ended each phase on schedule, but within the phases made suggestions to the government on how to save time on some tasks while creating additional days for others. The contractor implemented a project communications strategy that enabled the deliverables acceptance process to be shortened by three days on average. Based on the narrative, which overall rating should be assigned to the contractor? OExceptional O Marginal Satisfactory O Very Good Mark for follow up Question 3 of 10. At the end of the two-year contract period of performance, how many past performance evaluation entries will you have created? O 8-Once every quarter 1- Once at the end of the contract period of performance O2-Once per year 4- Twice per year Mark for follow up Question 4 of 10. How long does a contractor have to respond to a performance evaluation after the Assessing Official's signature date? 10 days 60 days 30 days 15 days Mark for follow up Question 5 of 10. Which of the following is NOT one of the five past performance ratings? Exceptional Good O Marginal Very Good Question 6 of 10. What format is best used in writing a complete past performance narrative? Expectation, Performance, Impact, Rating Experience, Price, Compliance, Rating Subcontracting, Evaluation, Timing, Rating Costs, Incentives, Subcontracting, Rating Mark for follow up Question 7 of 10. Are contractor performance evaluations available through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request? Yes d) Yes, if the contract value exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold Yes, if the requestor is an interested party No Mark for follow up Question 8 of 10. A contractor did not meet its contractual requirements and lost two months of data, resulting in cost overruns. Is it appropriate to downgrade the contractor's rating in both the Technical/Quality and Cost Control categories for the same issue? No, one issue should only change the rating of one category. No, downgrading them in one category is enough to get the message through to source selection teams. Yes, ratings in all categories should be downgraded when one issue affects more than one category. Yes, various impacts stemming from one issue can affect the rating in multiple categories. Mark for follow up Question 9 of 10. On March 16th, the contractor's data hosting center suffered an outage. The contractor restored services within four hours, and upon restoration it was discovered that the last two months of backups had failed and approximately 200 data submissions were lost. Under the direction of the government, the contractor contacted all participating banks to ask them to resubmit their data, and was able to recover the system in time to meet Agency reporting deadlines. They also updated their recovery plan to include additional layers of redundancy, and testing to ensure the system works in case of future outages. Based on this narrative, which rating should be assigned to the contractor in the Technical/Quality category? Unsatisfactory O Marginal Satisfactory Very Good Mark for follow up Question 10 of 10. An agency has just awarded a $350,000 two-year task order under GSA Schedule. Is a past performance evaluation required after the first year of the task order? No, past performance evaluations are not required for orders placed under federal supply schedules if they exceed one year in duration. Yes, but a past performance evaluation would only be required after the two-year task order is complete. No, past performance evaluations are not required for orders placed under federal supply schedules, regardless of the award amount. Yes, past performance evaluations are required for orders over the simplified acquisition threshold under federal supply schedules.