Question 1

The contracting officer on a multi-million-dollar, competitive services acquisition that is employing the trade-off process. CO is participating on the integrated process team (IPT) that is responsible for generating the evaluation factors that will be incorporated into the source selection plan and solicitation. Which statement below would be accurate advice to provide to the IPT?

Group of answer choices

Past performance is a mandatory evaluation factor for which there are no exceptions.

The evaluation factors and subfactors should be generic and not tailored to the acquisition so the team can exercise broad discretion when making an award decision.

Price or cost as well as a quality evaluation factor must be considered in every acquisition.

The relative order of importance of the evaluation factors does not have to be specified in the solicitation.

Question 2

The COR must assess the contractor's performance to ensure that the supply or service delivered conforms to contract requirements.The COR must continually monitor the contractor's performance, both formally andinformally, throughout the contract. List at least three items the COR should consider when monitoring performance:

Question 3

The agency received 10 proposals in response to a solicitation. Award will be made to the one offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. After evaluating all of the proposals, the Government evaluation team determined that the number of acceptable proposals exceeded the number at which an efficient competition could be conducted. What action should the team now take?

Group of answer choices

Revise the evaluation criteria making the standards harder to attain, and then re-score the proposals. After the re-scoring, establish the competitive range.

Conduct discussions with all of the offerors with proposals rated excellent or higher as all proposals must be determined to be in the competitive range.

Seek clarifications with the offerors of the most highly rated proposals to discern more differences between them and then reduce the number of proposals accordingly. Consequently, the competitive range is smaller.

Limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.

Question 4

The contracting officer at Bobbins Downtown Army Air Base is evaluating proposals for a firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract to acquire base support services. The estimated value is $2 million. The solicitation contained the clause at 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside. Ten offers were received and evaluated, and Aqua was the apparent successful offeror. However, following a thorough analysis of Aqua's capabilities and past performance, the contracting officer found Aqua to be nonresponsible. Given that the requirement is still valid, what should the contracting officer do now?

Group of answer choices

Notify the agency's small business specialist of the determination that Aqua is nonresponsible.

Contact Aqua directly and offer them a Certificate of Competency.

Award the contract immediately to the offeror who finished second to Aqua in the initial competition since it is also a small business.

Contact the Defense Contract Audit Agency and request a preaward survey be completed on Aqua.

Question 5

In order to be eligible for award of a contract, a contractor must be determined "responsible." Select all of the items below that indicate a responsible contractor:

Group of answer choices

Have a satisfactory performance record.

Be located in the United States.

Have adequate financial resources to perform the contract, or the ability to obtain them.

Have a significant line of credit with a bank.

Never have defaulted on a government contract.

Be able to comply with the required or proposed delivery or performance schedule

Question 6

Following the award of a contract, CO are preparing to host a post-award orientation conference to ensure that all parties clearly understand the contract. Which of the following items would likely be on the agenda?

Group of answer choices

The Government's approach to determining whether to exercise an option

Preaward survey process

The payment process

The acquisition planning and source selection process details

Question 7

The contracting officer is reviewing a cost-plus-incentive-fee (CPIF) services contract assigned to him. The contractor is performing in the second contract year (i.e., option year 1). Which of the following conditions would permit the option to be exercised?

Group of answer choices

Funds are available, written notification must be made, no need exists, and a maximum fee

Written notification must be made, funds are available, and a maximum fee was addressed in the acquisition plan

Funds are available, option fulfills an existing need, there is a maximum fee, and written notification must be made

Option fulfills an existing need, better pricing can be achieved at this time, written notification must be made, and funds are available

Question 8

Given a CPIF contract with the following negotiated terms

Target Cost: $10,000,000

Target Fee: $750,000

Maximum Fee: $1,350,000

Minimum Fee: $300,000

Share Ratio: 85/15 (both overrun and underrun)

How much fee would the contractor earn if the actual final cost of the work was $11,000,000?

Group of answer choices

$150,000

$1,600,000

$750,000

$600,000

Question 9

The RFP CO issued for maintenance services stated that the offers would be evaluated on a best-value (trade-off) basis. The RFP stated that the non-cost evaluation factors combined were significantly more important than cost/price. The overall ratings are stated below. Assuming the SSA determines that the differences in strengths between proposals does not warrant a cost/price premium, which offeror should the SSA select?

Offeror	Non-Cost Evaluation	Proposed Cost/Price
White	Outstanding	$1,500,000
Xenia	Good	$1,127,000
Yellow	Unacceptable	$1,000,000
Zeus	Good	$1,156,000

Group of answer choices

Yellow

Zeus

Xenia

White

Question 10

The Government issued an RFP in which it stated the intention to award without discussions. After the closing date for receipt of proposals, Yellow informed the contracting officer that there was a problem with its proposal. Yellow acknowledged that its proposal did not satisfy solicitation requirements and requested that it be allowed to offer a different design to satisfy the solicitation requirements. The contracting officer conferred with Yellow and permitted Yellow to revise its proposal. Which statement is TRUE regarding the contracting officer's action?

Group of answer choices

"Clarifications" may be used to cure proposal deficiencies or material omissions materially alter the technical or cost elements of the proposal, or otherwise revise the proposal.

Even if the agency found Yellow's proposal to be technically unacceptable, the agency was still required to consider Yellow's lower proposed price in its trade-off decision.

The contracting officer's decision to allow Yellow to revise its proposal would be a protestable action if the other offerors were not given the same opportunity.

The contracting officer's decision to accept a revised proposal from Yellow was appropriate even if the identified concerns were deficiencies and could only have been corrected through discussions.

Question 11

Due to funding cuts in the program, it is necessary and in the Government's best interest to terminate for convenience some of the services from ther IOSS contract. Which one of the following costs is the contractor NOT entitled to under a termination for convenience?

Group of answer choices

Pay for work delivered and accepted

Settlement proposal expenses (without profit)

Anticipatory profit (the profit a contractor would have earned on the cancelled work)

Work in progress (with profit)

Question 12

The IOSS source selection team has concluded its evaluation and is now preparing the documentation requested by the SSA. Which statement is true when performing a trade-off analysis for a source selection decision?

Group of answer choices

The rationale for a trade-off analysis must include documentation that quantifies the trade-offs that led to the decision.

The SSA may exercise independent judgment and disregard some or all of the source selection criteria in acquiring the best value for the government.

The SSA is bound by the technical evaluation reports and analyses prepared by the source selection panels and boards.

The source selection decision must document the rationale for trade-offs, including benefits associated with additional cost.

Question 13

CO recently awarded a CPIF contract that covers six base functions. The awardee was the incumbent for three of those functions, but not on the others. Given this situation, CO have decided to have a post-award conference. At the conference, CO introduced the contracting officer's representative and the assistant representatives (one person with overall responsibility (COR) and one different person for each of the six functions). CO reviewed their letters of delegation and their assignments with them. Which one of the following statements would the contracting officer make?

Group of answer choices

The COR must understand the assessment strategies in the quality assurance surveillance plan.

When the COR is unavailable for more than 24 hours, the assistants can perform any of the COR's assigned responsibilities to ensure that the work they are monitoring is completed.

The COR can make changes to the contract terms and price structure for any of the functions.

The COR and the assistants can add value for the Government by giving technical direction and changing the schedule to adjust for the direction.

Question 14

The Contracting Officer (CO) are now ready to close out a contract. In addition to removing excess funds and completing the modification that establishes the final cost and incentive fee, what other action will the CO also have to ensure is completed?

Group of answer choices

Update the requirements in the Defense Contract Management Agency's Closeout Guidebook

Disposition of classified material

Ensure source selection materials are appropriately handled

Report to management about contract performance

Question 15

According to FAR 42.704 Billing rates, the contractor may be permitted to use agreed upon provisional rates to bill for work during performance. However, once the contract is completed, the final actual audited costs must be used to determine the final price. The use of provisional billing rates is primarily designed to:

Group of answer choices

To ensure the contractor has adequate cash flow.

To prove the Government's good intent on making payments.

Prevent substantial overpayment or underpayment during performance.

To cap the amount of money a contractor is paid during performance.

Question 16

The cost evaluation team for IOSS source selection is in the process of evaluating specific elements of each offeror's proposed cost estimate to determine whether the estimated proposed cost elements are realistic for the work to be performed. Which statement is TRUE when evaluating competitive offers for realism?

Group of answer choices

For both cost-reimbursement and fixed-price contracts CO must adjust the offered prices if the results of COr analysis show the price to be unrealistic.

For cost-reimbursement contracts, it is NOT mandatory to use cost realism analysis to determine the probable cost of performance for each offeror.

Under no circumstances may CO use cost realism analysis when evaluating fixed-price incentive contracts or other fixed-price contracts.

For cost-reimbursement contracts, CO must use cost realism analysis to determine the probable cost of performance for each offeror.

Question 17

Contractor M failed to meet the subcontracting goals contained in its contract with the government. The contracting officer is now contemplating his response to the situation. Which of the following is true about the "Liquidated Damages - Subcontracting Plan" clause?

Group of answer choices

Liquidated damages are assessed by the Small Business Administration at least 60 days before final payment is made to the contractor.

The liquidated damages assessed are determined by the contracting officer and are not subject to the Disputes clause.

Liquidated damages are assessed at contract completion when the contractor has failed to make a good faith effort to achieve the goals in the plan.

Liquidated damages are automatically assessed when a contractor fails to meet any statutory goal for any small business category.

Question 18

The contracting officer's representative (COR) must take appropriate action to enforce any contract requirements that are not being met. The COR should notify the CO when performance issues arise; of the choices listed which is the FIRST course of action the Contracting Officer should take:

Group of answer choices

Refer the matter to agency legal counsel for further action.

Call the contractor's attention to the discrepancy and seek the contractor's voluntary commitment to remedy the failure.

Generate an interim negative Contractor Performance Evaluation in CPARS.

Prepare for a Termination for Default.

Question 19

Past performance evaluations of contractor performance shall be prepared:

Group of answer choices

At least annually and at the time the work under a contract or order is completed.

Once a year, if options are included.

Only when performance fails to meet contract requirements.

Only for contracts performed inside the United States.

Question 20

The contracting officer has just received notification from JFW, Inc. that it expects the costs under its fully funded CPIF contract to increase dramatically. In fact, their projection is that within the next 60 days the costs incurred will exceed 75 percent of the estimated cost specified in the schedule. What would be an appropriate action, if any, for the contracting officer to take in response to this notification?

Group of answer choices

Do nothing since the contractor is obligated to continue performance through project completion.

Immediately terminate the contractor for default, pursuant to the Limitation of Cost clause.

Direct the contractor to proceed to finish this year's work regardless of any potential cost overrun.

Obtain additional funds and notify the contractor that the estimated cost has been increased.