CON 1100: Contract Foundational Skills Correct 100%
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CON 1100V
Identify the stages of the contracting life cycle - ANSWER Acquisition Planning Stage
Solicitation Stage
Evaluation Stage
Award Stage
Contract Administration Stage
In what should the contracting officer take the lead? - ANSWER Encouraging business process innovations.
In what should the c...
CON 1100: Contract Foundational Skills
Correct 100%
Identify the stages of the contracting life cycle - ANSWER Acquisition Planning Stage
Solicitation Stage
Evaluation Stage
Award Stage
Contract Administration Stage
In what should the contracting officer take the lead? - ANSWER Encouraging business
process innovations.
In what should the contracting officer ensure? - ANSWER Ensuring that business
decisions are sound.
The Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) includes six pathways to enable the
workforce to tailor strategies to delivery better solutions faster. - ANSWER Urgent
Capability Acquisition
Middle Tier of Acquisitions
Major Capability Acquisition
Software Acquisition
Defense Business Systems
Acquisition of Services
Which pathway is to rapidly develop fieldable prototypes within an acquisition program
to demonstrate new capabilities and/or rapidly field production quantities of systems
with proven technologies that require minimal development? - ANSWER Middle Tier of
Acquisition
Which pathway is to acquire information systems that support DoD business
operations? - ANSWER Defense Business Systems
Which pathway is to field capabilities to fulfill urgent existing and/or emerging
operational needs or quick reactions in less than two years? - ANSWER Urgent
Capability Acquisition
Which pathway is to acquire services from the private sector including knowledge-
based, construction, electronics and communications, equipment, facilities, product
support, logistics, medical, research and development, and transportation services? -
ANSWER Acquisition of Services
Which pathway is to facilitate rapid and iterative delivery of software capability systems
(e.g., software-intensive systems and/or software-intensive components or sub-
systems) to the user? - ANSWER Software Acquisition
, Which pathway does this describe is to acquire and modernize military unique programs
that provide enduring capability? - ANSWER Major Capability Acquisition
Under the government's policy on pricing, from what kind of sources shall contracting
officers purchase supplies and services? What must the prices be? - ANSWER
Responsible/Reasonable
After the solicitation closes and prior to award, what are used to help determine if an
offeror should be included in the competitive range? - ANSWER Communication
On what four factors does a successful proposal evaluation depend? - ANSWER 1.
Appropriate, well-defined evaluation criteria
2. Evaluation rating standards that are understood and applied consistently among
evaluators and among all proposals being evaluated.
3. A careful review of the language in each proposal to ascertain how the offeror will
meet the requirements of the RFP and to identify assumptions and statements that may
indicated increased cost/price and /or risk to the Government.
4. Fully documented evaluation findings.
The Contract Pricing Reference Guides (CPRG) are a set of reference volumes that
were developed jointly by the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) and the Air Force
Institute of Technology (AFIT). The guides were developed to provide instruction and
guidance for contracting personnel. They include examples of applying pricing policies
to pricing problems.
What are the titles of the five CPRG volumes? - ANSWER Volume 1: Price Analysis
Volume 2: Quantitative Techniques for Contract Pricing
Volume 3: Cost Analysis
Volume 4: Advanced Issues in Contract Pricing
Volume 5: Negotiation
When evaluating and negotiating a sole source procurement, there is a resource
encompassing over 40 techniques which can be leveraged to increase efficiency
throughout the acquisition process. The basic principles are:
— Obtaining the right information up front and avoiding rework
— Avoiding duplication of effort and taking advantage of all available resources
— Considering materiality when making decisions about the level and depth of reviews
— Elevating major issues in a timely manner
— Promoting open communication with contractors
What is the name of the resource? - ANSWER The DoD Sole Source Streamlining
Toolbox
Does the contracting officer's warrant (Standard Form 1402) cite the limitations on the
scope of authority to sign the award document on behalf of the government? -
ANSWER Yes
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