Reference no: EM133901725
Questions
1. Which of the following FAR citations outlines early exchanges with industry?
FAR 14.201
FAR 25.101
FAR 15.201
FAR 12.501
2. In general, who is the only person who may answer a prospective offeror's inquiry about a specific acquisition?
Contracting officer with contractual authority
Program manager of the project
Contracting specialist
Author of the requirement being acquired
3. 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 potential offerors
approval from the program manager
a formal amendment to the solicitation
first, canceling the solicitation and resoliciting the requirement
4. 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 to the public as soon as practicable
Cancel the solicitation because there is an unfair competitive advantage
Make it available only to the firms you think will submit an offer
Cancel the solicitation and then release a new solicitation to prevent unfair competitive advantage
5. 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 an amendment to the solicitation
Issue a modification to the solicitation
6. 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 an amendment to the solicitation and consider an extension to the proposal due date
Issue a modification to the solicitation and consider an extension to the proposal due date
7. To whom must you provide a copy of all questions and answers generated at a pre-proposal conference?
Only the offerors that make the competitive range
All potential offerors, upon request
Only the offerors who did not attend
All the government employees on the acquisition team
8. 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
No, you only missed the need to include the number of pages
Yes, you don't need to include the solicitation closing date since that was in the original solicitation
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.