2a. Introduction to contracting Flashcards
Define the contracting mission
Develop and execute innovative business strategies and cost effective contracting solutions to enable the global AF mission (p.17)
What are the five contracting guiding principles?
Stand up and do the right thing to ensure integrity and fairness of the procurement system; Never award a contract at the expense of integrity; Know the fundamentals, think innovatively, and remain focused on the details; Care for one another by sharing our knowledge and experiences; Passionately protect the image of our Nation, our Air Force, and our contracting profession; Bonus: AF core values (p.18)
What level of contracting is used to leverage buying power on a large scale for commonly used items?
Strategic sourcing (p.18)
What are the objectives of the Federal Acquisition System?
Govern proceedings within the contracting mission; Satisfy the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness; Conduct business with integrity, fairness, and openness; Minimize the administrative operating costs; Fulfill public policy objectives; Maintain public opinion/trust (p.19)
What are the three levels of contacting?
Operational contracting; Strategic sourcing; Systems contracting (p.18)
Operational Contracting
Provides timely, effective, and efficient cradle-to-grave contract support to meet the needs of the installation commander, deployed commanders, and resident/tenant/supported units and is outlined in AFI 64-102, Operational Contracting Program. (p.18)
Strategic Sourcing
Responsible for purchasing commonly used items on a large scale thereby leveraging the agency’s buying power efficiently (p.18)
Systems Contracting
Acquires items of particular interest to public safety and national defense (e.g. GPS, weapon systems, etc.) (p.18)
Federal Acquisition System vision
Deliver on a timely basis the best value product or service to the customer, while maintaining the public’s trust and fulfilling public policy objectives (p.19)
All participants within the federal acquisition system are responsible for making decisions based on _________________
best value (p.19)
Develop and execute innovative business strategies and cost effective contracting solutions to enable the global AF mission
Contracting mission (p.17)
Stand up and do the right thing to ensure integrity and fairness of the procurement system
Contracting guiding principle (p.18)
Never award a contract at the expense of integrity
Contracting guiding principle (p.18)
Know the fundamentals, think innovatively, and remain focused on the details
Contracting guiding principle (p.18)
Care for one another by sharing our knowledge and experiences
Contracting guiding principle (p.18)
Passionately protect the image of our Nation, our Air Force, and our contracting profession
Contracting guiding principle (p.18)
Govern proceedings within the contracting mission
Federal Acquisition System objective (p.19)
Satisfy the customer in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness
Federal Acquisition System objective (p.19)
Conduct business with integrity, fairness, and openness
Federal Acquisition System objective (p.19)
Minimize the administrative operating costs
Federal Acquisition System objective (p.19)
Fulfill public policy objectives
Federal Acquisition System objective (p.19)
Maintain public opinion/trust
Federal Acquisition System objective (p.19)
Operational contracting; Strategic sourcing; Systems contracting
Three levels of contracting (p.18)
Provides timely, effective, and efficient cradle-to-grave contract support to meet the needs of the installation commander, deployed commanders, and resident/tenant/supported units and is outlined in AFI 64-102, Operational Contracting Program.
Operational contracting (p.18)
Responsible for purchasing commonly used items on a large scale thereby leveraging the agency’s buying power efficiently
Strategic sourcing (p.18)
Acquires items of particular interest to public safety and national defense (e.g. GPS, weapon systems, etc.)
Systems contracting (p.18)
Deliver on a timely basis the best values product or service to the customer, while maintaining the public’s trust and fulfilling public policy objectives
Federal Acquisition System vision (p.19)
All participants within the ________________ are responsible for making decisions based on best value
federal acquisition system (p.19)
Contracting mission: Develop and execute ___________ and ___________ to enable the global AF mission (p.17)
innovative business strategies; cost effective contracting solutions(p.17)
Operational contracting provides timely, effective, and efficient ___________ contract support to meet the needs of the installation commander, deployed commanders, and resident/tenant/supported units and is outlined in AFI 64-102, Operational Contracting Program.
cradle-to-grave (p.18)
Operational contracting provides ___________, ___________, and ___________ cradle-to-grave contract support to meet the needs of the installation commander, deployed commanders, and resident/tenant/supported units and is outlined in AFI 64-102, Operational Contracting Program.
timely; effective; efficient (p.18)
Operational contracting provides timely, effective, and efficient cradle-to-grave contract support to meet the needs of ___________, ___________, and ___________ and is outlined in AFI 64-102, Operational Contracting Program.
the installation commander; deployed commanders; resident/tenant/supported units (p.18)
Operational contracting provides timely, effective, and efficient cradle-to-grave contract support to meet the needs of the installation commander, deployed commanders, and resident/tenant/supported units and is outlined in AFI ___________
64-102, Operational Contracting Program (p.18)
Strategic sourcing is responsible for purchasing ___________ items on a large scale thereby leveraging the agency’s buying power efficiently
commonly used (p.18)
Strategic sourcing is responsible for purchasing commonly used items on a ___________ scale thereby leveraging the agency’s buying power efficiently
large (p.18)
Strategic sourcing is responsible for purchasing commonly used items on a large scale thereby leveraging the agency’s ___________ efficiently
buying power (p.18)
Systems contracting acquires items of particular interest to ___________ and ___________ (e.g. GPS, weapon systems, etc.)
public safety; national defense (p.18)
The federal acquisition system vision is to deliver on a timely basis the best value product or service to the customer, while maintaining ___________ and fulfilling public policy objectives
the public’s trust (p.19)
The federal acquisition system vision is to deliver on a timely basis the ___________ product or service to the customer, while maintaining the public’s trust and fulfilling public policy objectives
best value (p.19)
The federal acquisition system vision is to deliver on a timely basis the best value product or service to the customer, while maintaining the public’s trust and fulfilling ___________
public policy objectives (p.19)
All participants within the federal acquisition system are responsible for _________________ based on best value
making decisions (p.19)
