Vol 2 - Service Contracts

Question 1

Which section of the PWS (Performance Work Statement) will identify the materials and equipment that the contractor must provide?

Answer 1

Part 4 Contractor Furnished Items and Responsibilities.

Question 2

Which stage of the budget estimate states, “the contract specialist and Contracting Officer have considerable expertise in evaluating contract costs”?

Answer 2

Consulting Contracting

Question 3

Which stage of the budget estimate states, “costs and price are often specific to geographic areas”?

Answer 3

Know the Marketplace

Question 4

Which section of the SOW (Statement of Work) will list all the property, services, equipment, etc. that the government will provide?

Answer 4

Section 3

Question 5

______ document recurring support (e.g., janitorial services, flight line operations, etc.), non-reimbursable support, and single or non-recurring reimbursable support.

Answer 5

Support Agreements

Question 6

Which type of surveillance is normally used to check the contract’s quality control system to ensure that it can meet the Government’s quality requirements?

Answer 6

Periodic Inspection

Question 7

For all purchases made by Government Purchase Card (GPC), the COR will provide ______.

Answer 7

100% Surveillance

Question 8

Which of the following will require the Service Contracts Manager to determine whether the contract requirement is recurring or non-recurring when developing requirements?

Answer 8

A request pointing to the creation of a new contract.

Question 9

Which section of the SOW (Statement of Work) will show the performance objectives and the corresponding performance thresholds?

Answer 9

Section 2

Question 10

Which section of the PWS (Performance Work Statement) will include background information and a brief description of the scope of work?

Answer 10

Part 1 General Information

Question 11

Which stage of the budget estimate states, “apply cost inflation factors if the contract covers multiple years”?

Answer 11

Know the Requirements

Question 12

Which section of the SOW (Statement of Work) will explain how the contractor will provide or perform each component identified in the main paragraph?

Answer 12

Section 1

Question 13

Who is the individual that executes the Civil Engineer Squadron’s responsibilities for a service contract?

Answer 13

Contract Officer Representative (COR)

Question 14

Contracting officers shall require the preparation of an IGE (Independent Government Estimate) in every procurement action in excess of the ______.

Answer 14

Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)

Question 15

If the CE FM creates a TRIRIGA funding document which establishes a line of accounting for cost visibility and provides the ______.

Answer 15

Funding Document Unique Identifier (FDUI)

Question 16

Which stage of the budget estimate states, “like budgeting, cost estimation uses existing (past) information as a basis for projecting future costs”?

Answer 16

The Use of Historical Cost Information

Question 17

Which section of the SOW (Statement of Work) will list the hours of operation and security requirements?

Answer 17

Section 4

Question 18

If the Government has a specific, well-defined requirement (such as a requirement for cleaning bathrooms in a building or mowing grass for the Airfield), then it will use ______.

Answer 18

A Firm fixed-price contract.

Question 19

______ is a Statement of work for performance-based acquisitions that describes the required results in clear, specific, and objective terms with measurable outcomes.

Answer 19

PWS (Performance Work Statement)

Question 20

______ will specify in clear, understandable terms the work to be done in developing or producing the goods to be delivered or services to be performed by a contractor.

Answer 20

SOW (Statement of Work)

Question 21

Multi-year contract means a contract for the purchase of supplies or services for more than 1, but not more than ______, program years.

Answer 21

5

Question 22

The formal market research process must be followed for contracts above ______, which are contracts over $150,000 dollars.

Answer 22

Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)

Question 23

______ is the document submitted by an offeror in response to a request for proposals, issued by the Government, for providing supplies or performing services.

Answer 23

Proposal

Question 24

Which type of contract modification can be used to issue change orders?

Answer 24

Unilateral Modification

Question 25

A support agreement can take the form of all the following except ______.

Answer 25

DD Form 2211

Question 26

What do the Big 3 Service Contracts manage?

Answer 26

Grounds Maintenance

Question 27

The ______ has the primary responsibility for quality control and timeliness of its supplies or services.

Answer 27

Contractor

Question 28

Which type of surveillance works best when the number of instances in which the supplies or services is very large, allowing a statistically valid sample to be obtained?

Answer 28

Random sampling

Question 29

When documenting a contractor’s performance, the COR’s comments should be all of the following except ______.

Answer 29

Beyond the scope of the contract.

Question 30

The base Contracting Organization may consult with the COR to develop a final contract document and review proposals; however, it is the ______ responsibility to award and manage the contract.

Answer 30

Contracting Officer’s

Question 31

With multi-year contract, after the base year, the remaining years are ______ and the government does not have to exercise them.

Answer 31

Options

Question 32

Which section of the PWS (Performance Work Statement) will include all appropriate terms and phrases for this PWS?

Answer 32

Part 2 Definitions and Acronyms

Question 33

Which type of surveillance works best for stringent performance requirements concerning health and safety?

Answer 33

100% Surveillance

Question 34

Which type of contract modification can be used to change the terms and conditions of a contract?

Answer 34

Bilateral Modification

Question 35

The ______ routinely assesses contractor’s performance and documents appropriate actions/discrepancies, which are compiled when creating the quarterly report.

Answer 35

COR (Contracting Officer Representative)

Question 36

If the Government cannot provide sufficient, detailed information about a requirement, then it must assume some of the cost risk and use ______.

Answer 36

A Cost Reimbursement Contract

Question 37

Which of the following will require the COR to take action to either monitor or initiate a modification to an existing contract when developing requirements?

Answer 37

A complaint regarding an existing service contract