CON 237 STUDY BUNDLE PACK SOLUTION (Questions and Answers )(2022/2023) (Verified Answers)
You have a requirement to buy a large commercially available, prefabricated wash rack for your installation. The catalog price is $102,000.
Simplified acquisition procedures can be used
The Director of training for the installation has a request to purchase 25 televisions and 25 DVD recorders for the new training facility that will open next month. Each television will cost approximately $525, and each DVD recorder about $150.
Simplified acquisition procedures can be used
You have a requirement for four military-unique fighter aircraft parts. Each part is estimated to cost 1.6 million.
Simplified acquisition procedures CANNOT be used.
You have a requirement to purchase equipment that was previously developed at Government expense and sold exclusively to the military. This type of item is:
A non-developmental item
Evaluation factors are:
Stated in the solicitation
An oral solicitation may be used for:
Construction less than $2,000
The required sources of supplies and services can be found in:
FAR Part 8
You have a requirement for ship repair that will require a unique welding technique. You only know of a few firms that have performed this technique and selecting an inexperienced contractor could be disastrous. As such, you should primarily consider evaluating offerors’:
Experience
When making a commercial purchase, you may conduct an in-process inspection:
At ay time to check that the product being made fits your specification
When no other exceptions apply, is a Government Point of Entry (GPE) synopsis required for purchases estimated to exceed $25,000 but not to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold?
YES
Market research is performed
To determine if commercial or non-developmental items are available to satisfy agency needs
The implied warranty of merchantability means that an item is:
Reasonably fit for the ordinary purposes for which such items are used.
A training facility needs to purchase 50 binders from a local office supply store. The price for the binders is $20 each. What is the preferred method of purchase?
The Governmentwide commercial purchase card
The competition requirement for micro-purchases is:
There is no formal requirement for competition for micro-purchases
When should electronic commerce be used as a method of solicitation?
Whenever cost-effective and practicable.
What method of purchase is preferred to purchase 10 computer mouse pads, at $3.95 each?
The Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
You have a requirement to purchase observation-surveillance drones for Navy Seal Teams. Market research reveals no commercially developed items that will meet your specification requirements. However, there is a similar drone that was developed exclusively for the Army that will satisfy the requirement. This type of item is a:
Non-developmental Item
The priority for required sources of supplies is: inventories of the requiring agency, excess from other agencies,
Federal prison industries, committee for purchase from people who are blind or Severly Disabled, Government wholesale sources, commercial sources
Requirements that cannot be met by a required source of supplies or services and are expected to _ are automatically reserved exclusively for small businesses.
Exceed $5,000, nut not exceeed $250,000
You may cancel a unilateral purchase order if:
The contractor accepts the cancellation and does not claim cost were incurred from the beginning performance
There is a requirement to purchase recreational equipment for base playgrounds. Market research has determined that there is a large variety of playground equipment available to the general public from many manufacturers. This type of item is a:
Commercial Item
If available, practicable, and cost effective; what is a preferred method of solicitation when conducting simplified acquisitions over the micro-purchase threshold?
Electronic Commerce (EC)
You have been requested to buy 100 hospital beds for a humanitarian effort in Pedonia. The beds need to be delivered within the next 30 days so they can be airlifted to Pedonia via military transport. Your research has indicated that: – the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled does not supply beds. – Federal Prison Industries can deliver the beds in 45 days. The price per bed is $250. – A-Med, Inc. can deliver the beds in 15 days at a price of $225 per bed. – The Army hospital on post, which has been closed, will have 150 suitable excess beds in 21 days. Based upon this information, you should:
Obtain the beds from the Army hospital inventory
What is a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for supplies or services by establishing “charge accounts” with qualified sources of supply?
Blanket purchase agreement (BPA)
Which of the following are acceptable market research techniques?
All techniques listed are acceptable
A synopsis in the GPE is generally required for:
Proposed contract actions exceeding $25,000.
You have a requirement to purchase temporary grounds keeping services for 6 months at Base X. The estimated dollar value for these services is $24,000. What is the preferred method of purchase?
Purchase Order
The status information contained in the System for Award Management (SAM) and additional vendor files maintained by the contracting office, if any, may be used as the basis to ensure that small business concerns are provided the maximum practicable opportunities to respond to solicitations issued using simplified acquisition procedures.
True
An offeror’s experience as an evaluation factor consists primarily of:
Their history of completing similar contracts, and quality of their performance
In order to use simplified acquisition procedures (SAP), the aggregate value of the acquisition and all its options:
CANNOT exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, EXCEPT for certain commercial items.
When buying a commercial item, an in-process inspection of the product need not be consistent with commercial practice
false
Implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose means that an item is
fit for use for the particular purpose for which the government will use the item
The contracting officer can terminate a commercial purchase order for cause
all choices are correct
Which of the following is not an acceptable technique for conducting market research
contacting only one vendor for information
What is the public announcement requirement for micro-purchases
No formal announcement is required
The use of required sources of supplies or services takes precedence over the use of simplified acquisition procedures
false (wrong) so pick true
You have a request for hand-held rocket launchers for operations in Zagota. A similar item has been used by another branch of the military and should be adaptable for your needs. The approximate cost of the launchers is $300,000
Simplified acquisition procedures cannot be used because the dollar value is above the simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000 (is wrong answer)
You want to include non-price factors in your evaluation criteria. Which THREE of the following are considered non-price factors?
past performance, experience, technical capability
Which method of purchase involves establishing “charge accounts” with qualified sources?
Blanket purchase agreement (BPA)
In order to use sap the aggregate value of the acquisition and all its options
cannot exceed the sat except for certain commercial items
Market research is performed
to determing if commercial or non-developmental items are available to satisfy agency needs
A commercial item is a supply or service that
is sold or offered for sale to the general public
you have a request to buy 30 units of commercially available machining equipment. Each unit is estimated to cost approx $300,000
sap can be used is wrong ans.
You have a req for telecom components a single telecom manufacturer provides all of these componenets to the general public. The estimated cost of these components is $145,000
sap can be used
The contracting officer shall evaluate quotations or offers inclusive of transportation charges from the shipping point of the supplier to the delivery destination
true
you have a requirement to purchase a globabl positioning system for an elite mil unit. due to the mission requirements the gps must be a rugged design and able to withstand extreme environmental conditions. market research shows there are no commercially developed or gov dev systems that meet both reqs, this is a
non-developmental item (is wrong answer)
preferred method for micro-purchases
the gtc
a non developmental item is
prev developed gov item
the competition req for micropurchases is
to solicit full and open competition
which method of purchase is not normally used for micropurchases
dd form 1155
acquisitions for supplies and services exceeding $10k but not exceeding $250k are auto reserved for small business concerns unless the contracting officer
Determines that they … market price, quality, and delivery
each contracting office maintaining additional vendor files should id the status of each source (when the status is made known to the contracting office) in the following categories except for:
veteran small business (not right answer)
Steve wants to buy
from the blind or severly disabled (is wrong) should be furniture usa
what should be the last source to consider when trying to fulfill a requirement
commercial sources