CON 3900 - Week 3 Exam Questions
The contractor assumes the greatest cost risk in a
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firm-fixed-price contract.
The contractor assumes the least cost risk in a
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cost-plus-fixed-fee level-of-effort contract.
Source Selection Proposal Evaluation Process (FAR Subpart 15.3)
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Exchanges
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There are three types of formal exchanges between the Government and industry when using FAR Part 15
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Clarifications, Communications, and Discussions 1 / 3
Clarifications
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are limited exchanges, between the Government and offerors, that may occur when award without discussions is contemplated.
Communications
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are exchanges, between the Government and offerors, after receipt of proposals, leading to establishment of the competitive range.
Competitive Range
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The contracting officer determines, with approval of the Source Selection Authority (SSA), which proposals are within the competitive range based on the evaluated price and other evaluation factors included in the RFP.
Discussions
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are exchanges (i.e., negotiations) in a competitive environment that are undertaken with the intent of allowing the offeror to revise its proposal.Discussions take place after establishment of the competitive range
The contracting officer may limit the number of proposals in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals.
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TRUE 2 / 3
Communications may be conducted to enhance Gov ernment understanding of proposals; allow reasonable interpretation of the proposal; or facilitate the Government's evaluation process.
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TRUE
Clarifications allow an offeror the opportunity to clarify certain aspects of their proposal.
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TRUE
The contracting officer shall establish pre-negotiation objectives
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before the negotiation of any pricing action.
A tradeoff process is appropriate when
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it may be in the best interest of the Government to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror.
The lowest price technically acceptable source selection process is appropriate when
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best value is expected to result from selection of the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price.
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