AICC_STG2

The following characteristics describe a team charter except:

The two primary contract categories are fixed price and cost reimbusable contracts.

________________ market research includes industry experts, trade associations, one-on-one interactions and request for information.

Examples of services include the following: Engineering, R&D, Janitorial, IT Help Desk, Repairs.

This person is the cheif analyst on small business laws, provides an understanding of small business capability and may serve as a liaison with the SBA.

What is bundling?

Market research must be written in a bureaucratic style specific to DOD.

General news sources, industry publications, internet research and Government databases are forms of secondary sources of market research information.

The following are key responsibilites of the Source Selection Authority, except-

A report that explains the needs driving the acquisition, identify team members, identify sources contacted, summarize positive and negative learning, enable a decision concerning direction and is updated as the acquisition continues is referred to as what?

__________________ with potential offerors should include the contracting officer and are more effective than pre-solicitation conferences. They also have the opportunity to enhance the performance based approach and expand the range of potential solutions.

Stakeholder commitment includes how much the stakeholder is focused on the outcome of the project, and measures how supportive the stakeholder is.

Organization conflict of interest occurs when other activities or relationships with other persons make a person unable to render impartial assistance or advice to the government.

Which contract pays the contractor for all accrued hours and related materials if applicable and does not incentivize a contractor to be efficient?

If an employer-employee relationship exists between the contractor and a military person and one supervises the other, you have a:

This person evaluates the financial price and cost-based data for reasonableness, completeness, accuracy and affordability.

Who is responsible developing strategies and plans for responding and dealing with different types of stakeholder behavior?

A service contract may be either a non-personal or personal contract.

The Quality Performance Index is/does all of the following except:

Performance Metrics are generally based on _______________ and ______________.

When acting as a member of the IPT, the customer is responsible for defining the required performance outcomes or results and risk assessment, providing a detailed knowledge of the user requirements and defining the required performance outcome and results.

The two approaches to best value are lowest price technically acceptable and _____________.

If the requirement is clearly definable and the risk is minimal what performance base approach should be used?

More evaluation factors, other than price, are used when using the Trade-off method.

Inherently Governmental issues, OMB Circular A-76, Organizational Conflicts of Interests issues, A&AS Contracts, and Personal vs. Non-Personal service contracts fall under which of the service challenges below?

Commanding military forces, awarding contracts, giving direction and control of federal employees describe what?

All are challenges of Services except?

The solicitation contract price or cost to the Government shall be included as an evaluation factor in only particular source selections.

When must Requests for Information be used by the Government?

All of the below represent non-inherently governmental functions except??

This person or group is in responsible for assessing the contractor, providing surveillance of service contract, and being the on-site technical manager.

Trade off is an award based primarily on price and minimum technical standards.

The_______________ is a lower level plan that describes who needs to be informed and when. It is the lifeblood of any successful acquisition.

Supporting and improving organizational policy development, research and developmental activities, management and administration, and decision making define what type of service contract?

Stakeholder Advice Catergories include:

Describing requirements, evaluating performance and quality, and assigning responsibility for assessing performance/quality are part of administrative service challenges.

You should use performance based acquisition methods to the maximum extent practicable, except for architect-engineer services (for construction), services that are incidental to supply purchases, construction and ________________.

Exchanges of information among all interested parties, from the earliest identification of a requirement through receipt of proposals, are not encouraged.

When can a KO make the decision to do a total set-aside for small business?

What is the Government's policy on providing opportunties to small businesses?

Personal Services and Non Personal Services fall under which category below?

Examples of non-cost or non-price factors that fall under quality include all of the following except:

Agencies with similar needs may be able to provide lessons learned and best practices for market research information.

The following characteristics describe supplies; intangible, identifiable task, have more complex and ambiguous production process, evaluation criteria may be more subjective.

When may agencies contract for advisory and assistance services?

Acknowledgement/Agreement, sponsorship/support, uncertainty/confusion and resistance are types of what?

The members of the _________________ are going to be doing the work and will ultimately determine the success or failure of the acquisition.

The following make up components of market research: Defining segments, develop data, understanding value chain and cost drivers, __________________ and _______________.

Supplies have all the following characteristics except:

How is the price calculated in a fixed price contract?