Biz & Kt Clearance
Biz & Kt Clearance II
Hodge Podge
Thresholds
Just For Fun - Movies
100

For competitive acquisitions, approval to issue the solicitation

What is Business Clearance?

100

For PEO and Enterprise contracting, business and contract clearance are required for actions greater than or equal to this threshold.

What is $5M?

100

Movie based on a true story about international arms dealers who won U.S. Military contracts starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller.

What is War Dogs?

100
$250,000

What is the SAT?

100

The number of Infinity Stones.

What is Six?

200

For competitive acquisitions conducted w/out discussions, approval by the CAA for the SSA to make the decision to award.

What is Contract Clearance?

200

When a Contracting Official is the SSA for a particular acquisition, the CAA must be this individual.

What is a level above the Contracting Official?

200

A non-competitive action requiring a justification to retain the current or similar product or services as a result of a delay in the negotiation and award of a follow-on contract.

What is a Bridge Contract?

200

$10,000

What is the Micro-Purchase Threshold?

200

In the Matrix, the color pill that Neo took.

The red pill. 
300

For noncompetitive contract actions, approval by the CAA to award a contract or contract modification. 

What is Contract Clearance? 

300

The Clearance Approval Authority (CAA) > or equal to $1B.

Who is the DAS(C) / ADAS(C)? 

300

Report used for Congressional notification and public announcement of contract awards that exceed the DoD threshold of $7.5M.

What is a 1279?

300

The two ratification approval authorities and the values.

What is the SCO for actions equal to or greater than $30K and the COCO for actions less than $30K (non-delegable)?

300

He wrote the screenplay for Rocky.

Who is Sylvester Stallone?

400

For noncompetitive contract actions, approval to begin negotiations.

What is Business Clearance?

400

This organization is the SCO and has overall functional responsibility for contracting for the 338 ESS.

What is AFICC/KT?

400

A contract, that by its express terms or as administered, makes the Contractor personnel appear to be, in effect, Government employees.

What is a Personal Services Contract?

400

The thresholds for the use of the SASS.

What is over the SAT but less than $10M?

400

The basketball legend that appeared in the cockpit of Airplane.

Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?

500

At the discretion of the CAA, this is not required when the negotiation team stays within the pre-set negotiation range and the parameters approved at the business clearance.

What is Contract Clearance?

500

At a minimum, these three reviews must be done before requesting CAA.

What is Section Chief, Policy, and Legal?

500

the two Thresholds for an acquisition offered to the SBA under the 8(a) program shall be awarded on the basis of competition for supplies and services.

What is $7M for manufacturing (supplies) and $4.5M for all other acquisitions (to include services)?

500

The two thresholds for small business subcontracting plans in negotiated acquisitions.

What is $750K and $1.5M (Construction)?

500

The first rule of Fight Club. 

What is "You do not talk about Fight Club?"

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