FAR
Primary FAR Part addressing commercial products and service acquisitions
Template used to document <SAT acquisitions prior to issuance of RFQ
What is Simplified Acquisition Pre-Solicitation Strategy
Only individual authorized to bind the government with a contract
Who is Contracting Officer (warranted)
Micro-purchase threshold (Supplies)
What is $15,000
Required elements of supply PR package
What is funding document (UPR), IGE, description of supplies (salient characteristics)
FAR Part that governs competition requirements in federal contracting
What is FAR Part 6
Performance document that becomes part of the contract and specifies performance outcomes and measurable results rather than prescribing processes
What is Performance Work Statement (PWS)
Contract type that places greatest cost risk on the contractor?
What is Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP)
Micro-purchase threshold (Services)
What is $2,500
Required elements of a <SAT service PR package
What is funding document (UPR), IGE, PWS/SOW/SOO, IGF determination
Promote competition to the maximum extent practicable under this FAR method
What is Simplified Acquisition Procedures
Source selection approach trades off non-price factors against price to achieve best value
What is tradeoff (Part 15) or price and other factors (Part 13)
Prohibits obligating funds in excess of or in advance of appropriations
What is the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA)
Micro-purchase threshold (construction)
What is $2,000
Required elements of an >SAT service PR package
What is funding document (UPR), IGE, PWS/SOW/SOO, QASP, IGF determination, NPS certification
Ordering instructions for Indefinite-Delivery Contracts can be found at this FAR subpart
What is FAR 16.505
Basis for award should reflect this RFQ language
What is FAR 52.212-2 Addendum
Federal system used to record and retrieve contractor past performance evaluations
What is CPARS
Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)
What is $350,000
Fair and Reasonable price determination may be based on
What is market research, previous purchases, price lists, similar items in related industry, IGE, KO knowledge, any other reasonable basis
Use of a procedure that is inconsistent with the FAR
What is Class Deviation
Order of precedence that applies for resolving inconsistencies in solicitations and contracts for commercial products/services (hint: clauses)
What are FAR 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 (as tailored in the solicitation)
Contracting Officer Representative (COR) must be appointed within 3 days of award in this system
What is Joint Appointment Module (JAM)
Threshold for simplified procedures for certain commercial products/services (FAR 13.5)
What is $9M
Actions that require legal review
What are >SAT solicitations/amendments, >SAT contract actions, sole source justifications, all D&Fs