Code of Federal Regulations
Contracts
Oversight
Acts
This and That
100
Contains Instructions for Part 52
What is (FAR) Parts 1-51
100
Provides for a firm price - used when acquiring commercial items
What is Fixed Price Contract
100
FAR Governs these processes
What is Planning and recognition of acquisition Formulation of government Contracts Administration of the contracts published
100
This act gave authority to develop FAR
What is the Federal Procurement Policy Act of 1974
100
The single point where Government business opportunities greater than $25,000, including synopses or proposed contract actions, solicitations, and associated information, can be accessed electronically by the public.
What is Government Point of Entry (GOE)
200
Contains Provisions and Clauses
What is (FAR) Part 52
200
Provides for payment of allowable incurred costs
What is Cost Reimbursable Contract
200
Prepared, Issued, & Maintained
What is FAR Council
200
Establishes government-wide criteria for determining the appropriate legal instrument for funding an extramural activity.
What is the The Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977
200
Do Amendments to the FAR Apply to Pre-Existing Contracts?
What is Only to contracts entered into on or after the date of the amendment, not to pre-existing contracts.
300
FAR is codified
What is Title 48, Chapter 1 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations
300
May be used to acquire supplies and/or services when the exact times and/or exact quantities of future deliveries are not known at the time of contract
What is definite-quantity contracts, requirements contracts, and indefinite-quantity contracts
300
FAR Case Timeline
What is 15 Months
300
(1) Contractual Claims (2) Non-Contractual claims where the plaintiff seeks the return of money paid to the government (3) Non-Contractual claims where the plaintiff asserts that he is entitled to payment by the government.
What is the Tucker Act of 1887
300
Automatic legal process by which an effect or result, or liability or right, is created or extinguished whether the affected party intended it or not.
What is Operation Law
400
General Structure and Sub-parts to Federal Acquisition Regulations
What is 8 Sub-chapters, Appendix, and an Index
400
Schedule Contract Clauses List of Documents, Exhibits, and other Attachments Representations and Instructions
What is Basic Parts of a Government Contract
400
CAAC Representative Members
What is 15 Civilian Agencies
400
Public law enacted for the purpose of encouraging the competition for the award of all types of government contracts.
What is the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (CICA)
400
The FAR falls under the guidance of this branch of the government
What is the Executive Branch
500
52.249-5
What is Termination for Convenience of the Government (Educational and Other Nonprofit Institutions)
500
Appropriate when a firm-fixed-price contract is not appropriate and the required supplies or services can be acquired at lower costs and, in certain instances, with improved delivery or technical performance, by relating the amount of profit or fee payable under the contract to the contractor’s performance
What is Incentive Contracts
500
Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP)
What is Chair of FAR Council
500
Termination for Convenience Clause read into contract by operation law, even though clause had been deliberately omitted
What is the Christine Doctrine
500
Relationship Between the FAR and a Federal Contract
What is the FAR applies only to Federal Agencies, while the contract applies to both the agency and the contractor.
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