Some activity extended beyond original plan, but no extension to contract completion date.
What is an activity delay?
100
This defines the limits of the authority that the holder has to bind the Government.
What is a warrant?
100
Contracting officers and resident engineers, within the limits of their warrants.
Who has the authority to issue modifications?
100
Government employees are presumed to act this way.
What is in good faith?
200
Any evaluation of offeror proposals must be in accordance with this document.
What is the solicitation?
200
Time during which the entire construction project is extended beyond the planned contract completion date.
What is project delay/suspension?
200
The compiliation of documentation that the government is required to provide to the CBCA 30 days after an appeal is filed.
What is the Rule 4 file?
200
Formal, deductive, constructive.
What are some types of changes?
200
These last forever and are subject to discovery...submission to contractor's attorneys.
What are e-mails?
300
Any source selection decision should be reasonable and fully _________.
What is documented?
300
Unusually severe weather, sovereign acts, contract modifications - to name a few.
What are some causes of delay?
300
This should always be done when presented with differing internal estimates for the cost of work on a contract.
What is investigate and be able to explain why there are differing estimates? Ignoring the estimates is NOT an option.
300
The FAR requires a contractor to do this when provided with a contract modification, even if they disagree with it, subject to some exceptions.
What is a duty to proceed?
300
Document production - including electronic information, interrogatories, and depositions.
What are some types of discovery?
400
The Supreme Court decision that requires VA to adhere to the Rule of Two.
What is Kingdomware?
400
Excusable and compensable; excusable and non-compensable; inexcusable; concurrent
What are the types of delay?
400
Language which must be included in each supplemental agreement to protect the Government from further liability for costs/time.
What is accord and satisfaction and/or release language?
400
Changed work essentially the same; no material difference between original contract and modified contract.
What is work within the scope of a contract?
400
I CARE
What are VA's core values?
500
Not the Falcons.
Who won Super Bowl LI?
500
The only way to determine, with certainty, whether there has been a project delay.
What is a properly updated CPM schedule?
500
This is a ground for a termination for default.
What is a failure to provide a performance bond or failure to complete by the completion date or continual lagging performance or abandonment/anticipatory repudiation?
500
10% overhead and profit on first $20k
7.5% overhead and profit on next $30k
5% overhead and profit on balance over $50k
What are the VAAR limitations on o/h and profit for changes under $500,000?
500
"To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan"