ESC PRISM ERROR/REPORTING
ESC PRISM
Policy
Small Business
Miscellaneous
100

The error that is received when the LOA on an ESC PRISM document has no funding in Delphi.

What is an "Absolute Funds Check" error?

100

Where Electronic files are stored in ESC PRISM.

What is "Supporting Documents"?

100

A procurement action by an unwarranted government employee that obligates the government requires this follow-up action.

What is a ratification?

100

Regulations regarding Small Business Programs can be found in this part of the FAR

What is FAR Part 19

100

The document used by Contracting Officers to appoint a contracting officer’s representative.

What is a COR appointment letter?

200

Type of help ticket needed for adding or changing users in ESC PRISM.

What is a "User Access Request" or UAR?

200

Delphi ignores this type of CLIN (Value) from ESC PRISM

What is "Zero Dollar"?

200

The system that must be checked by contracting staff prior to award to ensure a vendor is actively registered and has no tax liens.

What is SAM?

200

A certificate issued by the SBA stating that the holder is responsible for the purpose of receiving and performing a specific Government contract.

What is a Certificate of Competency

200

A written agreement completed and signed by both employee and supervisor with terms of telework arrangement. 

What is a Telework Agreement?

300

The vendor address site code required in the document to avoid it being automatically disapproved by the Financial Interface.

What is "MARAD"

300

The field in an ESC PRISM award that tells Delphi who approves invoices.

What is "Invoice Approver"?

300

This is the document that authorizes a contracting officer to obligate award actions on behalf of the Government.

What is a warrant?

300

There is _______ of precedence among the 8(a) Program, HUBZone Program, SDVOSB, or WOSB programs.

What is no order

300

Obligation(s) in excess of available funds, Expenditure in excess of available funds and a contract or obligation in advance of appropriations. 

What is an "Anti-Deficiency Act violation"?

400

If an award or requisition has more than one of this in the CLIN, the document will release but not get obligated by Delphi and would need to be cancelled because of the error.

What is a "Line of Accounting" or LOA?

400

Type of funding set up in ESC PRISM for reimbursable funding.

What is "Project Accounting"

400

This is the Department of Transportation’s “How to” for contract administration.

What is the TAM?

400

The acronym NAICS is spelled out using these words

What is North American Classification System?

400

Contracting officers shall give Members of Congress, upon their request, detailed information regarding any contract.

What is "Congressional notification"?

500

Doing this to a requisition manually will keep the commitment open in Delphi and not have it available for award.

What is "closing"?

500

Term used for process of changing LOA information on a released award using a Requisition for Modification.

What is "Copy/Cancel"?

500

This Congressional act requires agencies to improve their program management activities.

What is the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act?

500

The 4 small business types goals are tracked for and their respective FY19 percentages

What is- Hubzone-3%, SDVOSB-3%, Woman Owned-5%, and Small Disadvantaged- 5%

500

The inducement to a contract: the cause, motive, price or impelling influence that a party enters a contract.

What is "consideration"?