Reporting
These two frequencies are the most common for Commerce contractor progress reports.
What is monthly and quarterly?
This entity has the right to terminate the contract if there was a failure to comply with the conditions of the contract in a timely manner?
What is COMMERCE?
Commerce Program Managers must engage with their contractors at this regular interval.
What is quarterly?
The percentage that contractors can move amounts between nonzero budget categories without an amendment.
What is 10%?
If Louisville Slugger has a contract with the Milwaukee Brewers with many conflicting terms; for example, one contract says the bats will be made from ash trees and the other contract says the bats will be made from oak trees, what rule will a judge use to determine which terms of the disputed contract are actually in the contract?
What is a Knockout Rule?
This contains the Who, What, When, Where, and Why about the expenditures of grant funds.
What are the necessary supporting documents to support grant spending?
Contractors are expected to maintain records related to their contract for this period of time.
What is 6 years?
For contractor with low or medium risk levels the contracting monitoring plan must be reviewed by these staff member(s)
What is the Quality Assurance Manager?
The system that Contractors use to submit for reimbursements that communicates with Commerce’s Contract Management System.
What is Secure Access Washington?
Vane: The smooth feather surface formed by the interlocked pennaceous barbs.
What is the soft part of a feather called?
Reading this will tell you if outcomes reported match the intent of the contract
What is reviewing the Scope of Work?
These folks are also expected to follow the terms of the contract, even if they aren’t the organization with whom the contract exists.
Who are subcontractors?
This tool must be completed every 6 months during the contract period.
What is the periodic risk assessment tool?
True or False: Requests for payment may be submitted in anticipation of services or supplies.
What is False/
All of our contracts are reimbursement based and expenses must have already been incurred for costs to be eligible for reimbursement.
This tasty condiment was once sold as medicine in 1834 to help with indigestion.
What is Ketchup?
This person is responsible for creating the reporting framework in CMS.
Who is the program manager/contract manager?
This is required for changes in the contract that are discussed between the contractor and the contract manager to be binding.
What is an amendment?
This form filled out by the contractor gives the Program Manager baseline information to establish a baseline risk level.
What is the Contractor Information Form?
True or False: All A-19s or electronic requests for reimbursements do not have to be signed by the contractor, only approved by the Contract Manager.
What is False?
All A-19s or electronic requests for reimbursements must be signed. Accounting will not approve without a signature from an authorized representative of the entity.
This monument was originally bound for Spain, but they thought it was too ugly but it's one of the most famous landmarks in the world today!
What is the Effiel Tower?
This can be requested to confirm if expenditures for personnel costs align with the allowable costs.
What are time sheets or time tracking?
True or False: Travel done by contractors/grantees is required to be reimbursed at current state travel reimbursement rates.
What is true?
At these risk levels, a site visit can take place.
What is any risk level?
The contractor may shift funds into a zero-budget category as long as it does not constitute a significant change to the scope of work.
False.
A contractor may not shift funds into a zero-budget category without an amendment.
It won't take long, it's 1/100th of a second. Which is an actual unit of time.
What is a jiffy?