Maximizes contractor's incentive to control costs because contractor assumes all cost risk.
What is Firm Fixed Price?
100
The contract form used to issue modifications
What is Standard Form 30 (SF 30)?
100
Used to compensate the Government for probable damages caused by late delivery or untimely performance of a particular construction contract
What are Liquidated Damages?
100
This is the year that the Kansas City District was established
What is 1907?
200
Small Business Programs
What is FAR Part 19?
200
Most beneficial for use with long-term contracts for commercial supplies during a period of high inflation
What is Fixed Price Economic Price Adjustment (FPEPA)?
200
A unilateral contract change in writing that does not affect the substantive rights of the parties
What is an administrative change?
200
For a construction progress payment, this the maximum percentage of retainage that may be withheld
What is 10%?
200
The NWK Civil Works Boundaries include portions of these 5 states
What are Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado?
300
Contract Financing
What is FAR Part 32?
300
No other type of contract is suitable and the contractor is obliged to make a good faith effort to meet the Government's needs within the ceiling price.
What is Time & Materials (T&M)?
300
A unilateral change made by the contracting officer within the general scope of the contract requiring the contractor to continue performance of the contract as changed.
What is a change order?
300
Award of a contract for military construction shall be approved by the District Commander when it exceeds the IGE by this amount
What is 15%?
300
In addition to the Divisions and Districts, USACE has these four Centers
What are the Army Geospacial Center, Humphreys Engineer Center, Huntsville Engineer Center and Engineer Research and Development Center?
400
Application of Labor Laws to Government Acquisitions
What is FAR Part 22?
400
A prohibited contracting method that encourages the contractor to expend more funds for a higher fee.
What is Cost Plus Percentage of Cost (CPPC)?
400
Something of value exchanged for something else to make substantive modifications binding.
What is consideration?
400
When using Design Build, this approach can only be used for military construction or unspecified minor military construction and must be approved IAW ECB 2012-23
What is the Single Phase Design-Build Approach?
400
This is the USACE Motto which means "Let Us Try"
What is Essayons?
500
Use of Government Sources by Contractors
What is FAR Part 51?
500
A cost type contract where relating fee to performance (e.g. actual costs) would be unworkable or of marginal utility and where contractors can realize a higher rate of return (i.e., fee divided by total cost) as total cost decreases.
What is Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF)?
500
A modification to a contract is authorized when the work anticipated within the modification meets this standard.
What is within scope?
500
These construction contracts cannot be awarded if the contract price will exceed the IGE by more than 25%
What are Civil Works Construction Contracts?
500
While NWK has Military, Civil and Environmental Missions, this is the primary reason the District was formed.
What is to ensure a navigational channel on the Missouri River?