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DOD KO Requirements - ANS ✓DFARS 201.603-2 tells us that in order to qualify to serve as a contracting officer with authority to award or administer contracts for amounts above the simplified acquisition threshold, a person must: -Have completed all contracting courses required for a contracting officer to serve in the grade in which the employee or member of the armed forces will serve. -Have at least 2 years experience in a contracting position. -Have received a baccalaureate degree from an accredited educational institution. -Meet such additional requirements, based on the dollar value and complexity of the contracts awarded or administered in the position, as may be established by the Secretary of Defense. -DFARS 201.603-2(2) also lists several exceptions and amplifications to the above qualifications for contracting officer appointments. FAR 1.602-2 - ANS ✓Contracting officers are responsible for ensuring
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DOD KO Requirements - ANS ✓DFARS 201.603-2 tells us that in order to qualify to serve as a contracting officer with authority to award or administer contracts for amounts above the simplified acquisition threshold, a person must:
FAR 1.602-2(c) - ANS ✓Contracting officers shall request and consider the advice of specialists in audit, law, engineering, information security , transportation, and other fields, as appropriate. FAR 1.602-2(d) - ANS ✓states that contracting officers shall designate CORs in writing and furnish copies to the contractor and the contract administration office. Which part of the FAR gives the best guidance for personal conflict of interest? - ANS ✓FAR part 3 Which part of the FAR gives the best guidance for organizational conflict of interest? - ANS ✓FAR part 9 FAR 1.102-4(e) - ANS ✓states that contracting officers "should take the lead in encouraging business process innovations and ensuring that business decisions are sound." FAR 1.102-2(c)(2) - ANS ✓tells us the contracting system must focus on "risk management" rather than "risk avoidance." The cost to the taxpayer of attempting to eliminate all risk is prohibitive. The contracting system should allow contracting professionals to take independent action based on their professional judgment. Along these lines, contracting professionals should exercise discretion, use sound business judgment, and comply with applicable laws and regulations in dealing with contractors and prospective contractors. All contractors and prospective contractors should be treated fairly and impartially but need not be treated the same. FAR 1.102-2(c) - ANS ✓Instructs that the business of acquisition should be conducted with openness. FAR 1.102-2(c)(1) - ANS ✓Goes on to say that not only must the system have integrity, but the actions of each member of the team must reflect integrity, fairness, and openness. Openness for the contracting officer applies primarily to? - ANS ✓The Acquisition Team, Contractors, Offerors, The Contracting Team FAR 1.102-2(a) - ANS ✓tells contracting professionals that a guiding principle of the Federal Acquisition System is to satisfy customers in terms of cost, quality, and timeliness of the delivered product or service.
Prior to negotiating a sole source contract, the contracting officer must complete a? - ANS ✓Justification and Approval SF 26 - Award/Contract Form - ANS ✓Used to award negotiated contracts in which signatures of both parties on a single document is appropriate. SF 30 - Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract Form - ANS ✓Used to amend any solicitation or modify any contract. SF 33 - Solicitation, Offer, and Award - ANS ✓May be used to award either negotiated contracts or contracts utilizing sealed bidding. SF 44 Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher - ANS ✓Used for simplified acquisitions at or below the micro-purchase threshold, except for purchases under unusual and compelling urgency or in support of contingency operations. SF 1409 - Abstract of Offers - ANS ✓Prescribed for use in recording bids. SF 1442, Solicitation, Offer, and Award (Construction, Alteration or Repair)
DD 1861 - Contract Facilities Capital Cost of Money - ANS ✓Used to estimate the facilities capital cost of money and capital employed ( used in conjunction with the CASB-CMF and cost of money factors). FAR 5.101(a)(1) states that contracting officers must disseminate information on proposed contract actions as follows: - ANS ✓-For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $25,000, by synopsizing in the Government- wide Point of Entry (GPE).