6c071 Vol 1 Analysis
- 1.(001) The lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection method
- A.
Permits the use of tradeoffs between price and non-price factors.
- B.
May include non-price factors such as technical and past performance
- C.
Allows the government to accept other than the lowest priced proposal.
- D.
Requires the relative importance of all evaluation factors to be identified in the solicitation
- 2.(001) Which section of a request for proposal (RFP) provides offerors with instructions for proposal preparation?
- A.
Section C
- B.
Section K
- C.
Section L
- D.
Section M
- 3.(001) An offeror’s technical volume is used by offerors to
- A.
Provide offeror representations and certifications.
- B.
Identify previous experience with similar requirements.
- C.
Address how it intends to meet the government’s requirement.
- D.
Demonstrate the financial capacity to complete the subsequent contract.
- 4.(001) What action must be taken if a proposal exceeds established page limitations stated in the solicitation?
- A.
Determine the contractor non-responsive.
- B.
Eliminate the offeror from the competitive range
- C.
Remove pages in excess of the maximum allowed from the back of the proposal.
- D.
Accept the proposal “as is” only if determined to be one of the most highly rated proposals
- 5.(001) Which of the following is true regarding awards made without discussions?
- A.
The government may hold discussions at any time regardless of the request for proposal (RFP) instructions.
- B.
The government is not obligated to notify offerors of its intent to award without discussions.
- C.
It is in the government’s best interest to avoid discussions for time-sensitive acquisitions.
- D.
Discussions may be held with only the most favored offerors still within the competitive range.
- 6.(001) Solicitation evaluation factors are used to distinguish one proposal from another by
- A.
Using discriminators.
- B.
Using non-commercial specifications
- C.
Including as many evaluation factors as possible.
- D.
Tailoring the evaluation criteria contained in Section K
- 7.(001) Price or cost to the government
- A.
Is only evaluated when using tradeoffs.
- B.
Must be evaluated in every source selection.
- C.
May not be used as an evaluation factor when using tradeoffs.
- D.
Is only evaluated when an acquisition is subject to the Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA).
- 8.(001) Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) source selections consider
- A.
Price only
- B.
The acceptability of a product or service only.
- C.
The acceptability of non-price evaluation factors or subfactors.
- D.
The rankings of non-price factor/subfactors and the acceptability of a product or service
- 9.(001) A proposal that meets requirements and indicates an exceptional approach and understanding of the requirements is given what color/rating?
- A.
Green/Good.
- B.
Yellow/Marginal.
- C.
Blue/Outstanding.
- D.
Purple/Acceptable
- 10.(001) Common aspects of past performance relevancy include all of the following except
- A.
Complexity
- B.
Dollar value
- C.
Similarity of service/support.
- D.
Number of contracts performed
- 11.(001) Offerors without a record of relevant past performance will receive what performance confidence rating?
- A.
No Confidence
- B.
Limited Confidence
- C.
Unknown Confidence
- D.
Satisfactory Confidence
- 12.(002) Which of the following methods is not used in support of price analysis?
- A.
Use of weighted guidelines.
- B.
Comparison of proposed prices
- C.
Use of parametric estimating methods
- D.
Analysis of data other than certified cost or pricing data
- 13.(002) Which of the following factors affect comparability during price analysis?
- A.
Type of funding being used.
- B.
. Differences in quantities or size
- C.
Use of federal supply schedules
- D.
Differences in contractor business size
- 14.When the price analysis alone cannot determine a fair and reasonable price,
- A.
The requirement must be cancelled and resolicited.
- B.
Other than certified cost or pricing data may be used.
- C.
use a cost analysis to evaluate data other than certified cost or pricing data.
- D.
Offerors must provide certified cost or pricing data to support the proposed cost
- 15.(002) Which of the following is true regarding the evaluation of past performance?
- A.
Past performance information provided directly by the offeror should not be relied upon
- B.
The past performance evaluation satisfies the responsibility determination required under FAR subpart 9.1.
- C.
Evaluations should take into account past performance information regarding predecessor companies.
- D.
Offerors with demonstrated past performance that is neither relevant nor recent must not be removed from further consideration for award.
- 16.(002) Technical analysis of offeror proposals should
- A.
Analyze each offeror’s profit margin
- B.
Only be conducted by the contract officer (CO).
- C.
Review each offeror’s experience on similar projects
- D.
Examine the types and quantities of materials proposed
- 17.(002) Which of the following is true when determining the competitive range?
- A.
Only the top five firms should be included in the competitive range
- B.
A proposal may be included in the competitive range even though it is not among the most highly rated
- C.
. Include only those proposals within 20 percent of the most favorable proposal in the competitive range
- D.
Limit the number of proposals to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated proposals
- 18.(002) Communications are held after receipt of proposals to
- A.
Negotiate prices with only those offerors who are in the competitive range
- B.
Determine whether or not a proposal should be placed in the competitive range
- C.
Identify proposal deficiencies and allow offerors to revise its proposal accordingly
- D.
Discuss aspects of an offeror’s proposal that could, in the opinion of the CO, be altered to materially enhance the proposal’s potential for award
- 19.Which of the following is incorrect regarding discussions?
- A.
Discussions allow for revisions to proposals.
- B.
Discussions are used to establish the competitive range.
- C.
Discussions must be held with only those offerors in the competitive range
- D.
Discussions permit offerors to clarify aspects of the proposal that are deficient
- 20.002) What type of exchange does not allow for responses to identified weaknesses, but allows offerors to address apparent minor or clerical errors?
- A.
Discussions.
- B.
Notifications.
- C.
Clarifications.
- D.
Communications
- 21.(003) The overall objective of negotiations is to
- A.
Obtain the lowest price possible.
- B.
. never settle on a price that is outside of the government’s minimum and maximum objective
- C.
Negotiate a contract type with a price providing the greatest incentive for efficient performance
- D.
Negotiate a contract below what the government believes is reasonable for a particular contract requirement while still allowing the contractor to make a profit.
- 22.(003) In noncompetitive negotiations, which price position supports the price believed to be most reasonable based on the government’s analysis?
- A.
Minimum price position.
- B.
Objective price position.
- C.
Median price position
- D.
Maximum price position.
- 23.Which of the following is NOT true regarding negotiations?
- A.
Both parties to a negotiation expect movement by the other party.
- B.
When the price negotiation is based on price analysis, contract officers (CO) are required to analyze profit
- C.
Before entering into competitive discussions, develop separate minimum, objective, and maximum positions for each proposal
- D.
In competitive discussions, minimum contract requirements cannot be changed unless all offerors remaining in the competitive range have an opportunity to revise their proposal
- 24.(003) The inability to compromise may be avoided by
- A.
Using concessions to split any differences
- B.
Threatening to cancel and resolicit the requirement
- C.
Using other non-price factors to take the focus off price alone
- D.
Establishing an opening position that allows room to compromise
- 25.. (003) It may become necessary to walk away from negotiations when
- A.
A reasonable person would consider it to be a bad deal.
- B.
The government will exceed its maximum price position
- C.
The negotiations begin to exceed a reasonable amount of time
- D.
The parties cannot agree on price alone, although it is known that a better deal does not exist.
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