This first volume of CDC provides you with the basic information required for upgrade to the 5 skill level in the contracting career field. The information in this course is general in nature and is not intended to serve as a detailed guideline for accomplishing the various duties and tasks you perform as an Air Force contracting journeyman.
Permissive acts, Administrative acts, and legal acts
Enabling acts, procedural acts, and permissive acts
Permissive acts, Administrative acts, and appropriations acts
Enabling acts and procedural acts, authorization acts, and appropriations acts
Small Business Administration (SBA)
General Services Administration (GSA)
United States Department of Labor (DOL)
Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled
Agent
Principal
Third party
Agent and third party
Explicit language, written or oral, from the principal to the agent
Information that flows from the third-party to the agent
Information that flows from the agent to the third-party
The principle's tolerance of the agent's conduct
Spelled out in oral or written authority when referring to minor details
Necessary or incidental to carrying out the express authority
Created by explicit language either in writing or orally
Option 4
The government from acting as an agent for the contractor
Contractors from filing a claim based on apparent authority
A party from taking action which the party is legally entitled to take
A party from asserting a fact or claim inconsistent with a position that party previously took
Government knew or should have known the true facts
Contractor did not know and should not have known the true facts
Government intended that the contractor rely on the acts of the government
Contractor did not reasonably and innocently rely on the acts of the government
The offeror may not direct the offer to a class of person or to a public intending that any member of the class of public have the power to accept.
The intended offeree means in all cases there is one, and only one, specific offeree in whom the power of acceptance is vested
The offeror may not direct the offer to more than one person
Only the intended offeree can accept the offer
Until the expiration of a reasonable time
Until acceptance takes place
Indefinitely
For 30 days
Revocation
Termination
Cancellation
Breach of contract
Allowing the acceptance period to expire
Having no intention of being bound
Proposing a counter offer
Delaying performance
Only that time, place, or means constitutes acceptance
Only the offeree may change the time, place, or means of communication
A different time, manner, and other condition for acceptance may be chosen
The offeree may communicate orally, even if the offeror communicated in writing
Single and mutual
Single and bilateral
Unilateral with knowledge and bilateral
Unilateral without knowledge and bilateral
Detriment
Sufficiency
Acceptance
Consideration
Actual worth or a promise or an act is more than the offer has the right to commit
Consideration has enough value to induce the other party to perform
Whether the bargain involves the concepts of benefit and detriment
Consideration in the exchange is a fair bargain
The government to interpret the duties and obligations to be performed by either party
Each contractor to interpret the duties and obligations to be performed by either party
The courts to interpret the duties and obligations to be performed by either party
Each party to interpret its own duties and obligations to be performed
Having an unsound mind
Ensuring business is not conducted with minors
Having the ability to recognize defective corporations
Having the mental capacity to understand the intent to be bound
Lawful if not challenged with 120 days
Unlawful, void, and will not be enforced
Lawful only to the party that made the offer
Unlawful, but may be enforced under some situations
Unauthorized commitment
Unpriced purchase order
Contract dispute
Ratification
Availability of funds that were available at the time the unauthorized commitment was made
Contracting officer (CO) determining the price to be fair and reasonable
Government not obtaining a benefit from the performance
CO recommending payment and legal counsel concurs
Issue the solicitation
Begin negotiations
Ratify the contract
Issue a contract
Issue the solicitation
Make the decision to award
Hold pre-construction meeting
Request final proposal revisions
An interested party
The next low bidder
All responsible bidders
The next low small business bidder
The Comptroller General or the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Either the appropriate agency or the Comptroller General
The appropriate agency or US Court of Appeals
Either the appropriate agency or the GAO
Part 12
Part 17
Part 33
Part 36
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