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Sierra, a Procurement Director is developing her department's Continuity of Operations Plan.
Which step should she do first to determine her departments essential functions?
o Call a similar public entity and ask for a copy of their continuity of o...
Sierra, a Procurement Director is developing her department's Continuity of Operations Plan.
Which step should she do first to determine her departments essential functions?
o Call a similar public entity and ask for a copy of their continuity of operation plan
o Ask her customers what functions are most important to them
o Document then list all procurement functions
o Ask other entities who have experienced a disaster what their essential functions are -
answer✔Document then list all procurement functions
True or false. Joint bid purchases and piggyback purchases are the same thing. Explain. -
answer✔False. Joint bid purchases is when agencies purchase the same item or service using one
solicitation for both agencies. The agency is a part of the solicitation and contract. Piggy back
purchases is when an agency uses a contract that was solicited by another agency, state, or
cooperative bidding process. The agency is often not involved in the original bidding process,
however, does have an addendum to use the contract.
Price fixing, bid rigging and restraints of trade are prohibited by this first of its kind federal act.
A. Federal Trade Commission
B. Adam Clayton Powell Act
C. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
D. Robinson-Patman Act - answer✔Sherman Anti-Trust Act
What is the bidder's obligation when a bid that was accepted by the agency contained minor
clerical errors?
A. The bidder must void the contract.
B. The bidder must perform the contract.
C. The purchaser cannot allow the bidder to make corrections.
D. The court must make a decision on this matter. - answer✔The bidder must perform the
contract.
1. What is the name of the principle(not the rule) that is indicated by this statistic?
2. Provide an example of how this principle relates to procurement. - answer✔1. The Pareto
Principle
2. An example of how this principle relates to procurement would be, "80% of purchasing cost is
created by 20% of the purchase orders issued."
The three types of competition found in the market place are:
A. Inexact, impure and monastic
B. Exact, pure and monopoly
C. Exact, pure and monotheistic
D. Pure, imperfect and monopoly - answer✔Pure, imperfect and monopoly
Explain the difference between the implied warranties of merchantability and of fitness for a
particular purpose. - answer✔Implied warranties of merchantability is a warranty that exists
because vendor sells goods that meet some industry standard.
Fitness for a particular purpose is the seller, at time of contract, has reason to know that the buyer
wants the goods for a particular purpose and the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment
to select or furnish suitable goods
The Statute of Frauds is a 1677 device passed by the English Parliament and carried down to us
by common law and the actions of state legislatures that: - answer✔Requires certain promises
and agreements to be evidenced in writing
Procurement has internal and external customers. Internal customers include using departments,
upper management, elected officials and the procurement colleagues in our own office.
Excluding any form of vendor, supplier, bidder, sales rep., manufacturer, etc., name two other
external customers. - answer✔Local communities (citizens)
Government
When selecting committee members to conduct an RFP evaluation, what's one of the most
important questions that each person should be asked before they begin reviewing the proposals?
- answer✔Are there any conflicts of interest?
Statutes, ordinances, charters, rules, regulations, policies and procedures are all examples of:
A. Administrative law
B. Legislative law
C. Enabling legislation
D. Contract terms and conditions - answer✔Enabling legislation
A latent defect is one:
A. That is detected at the time of purchase.
B. That is detected at the time of receipt.
C. That is detected during installation.
D. That surfaces after a product has been in use. - answer✔That surfaces after a product has been
in use.
A buyer is also the System Administrator for the automated procurement system in his agency.
He is reviewing a recent printout of operating statistics and notices that the length of time from
receipt of a purchase requisition to issuance of the purchase order has increased for the second
quarter in a row. Which of the following actions should he take prior to making a
recommendation to his supervisor to reverse this trend?
A. Conduct a benchmarking study to determine the average length of time for other comparable
agencies
B. Talk to Human Resources about the possibility of hiring more staff
C. Review the workload-per-buyer statistics and see if a reallocation of responsibilities is needed
D. Run the statistical analysis three more times to see if it was just an error - answer✔Review the
workload-per-buyer statistics and see if a reallocation of responsibilities is needed
The job of the Contract Administrator is:
A. Issue the contract and support the efforts of the finance officer who then manages the contract
through to completion.
B. Ensure the contractor submits a valid contract for signature by the proper procurement
personnel.
C. Ensure the terms of the contract are met and the interests of the agency are protected.
D. Be the legal expert available during any protest or negotiation during the contract
development phase. - answer✔Ensure the terms of the contract are met and the interests of the
agency are protected.
In public contracting, competency refers to:
A. Persons representing the vendor.
B. Persons of any age entering into a contract.
C. Only procurement officials.
D. Persons mentally capable and of the age as allowed by law. - answer✔Persons mentally
capable and of the age as allowed by law.
Which of the following is not an essential purpose of inspection?
A. To determine if the product should be stored in a warehouse system.
B. To ensure the quality of the goods received.
C. To verify that product specifications have been met.
D. To proteo protect the using agency from receiving unacceptable goodsct the using agency
from receiving unacceptable goods - answer✔To determine if the product should be stored in a
warehouse system.
An entity issues cell phones for its employees. Initially, employees could request a make and
model of their choosing. Now the entity purchases several different types of phones to meet
employees' requirements. This is causing inefficiencies. What action(s) could be taken to address
and correct the inefficiencies? - answer✔Standardization
Which type of contract pricing is appropriate when market or labor conditions are unstable over
an extended production period?
A. Fixed price incentive
B. Cost plus a fixed fee
C. Firm fixed price
D. Fixed price with escalation - answer✔Fixed price with escalation.
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