Ethics of acquisition

Government Purchase Card holder Linda Hamilton needs to purchase weapon safety training for her team the spending limit is set at which of the following?

25,000

If you suspect fraud on your Government Purchase Card account, you should immediately:

Contact the card-issuing bank, APC, and local Procurement Fraud Advisor.

Who is responsible for ensuring that Government Purchase Card transactions are authorized and that the billing statement is complete for certification?

Approving/Certifying Official.

A retired Colonel in the Army has been hired by Acme Corporation, Aviation Weapons Division, to be an expert consultant for all new weapons procurement activity. Eight months prior in his last official role in the Army, the Colonel was the Chief Contracting Officer for all new weapons procurement activity. You are the Program Manager for the government on an upcoming new weapons procurement project. You should:

Be aware of his new role, and if he attempts to communicate with you, raise your concern to your boss or the Contracting Officer.

A cardholder obtains goods and services for personal use. The delivery address is the employee''s home, and a third party cannot confirm receipt of materials. The cardholder also advises merchant to split transactions to ensure they do not exceed the cardholder''s single purchase limit.

Cardholder fraud

A Congresswoman from the 3rd District testified on Capitol Hill about the poor results of tests performed by the contractor on the new procurement project. Afterwards, in a meeting with the contractor's Project Manager, you, the government Program Manager, learn that the tests results were negatively flawed because the testing tools were not calibrated properly. You should:

Explain the situation clearly up the government's chain of command.

Contractors may use a Government employee''s Government Purchase Card as long as the Contracting Office authorizes its use and the contractor notifies the Contracting Officer of all purchases made by the contractor during the billing period.

False

True or False. An Approving Officer responsible for originating, approving, or processing the requirement for a check may be also a convenience check custodian.

False

Which of the following is not true of core ethical principles for government and contractor acquisition professionals?

Federal agencies usually make a conscious choice to give preferential treatment to contractor partners.

Which of the following steps should you take first when a GPC is lost or stolen?

Immediately notify in the card-issuing bank, the APC, the Approving Official, and Supervisor.

Which of the following are transactions intended for government use but were not, or did not appear to be, for a purpose permitted by law?

Improper Transactions

You are a government Program Manager who is responsible for the Sure Shot Air to Air Missile Program. The Acme Corporation, Aviation Weapons Division, is developing a preliminary technical feasibility study for the Sure Shot under a $5 million government contract. You are nearing retirement and you have provided your resume to a Professional Job Search Company (a so-called "headhunter"). The Headhunter calls you up and advises that he has arranged an interview with the Sea Systems Division of the Acme Company. The interview, however, did not result in a job offer. You should:

Now that your representative (the headhunter) has informed you that it contacted Acme on your behalf, you must immediately recuse yourself from taking ANY action on the Acme Sure Short contract and submit a notice of disqualification.

When purchasing a product on EPA's CPG list, the product must contain:

Recycled material

___ includes communications on behalf of another person made with the intent to influence a ___ employee.

Representation/government Wrong!! None of these answers are correct.

An increase to a cardholder''s monthly limit must be submitted to the APC by:

The Supervisor

Two companies, Alpha and Beta, submitted proposals in response to a Request for Proposals, which would make award to the low price, technically acceptable offer. After evaluation of the offers, discussions were held with each company. Beta's initial proposal was 20% lower than Alpha's. During discussions, a contracting officer told Alpha that its price was "too high" and that "you need to come down by about 20%." In its final proposal, Alpha lowered its price by 25% and won the contract. Which of the following is true?

The actions of the Contracting Officer probably violate the Procurement Integrity Act, and the Contracting Officer is subject to both criminal sanctions and administrative action.

Government and contractor personnel work side by side on the Beta project in a contractor's work space. Due to the tremendous progress that has been made in the project, both the government program manager and the contractor's project manager decide to reward their employees. The contractor's project manager decides to give his employees the afternoon off. The government's program manager decides to grant federal employees a 59- minute early dismissal. Which of the following statements is correct?

The contractor may not charge the time off to the government contract

True or False. All purchases $3,000 and less are maintained for three years

True

True or False. In addition to corrective or disciplinary action, military personnel who misuse their government charge cards may have their access to classified information modified or revoked if warranted in the interests of national security.

True

True or False. Termination of Approving Official accounts results in the termination of all cardholder accounts assigned to them.

True

True or False. The DD Form 1556 is the correct form used for Purchasing Training with the GPC

True

True or False. The cardholder''s requiring activity is responsible for telling the cardholder that the "ship-to" point for the item is in an area in which commercial deliveries will not be possible.

True

Any increase to a cardholder's monthly or office purchase limits must be coordinated between which two individuals?

Wrong!! Approving Official and the Supervisor

Which of the following is an example of contractor/merchant fraud?

Wrong!!Billing items not delivered

Which of the following statements is correct?

You do not have to accept a $20 gift if you think someone would question it.

You are a contracting officer and you have just finished evaluating the initial offers of several companies competing for award of a contract to design and construct a new Air to Ground missile. Three companies, Acme, Beta and Charlie, have submitted offers and you discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the initial proposals with each company individually. At the close of face-to-face discussions with Acme, the Acme Project Manager asks whether you've ever had any interest in working in the private sector, noting that "we make a lot more money than you do. "Concerned that this might be an employment discussion, you ask whether he's offering you a job. The Project Manager replies,"Oh, no; I don't have any authority to make job offers. But here's the phone number for our Personnel Director. I'll tell her to expect your call." You declare, "Absolutely not! I am happy working for the government." Which of the following actions is correct?

You must immediately report the details of the conversation you had with the Acme Project Manager in writing to your supervisor and to the ethics officer.