CLM 003

The intentional disclosure of an offeror's proposed cost and technical information prior to contract award is:

All answers are correct.

Government and contractor personnel work side by side on the Zephyr project in a government office building. Emails were sent out to remind all employees (government and contractor) of the offsite dinner to celebrate Administrative Assistants' Day. Which of the following statements violates ethical principles?

All violate ethical principles.

A retired Colonel in the Army has been hired by Acme Corporations, 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 Office.

You are the Program Manager for the Defense Logistics Agency's new procurement activity. You recently met individually with all bidders on a new procurement project. In one of those meetings you accidentally made one of the bidders aware that his company's bid was too high. You should:

Dump your blunder on the desk of the Contracting Officer.

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.

You are a government Program Manger an you suspect the contractor's test results stated in the new procurement proposal are inaccurate. You should:

Report up the chain of command that the data which the contractor used in the proposal may be flawed.

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 project 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.

You are the 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 you 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 conversation you had with the Acme Project Manager in writing to your supervisor and to the ethics officer.