8. A noncommercial contract is contemplated that will contain a base year and four options. It is anticipated that the value of the base year will be $500,000 and that each option year will be worth $500,000. The contract will be an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a guaranteed minimum of $3,000. Is the clause at DFARS 252.205-7000, Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders, required? 9. Who is responsible for returning bid samples that have not been destroyed in testing to bidders when requested as required by FAR 14.202-4(g)(1)? 10. A contracting officer issues a solicitation on January 9, 2015 that requests offers by February 9, 2015. The expected of the acquisition is $5 million. On January 19, 2015, the FAR is changed to require a new contract clause in solicitations and contracts valued above the simplified acquisition threshold. The Federal Register notice accompanying the final rule is silent on whether current solicitations must be amended to incorporate the new clause. Does the CO have to amend the solicitation to include the new clause? 11. Who is responsible for notifying Congress as described at FAR 6.302-7(c)(2) when applicable? Determining the Applicability of Rules Thus far, you have begun to develop the critical skills of researching and interpreting the regulations. The next critical skill you need to develop is the ability to determine the applicability of a given rule to a given acquisition. Perhaps the most common mistake made by novice readers of the FAR is to misapply a rule to an acquisition. As such, you must be observant of the breadth of a given rule and the relevant facts about a given acquisition. According to FAR 1.104, the FAR applies to all as defined in FAR part 2, “acquisitions” except where expressly excluded. However, most of the individual rules contained in the FAR apply to a defined subset of all acquisitions. The subset may be defined, for example, in terms of
8. A noncommercial contract is contemplated that will contain a base year and four options. It is anticipated that the value of the base year will be $500,000 and that each option year will be worth $500,000. The contract will be an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract with a guaranteed minimum of $3,000. Is the clause at DFARS 252.205-7000, Provision of Information to Cooperative Agreement Holders, required? 9. Who is responsible for returning bid samples that have not been destroyed in testing to bidders when requested as required by FAR 14.202-4(g)(1)? 10. A contracting officer issues a solicitation on January 9, 2015 that requests offers by February 9, 2015. The expected of the acquisition is $5 million. On January 19, 2015, the FAR is changed to require a new contract clause in solicitations and contracts valued above the simplified acquisition threshold. The Federal Register notice accompanying the final rule is silent on whether current solicitations must be amended to incorporate the new clause. Does the CO have to amend the solicitation to include the new clause? 11. Who is responsible for notifying Congress as described at FAR 6.302-7(c)(2) when applicable? Determining the Applicability of Rules Thus far, you have begun to develop the critical skills of researching and interpreting the regulations. The next critical skill you need to develop is the ability to determine the applicability of a given rule to a given acquisition. Perhaps the most common mistake made by novice readers of the FAR is to misapply a rule to an acquisition. As such, you must be observant of the breadth of a given rule and the relevant facts about a given acquisition. According to FAR 1.104, the FAR applies to all “acquisitions” as defined in FAR part 2, except where expressly excluded. However, most of the individual rules contained in the FAR apply to a defined subset of all acquisitions. The subset may be defined, for example, in terms of
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