Which of the following refers to any influence that induces or tends to induce a government employee or officer to give consideration or to act regarding a government contract on any basis other than the merits of the matter?
Answer(s): C
A Bona fide employee is a person employed by a contractor and subject to the contractor's supervision and control as to time, place, and manner of performance, who neither exerts nor proposes to exert improper influence to solicit or obtain government contracts nor holds out as being able to obtain any government contract or contracts through improper influence. Contingent fee refers to any commission, percentage, brokerage, or other fee that is contingent upon the success that a person or concern has in securing a government contract. Improper influence refers to any influence that induces or tends to induce a government employee or officer to give consideration or to act regarding a government contract on any basis other than the merits of the matter.
A Bona fide employee is a person employed by a contractor who is authorized to collect contingent fees.
Answer(s): B
Which of the following refers to the act of submitting an offer below anticipated costs, expecting to increase the contract amount after award or receive follow-on contracts at artificially high prices to recover losses incurred on the buy- in contract?
Answer(s): D
Buying-in refers to the act of submitting an offer below anticipated costs, expecting to increase the contract amount after award or receive follow-on contracts at artificially high prices to recover losses incurred on the buy-in contract. Buying-in may decrease competition or result in poor contract performance, therefore the government contracting officer would be expected to take appropriate action to ensure buying-in losses are not recovered by the contractor.
Buying- in may:
Kickback may be in the form of (choose all that apply):
Answer(s): A,B,C,D,E,F
thing of value, compensation of any kind .Kickback refers to any money, fee, commission, credit, gift, gratuity, thing of value, or compensation of any kind which is provided, directly or indirectly, to any prime contractor, prime contractor employee, subcontractor, or subcontractor employee for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract or in connection with a subcontract relating to a prime contract.
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