Kickback is provided ONLY DIRECTLY to the prime contractor for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract.
Answer(s): B
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.
Which of the following aims at deterring subcontractors from making payments and contractors from accepting payments for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract or a subcontract relating to a prime contract?
Answer(s): A
The Anti-Kickback Act of 1986 aims at deterring subcontractors from making payments and contractors from accepting payments for the purpose of improperly obtaining or rewarding favorable treatment in connection with a prime contract or a subcontract relating to a prime contract.
A contract file would generally NOT document the basis for the acquisition and the award.
A contract file would generally consist of the contracting office contract file that documents the basis for the acquisition and the award, the assignment of contract administration, and any subsequent actions taken by the contracting office; documents of actions reflecting the basis for and the performance of contract administration responsibilities; and documents of actions prerequisite to, substantiating, and reflecting contract payments.
Only 10 U.S.C. 2304 would require that the government contracting officers promote and provide for full and open competition in soliciting offers and awarding government contracts.
Both 10 U.S.C. 2304 and 41 U.S.C. 253 require (with certain limited exceptions) that the government contracting officers promote and provide for full and open competition in soliciting offers and awarding government contracts. This would be done through the use of competitive procedures that are best suited to the circumstances of the contract action and consistent with the need to fulfill the government's requirements efficiently.
Promoting and providing full and open competition in soliciting offers and awarding government contracts would normally be done through the use of:
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