1) The Air Force needs to modify an aircraft to increase its range by 20%.
This improvement in performance will entail extensive developmental
testing as well as independent operational testing. The production line for
this aircraft shut down six months ago. What type of appropriation should
be used to pay for the development and testing of this product
improvement? [Identify the proper DoD Appropriation Category to be used for each of the
phases of a Product Improvement Program.]
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
(RDT&E)
Procureme
nt
Operations and Maintenance
(O&M)
Expired
funds
2)
duties are tailored at the request of the Program Manager (PM)
and are written in the Memorandum of Agreement, signed by both the PM
and the Contract Administration Office (CAO) Commander (Please note the
CAO Commander was previously referred to as the Contract Management
Office (CMO) Commander). [Identify the relationship between the Program Management
Office, the Procuring Contracting Officer, Administrative Contracting Officer, and Program
Integrator.]
Program
Integrator
Program Support
Team
Administrative Contracting
Officer
Procuring Contracting
Officer
3) The Army has an urgent requirement for trucks that can operate under
arctic conditions. The Contracting Officer on the current contract for trucks
tells the contractor to install special snow tires on a shipment of trucks.
The
Contracting Officer does not have enough time to negotiate the price up
front, but she limits the Government's risk by putting a not-to-exceed
price on the work. This is an example of what kind of modification?
,
This improvement in performance will entail extensive developmental
testing as well as independent operational testing. The production line for
this aircraft shut down six months ago. What type of appropriation should
be used to pay for the development and testing of this product
improvement? [Identify the proper DoD Appropriation Category to be used for each of the
phases of a Product Improvement Program.]
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
(RDT&E)
Procureme
nt
Operations and Maintenance
(O&M)
Expired
funds
2)
duties are tailored at the request of the Program Manager (PM)
and are written in the Memorandum of Agreement, signed by both the PM
and the Contract Administration Office (CAO) Commander (Please note the
CAO Commander was previously referred to as the Contract Management
Office (CMO) Commander). [Identify the relationship between the Program Management
Office, the Procuring Contracting Officer, Administrative Contracting Officer, and Program
Integrator.]
Program
Integrator
Program Support
Team
Administrative Contracting
Officer
Procuring Contracting
Officer
3) The Army has an urgent requirement for trucks that can operate under
arctic conditions. The Contracting Officer on the current contract for trucks
tells the contractor to install special snow tires on a shipment of trucks.
The
Contracting Officer does not have enough time to negotiate the price up
front, but she limits the Government's risk by putting a not-to-exceed
price on the work. This is an example of what kind of modification?
,
