QPA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE 2025/2026
What are Green Products?
Any commodity or service that has a lesser or reduced negative effect on human health and the
environment when compared with competing commodities or services.
What is Green Purchasing?
Refers to the practice of specifying products with environmental attributes, such as reduced
packaging, toxicity, reusability, emergency efficiency, recycled content, and rebuilt or
remanufactured products, in your local unit's bides and contracts.
What is Value Analysis?
A balance of performance, cost and supply used to:
1. Maintain Rising Costs
2. Keep up with Technology
3. Satisfy Customers
4. Lower Cost of Ownership
5. Improve Quality
What are MSDS?
Material Safety Data Sheets. Required information from the product manufacturer regarding its
ingredients, hazardous characteristics, health and safety impacts, etc.
What are Energy Star Products?
,A voluntary partnership between USEPA and the US Department of Energy that promotes
energy efficient products through product labeling and consumer.
What is Life Cycle Analysis?
Designed to minimize expenditures by basing purchasing decisions on a variety of factors
affecting the cost over the life of a product, rather than the initial purchase price alone. Analyzes
a comparison of initial costs, operating and maintenance costs and disposal costs.
What are 6 Mandatory Items for a Bid?
1. Bid Guarantee
2. Surety Certificate
3. Stockholder Disclosure or Statement of Corporate Ownership
4. Listing of Sub-Contractors
5. Acknowledgement of Addenda
6. Iran Disclosure (Not Fatal Flaw)
What are the 6 R's?
1. Right Quality
2. Right Quantity
3. Right Price
4. Right Time
5. Right Source
6. Right Manner
What are the 3 Evaluation Criteria for Competitive Contracting?
, 1. Cost/Price
2. Technical
3. Managerial
How many days may a contract unit review all bid proposals for contracts before they will
expire?
60 days
What are the proper requirements for awarding a contract?
A contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
What are 6 products that carry an Energy Star label?
1. Air Conditioners
2. Appliances
3. Boilers & Furnaces (2)
4. Computers, Monitors & Printers (3)
5. Copiers, Fax Machines & Scanners (3)
6. Vending Machines
In New Jersey all contracts shall be in writing?
True
What are 5 Types of Bid Guarantees?
1. Bid Bond
2. Cashier's Check
3. Certified Check
UPDATE 2025/2026
What are Green Products?
Any commodity or service that has a lesser or reduced negative effect on human health and the
environment when compared with competing commodities or services.
What is Green Purchasing?
Refers to the practice of specifying products with environmental attributes, such as reduced
packaging, toxicity, reusability, emergency efficiency, recycled content, and rebuilt or
remanufactured products, in your local unit's bides and contracts.
What is Value Analysis?
A balance of performance, cost and supply used to:
1. Maintain Rising Costs
2. Keep up with Technology
3. Satisfy Customers
4. Lower Cost of Ownership
5. Improve Quality
What are MSDS?
Material Safety Data Sheets. Required information from the product manufacturer regarding its
ingredients, hazardous characteristics, health and safety impacts, etc.
What are Energy Star Products?
,A voluntary partnership between USEPA and the US Department of Energy that promotes
energy efficient products through product labeling and consumer.
What is Life Cycle Analysis?
Designed to minimize expenditures by basing purchasing decisions on a variety of factors
affecting the cost over the life of a product, rather than the initial purchase price alone. Analyzes
a comparison of initial costs, operating and maintenance costs and disposal costs.
What are 6 Mandatory Items for a Bid?
1. Bid Guarantee
2. Surety Certificate
3. Stockholder Disclosure or Statement of Corporate Ownership
4. Listing of Sub-Contractors
5. Acknowledgement of Addenda
6. Iran Disclosure (Not Fatal Flaw)
What are the 6 R's?
1. Right Quality
2. Right Quantity
3. Right Price
4. Right Time
5. Right Source
6. Right Manner
What are the 3 Evaluation Criteria for Competitive Contracting?
, 1. Cost/Price
2. Technical
3. Managerial
How many days may a contract unit review all bid proposals for contracts before they will
expire?
60 days
What are the proper requirements for awarding a contract?
A contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.
What are 6 products that carry an Energy Star label?
1. Air Conditioners
2. Appliances
3. Boilers & Furnaces (2)
4. Computers, Monitors & Printers (3)
5. Copiers, Fax Machines & Scanners (3)
6. Vending Machines
In New Jersey all contracts shall be in writing?
True
What are 5 Types of Bid Guarantees?
1. Bid Bond
2. Cashier's Check
3. Certified Check
