QPA TEST WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Purchasing in NJ was created by the law of what?
Law of 1917
What is the bid threshold of a QPA?
$40,000
What is the bid threshold without a QPA?
$17,500
How much time to make an award for a formal bid?
60 calendar days
What type of FOB is advantageous?
Destination
PL 1999 c.440 and NJSA 40A:11-1 is?
significant revision to local government and state contracting laws evolved to Local Public
Contract Law
How many years can you award a professional service contract for?
1 year
How many days do you have to award a contract after the receipt of proposal?
60 calendar days
, How many days or how long do you have to advertise before a bid, except for solid waste?
10 days for good and services, 20 days for competitive contracting, 60 days for Solid Waste
What % does a bid bond have to be and what is the not to exceed amount?
10% of the total price and not to exceed $20,000
When is an emergency acceptable?
When it affects the public health, safety or welfare and requires immediate delivery of goods or
performance of services
What is a requisition
it is the form the user department or agency uses to request good or services; it seeks to purchase
what is the purpose of a purchasing manual
it provides guidance and information, public confidence is developed and maintained through
disclosure of the purchasing process. To disclose the purchasing process
Where can a governing body authorize rules and procedures in regards to an emergency
purchase?
In the purchasing manual and must list the chain of command.
If collusion is suspected who do you notify?
First the Governing Body, then the County Prosecutor, and then the Attorney General.
When you receive no bids when can you negotiate with vendors
after you have gone to bid 2 times
LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
Purchasing in NJ was created by the law of what?
Law of 1917
What is the bid threshold of a QPA?
$40,000
What is the bid threshold without a QPA?
$17,500
How much time to make an award for a formal bid?
60 calendar days
What type of FOB is advantageous?
Destination
PL 1999 c.440 and NJSA 40A:11-1 is?
significant revision to local government and state contracting laws evolved to Local Public
Contract Law
How many years can you award a professional service contract for?
1 year
How many days do you have to award a contract after the receipt of proposal?
60 calendar days
, How many days or how long do you have to advertise before a bid, except for solid waste?
10 days for good and services, 20 days for competitive contracting, 60 days for Solid Waste
What % does a bid bond have to be and what is the not to exceed amount?
10% of the total price and not to exceed $20,000
When is an emergency acceptable?
When it affects the public health, safety or welfare and requires immediate delivery of goods or
performance of services
What is a requisition
it is the form the user department or agency uses to request good or services; it seeks to purchase
what is the purpose of a purchasing manual
it provides guidance and information, public confidence is developed and maintained through
disclosure of the purchasing process. To disclose the purchasing process
Where can a governing body authorize rules and procedures in regards to an emergency
purchase?
In the purchasing manual and must list the chain of command.
If collusion is suspected who do you notify?
First the Governing Body, then the County Prosecutor, and then the Attorney General.
When you receive no bids when can you negotiate with vendors
after you have gone to bid 2 times
