FCC FCC Subcontracting Plans & Teaming Agreements 2

Question 1

Under the SBA All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, a protégé firm may have joint ventures with its mentor counted as:

Accepted Answer

Small business for any federal prime contract or subcontract

Answer

Under the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program, a mentor-protégé joint venture is treated as a small business for any federal procurement.

Question 2

A contractor's subcontracting plan is incorporated into the contract as a material representation, meaning:

Accepted Answer

Failure to comply with the plan constitutes a breach of contract subject to liquidated damages

Answer

Because the plan is a material contract representation, non-compliance is a breach that can trigger liquidated damages under FAR 52.219-9.

Question 3

The Summary Subcontract Report (SSR) is submitted:

Accepted Answer

Annually by prime contractors with approved subcontracting plans for all contracts with the same agency

Answer

The SSR is an annual report rolled up across all contracts with a single agency, providing a cumulative small business subcontracting picture.

Question 4

Which clause requires contractors to notify the contracting officer before subcontracting more than a specified percentage of work under a small business set-aside?

Accepted Answer

FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting

Answer

FAR 52.219-14 limits how much of the contract work a small business prime may subcontract to non-small businesses to maintain set-aside integrity.

Question 5

In a contractor teaming arrangement (CTA), which party bears primary contractual responsibility to the government for contract performance?

Accepted Answer

The prime contractor

Answer

The prime contractor bears full contractual responsibility to the government; subcontractors are only in privity with the prime.

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FCC FCC Subcontracting Plans & Teaming Agreements 2