FCC Subcontracting Plans & Teaming Agreements Flashcards

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

Answer: Small business for any federal prime contract or subcontract

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

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

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

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

The Summary Subcontract Report (SSR) is submitted:

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

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

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

Answer: FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting

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.

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

Answer: The prime contractor

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

A small business that is a first-tier subcontractor must be paid within how many days after the prime receives payment from the government, per prompt payment rules?

Answer: 30 days

FAR 52.232-40 requires primes to pay small business subcontractors within 30 days of receiving government payment.