Government Procurement Certification Government Procurement Ethics & Integrity 2

Question 1

Which federal law requires contractors to disclose credible evidence of fraud, conflict of interest, bribery, or gratuity violations discovered during contract performance?

Accepted Answer

FAR 52.203-13 – Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct

Answer

FAR 52.203-13 requires contractors with contracts over $5.5M to maintain a compliance program and mandatorily disclose credible evidence of specified violations to the agency OIG and Contracting Officer.

Question 2

The Anti-Kickback Act (41 U.S.C. §§ 8701-8707) prohibits subcontractors from providing what to prime contractors?

Accepted Answer

Payments or gifts intended to influence the award or administration of a subcontract

Answer

The Anti-Kickback Act makes it illegal for any party in the contracting chain to exchange payments or things of value to improperly influence subcontract awards.

Question 3

When a Contracting Officer identifies a potential Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI), the first required step under FAR Subpart 9.5 is to:

Accepted Answer

Assess the nature and extent of the conflict before deciding on a mitigation or avoidance action

Answer

FAR 9.5 directs the CO to analyze the specific facts of the potential OCI to determine whether it can be mitigated, avoided, or waived before taking any formal action.

Question 4

Which type of Organizational Conflict of Interest occurs when a contractor helps the government write a solicitation and then bids on the resulting contract?

Accepted Answer

Unequal access to information / biased ground rules

Answer

When a contractor drafts the solicitation requirements or evaluation criteria, it gains an unfair informational advantage and may have shaped the competition in its own favor, creating a biased ground rules / unequal access OCI.

Question 5

Under the Competition in Contracting Act, restricting competition to a single vendor without a valid justification violates which principle?

Accepted Answer

Full and open competition

Answer

CICA mandates full and open competition for all procurements above the simplified acquisition threshold unless a specific statutory exception applies and is documented in a Justification and Approval.

Government Procurement Certification Practice Test

Government Procurement Certification Practice Test

Government Procurement Certification Government Procurement Ethics & Integrity 2