CPPB

Procurement Technology correct answer: Helps accelerate business improvements Results Oriented Budgeting correct answer: Attempts to link a resource allocation to performance criteria Budget Cycle correct answer: 1. Planning 2. Formalization 3. implementation 4. evaluation Procurement Cards correct answer: payment method whereby internal customers are empowered to deal directly with suppliers using a credit card Four principles of negotiation correct answer: 1. separate people f...

A good specification should accomplish the following objectives EXCEPT: identify requirements clearly, allow for competetive bids, identify the advantages of obtaining the product or service, provide for equitable award correct answer: identify the advantages of obtaining the product or service Common law correct answer: A law that is not set forth in statutes, ordinances, or regulation, but evolved over hundreds of years is known as: Administrative law, Criminal law, Tort law, Common law ...

Express the organization's purpose for existence correct answer: An organization's mission statement should: Legal and statutory requirements correct answer: An agency is revising its document retention schedule. To what should the governmental entity look for guidance? Cooperative Contract correct answer: An agency is looking into cooperative purchasing practices. After conducting some analysis, the agency would like to "piggyback" its purchases with other agencies that are partici...

Purpose of a cost analysis correct answer: It is a review and evaluation of the suppliers actual or anticipated cost data Competitive Negotiations correct answer: Primary considerations for using is price is not the main concern for determining the successful contractor Common Law correct answer: Law based on customs and usage and confirmed by court decisions. Principled Negotiations correct answer: Negotiates on the merits includes separating the people from the problem, focusing o...

What should be provided for suppliers before conducting an evaluation interview? Agencies Standard Terms and Conditions Questions from the evaluation committee Copy of how to conduct business with the agency List of the evaluation committee correct answer: Questions from the evaluation committee The agency has just awarded a contract for cleaning services in the headquarters building. It is very important that the cleaning be done in a professional manner since this is a high visibilit...

What should be provided for suppliers before conducting an evaluation interview? Agencies Standard Terms and Conditions Questions from the evaluation committee Copy of how to conduct business with the agency List of the evaluation committee correct answer: Questions from the evaluation committee The agency has just awarded a contract for cleaning services in the headquarters building. It is very important that the cleaning be done in a professional manner since this is a high visibilit...

Procurement Technology correct answer: Helps accelerate business improvements Results Oriented Budgeting correct answer: Attempts to link a resource allocation to performance criteria Budget Cycle correct answer: 1. Planning 2. Formalization 3. implementation 4. evaluation Procurement Cards correct answer: payment method whereby internal customers are empowered to deal directly with suppliers using a credit card Four principles of negotiation correct answer: 1. separate people f...

what is the purchasing department origination correct answer: Phoenicians 13th century lean 8 wastes correct answer: 1. Transportation 2. inventory 3. motion 4. waiting 5. overproduction 6. over-processing 7. defects 8. untapped Talent levels of leadership correct answer: 1. position 2. permission 3. production 4. people development 5. pinnacle acceptance correct answer: acceptance is an element of a contract increased costs correct answer: increased costs is a conseq...

What is a SWOT analysis? correct answer: Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats Strengths are _________ situations that will help achieve the organizations objectives. correct answer: Internal Opportunities can be correct answer: Internal or external ________ are external challenges to the success of the entity's objectives? correct answer: Threats What principle theorizes that 20% of the people yields 80% of the production while 80% of the people yield only 20% of what y...

Scope of Work correct answer: Typically developed by procurement to be included in the solicitation to procure services or other more complex combinations of products and services. Sometimes called "Performance Specification" PWS correct answer: Performance Work Statement SOO correct answer: Statement of Objectives Statement of Work correct answer: The proposed solution by the successful proposer responding to the Scope of Work appearing in the solicitation. Benchmarking correc...