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Frequently Asked Questions: Third Party Procurement

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A&E Contracts
Acquiring Real Estate
ADA Requirements
Advance Payments
Airline Passenger Complaints
Allowable Costs for Grants
Alternate Bids
Altoona Testing
Applicability of FTA Circular 4220.1E to Grantee Contractors
Artwork
Asset Life
Associated Capital Maintenance Items
Availability of FTA Grants for Private Business
Best and Final Offer
Bid Mistakes
Bid Splitting
Bonds
Brand Names
Bus Procurements
Bus Testing Requirements
Busses - RFP for Refurbishing
Buy America
Buying Fuel
Buying Used Vehicles
Cap on Wage Rates
Capitalization of Maintenance Costs
Cardinal Changes
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
Certifications for Third Party Contractors
Change Orders
Changes to Grants
Civil Rights Requirements
Clean Air Requirements
CM At-Risk
Compensable Delays
Conducting Negotiations After Rejecting Bids
Confidentiality of Proposals
Conflict of Interest
Construction Managers (CM) at-Risk
Construction Projects
Contract Award Announcements
Contract Clauses
Contract Close-Out
Contract Files
Contract Term Limitations
Contract Terminations
Contract Terms
Cost Accounting
Cost Plus Percentage of Cost Contracts
Cost/Price Analysis
Criminal Records Checks
Davis-Bacon Act Wage Rates
Determining Contractor Responsibility
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
Disclosing Identity of Offerors
Disclosing Project Budgets
Disclosure of Litigation by Offeror
Disposal of Property and Equipment
Documenting Small Purchases or Micro Purchases
DOT Carrier Licenses
DOT Glass Certification
Drug and Alcohol Testing
Economic Price Adjustment Clause
Electronic Commerce
Engine Emission Standards
EPA Certification
Evaluating Run-Out Costs
Evaluation of Proposals
Excluded Parties List
Excusable Delays
Expiration of Bids
Extension of Due Date for Competitive Proposals
FAR as Guidance for Grantees
Farebox Revenue
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
Federal Per Diem Rates
Federal Vehicle Emission Standards
Federal vs. Local Funds
FHWA Requirements
Fixed Price Contracts
Fly America Clause
Freedom of Information Act
FTA Approval of Sole Source Procurements
FTA Circular 4220
FTA Letter of No Prejudice
FTA Mentor-Protege Program
FTA Public Private Partnership Program
FTA Training Courses
Full and Open Competition
Funds (5340)
Geographical Restrictions

GSA Supply Schedules
Incentive Contracts
Independent Cost Estimate
Insurance Requirements
Inter-Agency Projects
Joint Procurements
Justifying Sole Source Procurements
Late Proposals
Leases
Legal Services
Letters of Credit
Licensing of Contractors
Limited Product Liability
Limiting the Number of Bids
Liquidated Damages
Listing of Transit Agencies
Local Matching Funds
Local vs. Federal Funds
Locating FTA Documents
Micropurchases
Modifying Contracts to Include FTA Clauses
Multiple Contract Awards
Multi-Step Procurements
Notice of Amendment to RFP/RFQ/IFB
Offsetting Payments of Supplier Invoices
Operating Assistance Grants
Operational Services Contract
Options
Organizational Structure for Procurement Office
Overhead Rates
Overtime Wages
Paratransit Services
Payment of Subgrantees
Period of Performance
Personnel Agency Fees
Piggybacking
Pre-Bid Conferences
Pre-Qualification of Bidders
Preventive Maintenance Claims
Preventive Maintenance Requirements for Vehicles
Procurement System Reviews (PSRs)
Professional Services
Profit
Progress Payments
Project Labor Agreements
Prompt Payment Clause
Proposal Evaluation
Proposal Stipends
Protests
Purchase Cards
Purchase of Used Equipment
RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD ACT
Real Estate Appraisals
Record of Negotiations
Record Retention
Representations and Certifications
Requirements Contracts
Research Grant Applications
Retainage
Revenue Contracts
RFP Discussions/Clarifications
Rights of Way
Role of a Contract Administrator
Seat Belt Usage
Self-Assessment Guide for Procurement Procedures
Service Contract Act Wages
Single Bid
Small Business Set-Asides
Small Construction Projects
Small Purchases
Software
Sole Source Procurements
Soliciting Proposals Without Funds
Spares Ratio
Specifications
State or Federal Requirements
Statutes
Subcontracts
Tag-Ons
Task Order Contracts
Termination for Default
Time & Materials Contracts
Time Extension on Contracts
Transfer of Project Assets
Transit Oriented Development Projects
Transit Vehicle Manufacturers
Unsolicited Proposals
Utility Purchases
Volunteer Services as Local Match Funds
Warranties
Wrap-Up Insurance

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