procurement and contracting

"Cost of Government Contracting" Please respond to the following:

• Imagine that you are a contracts officer. Conclude whether or not you are doing a disservice if you award a contract when there is a known agency budgetary funding shortfall or to simply get your job done. Provide a rationale for your response.
• From the eActivity, examine the cost principles enumerated in Part 31.201-2 of the FAR. Take a position on whether or not the allowable costs of negotiation and administration of contracts are arbitrary. Provide a rationale for your response.