What is the maximum period of time that a personal services contract for temporary consultant services may be awarded?

1 year

Explanation: According to the Defence Federal Acquisition Regulation under 237.106, personal service contracts that apply to consulting or expert services will be limited to one year. However this will only apply to duties that are temporary (limited to 1 year, or 12 months), or non cumulative days (needs to be 130 days or more that are broken up within a year). During this time the officer contracting the service will enter into a contract, make an order, or exercise options for various services that do not exceed 1 year.

employers prefer to hire ingenious, resourceful people because ingenious people may be more liable to engage in unethical deportment as they can cerebrate outside of the box

there's 11 people for the 1st position. then, no matter who gets it, there's only 10 left for the second, and then 9 left for the third. 11 x 10 x 9 = 990.   the answer is there are 990 different ways the positions can be filled by these applicants