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Class: BUS - Business Statistics ; Subject: Business; University: Ashford University; Term: Forever 1989;
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Business - General Business Assignment 4: Technical and Cost or Price
Evaluations and Price Reasonableness Due Week 8 and worth 130 points Imagine
that you are a government employee (or military personnel). You have received a
proposal from a contractor for a two-billion-dollar ($2,000,000,000) project for the
purchase of fifty (52) towers to be installed on the Arizona-Mexico border. Each
tower will have radar, night vision, and day vision with 7.5- mile range. You have
been appointed as the Chairman of the Source Selection Evaluation Team. Write
a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Defend the purpose of technical
evaluations in regard to: a. the importance of integrity and fairness. b. the factors
used to determine the competitive range. 2. Create an outline of the final
technical evaluation report 3. Determine the factors to consider when evaluating
price reasonableness. 4. Examine different methods of price analysis. Determine
which price analysis method would fit best in this scenario. Support your
reasoning. 5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic
resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed,
double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on
all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, t
BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The Independent Government Cost Estimate and
the Statement of Work (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 4 Assignment 2 Types of
Contracts and Performance-Based Acquisition (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 7
Assignment 3 Small Business Program and Source Selection Plans (Str Course)
BUS 501 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or Price Evaluations and Price
Reasonableness (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS
501 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str
Course) BUS 501 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 6 DQ 1 and
DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 8
DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 9 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS
501 Week 10 DQ 1and DQ 2 (Str Course)
Business - General Business Week 2 Discussion 1 Examine the components of a
SOW for the purpose of open competition without restrictive provisions. Select a
field that you are interested in and determine the information that would be
included in a SOW for a contract in that field. Analyze the different types of a
SOW. Imagine that you are in the process of acquiring 100 Ford trucks for the
U.S. Border Patrol. Determine which type of SOW is appropriate for this situation.
Support your decision with an example. Week 2 Discussion 2 From the e-Activity,
evaluate the listed resources for market research, and then explain which source
you found to be the most accurate and why. Determine how this Website will help
you while conducting market research. From the e-Activity, formulate a listing of
the components of the Market Research report and justify the importance of each
component. Determine the advantages and disadvantages of each source of
market research data. Then, select one of the components and discuss how that
data could be used to advance a contracting goal.
Business - General Business Week 2 Discussion 1 Examine the components of a
SOW for the purpose of open competition without restrictive provisions. Select a
field that you are interested in and determine the information that would be
included in a SOW for a contract in that field. Analyze the different types of a
SOW. Imagine that you are in the process of acquiring 100 Ford trucks for the
U.S. Border Patrol. Determine which type of SOW is appropriate for this situation.
Support your decision with an example. Week 2 Discussion 2 From the e-Activity,
evaluate the listed resources for market research, and then explain which source
you found to be the most accurate and why. Determine how this Website will help
you while conducting market research. From the e-Activity, formulate a listing of
the components of the Market Research report and justify the importance of each
component. Determine the advantages and disadvantages of each source of
market research data. Then, select one of the components and discuss how that
data could be used to advance a contracting goal.
Business - General Business Assignment 1: The Independent Government Cost
Estimate and the Statement of Work Due Week 3 and worth 100 points Imagine
that you are working in a federal government office as a government employee.
You have been tasked with preparing an Independent Government Cost Estimate
(IGCE) for a two-million-dollar procurement. The purchase is for the construction
of fifty (52) towers with cameras and radar. The period of the contract is ten (10)
years. The contract will also include training for the camera operators. Write a
four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Evaluate the importance of the IGCE.
that should be taken in order to maintain the confidentiality of the IGCE. 3.
Create a sample of a detailed cost estimate. 4. Evaluate the types of statements
of work in regard to compatibility with this contract. 5. Determine the most
appropriate type of statement of work for this contract. Support your position. 6.
Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
DQ 1 and DQ 2 Business - General Business Week 3 Discussion 1 From the e-
Activity, examine the different types of contracts and provide a scenario for each
type.Assess the requirements for a fixed-price contract. Determine ways that the
duration of the fixed-price contract can affect the cost savings to the
government. Then, create an argument in support of fixed contract pricing for an
interval of your choosing. Week 3 Discussion 2 Performance-Based Contracts"
Please respond to the following: Examine the requirements for a performance-
based contract. Then, create a brief outline of a performance-based contract for
your past or current career field. Analyze the requirements and components
included in the statement of objectives. Determine the performance
requirements and performance standard differences between small or large
contracts.
Based Acquisition Business - General Business Assignment 2: Types of
Contracts and Performance-Based Acquisition Due Week 4 and worth 110 points
Imagine that you are working on a two-million-dollar procurement for the
purchase of vehicles for the fleet of trucks and cars to be used by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection. These
vehicles will be used for off-road driving on dirt roads in Arizona. Your manager
has asked you to select the type of contract to be used for the vehicle purchase.
Choose to respond to this scenario from a government or a contractor
perspective. If you select government, then you will complete the assignment as
if you are a government employee (or military personnel) receiving the proposal
from the contractor. If you select contractor, then you will complete the
assignment as if you are a contractor employee submitting a proposal to the
government. Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Examine the
types of contracts and performance-based acquisition. Select the type of contract
you would like to use for the vehicle purchase. 2. Evaluate the pros and cons of
sealed bidding contracts and negotiated contracts, emphasizing which one would
be best for th
Business - General Business *Week 5 Discussion 1 * "Source Selection and
Technical Evaluation Plans" Please respond to the following: From the first e-
Activity, assess the purpose of the evaluation plan. Create a scenario of a
proposal evaluation, including the duration of the contract and the type of
contract. Determine the methods for ranking proposals. Provide a description for
each category of evaluation criteria of the technical evaluation process Week 5
Discussion 2 "Legal Review During the Solicitation Phase" Please respond to the
following: From the second e-Activity, discuss the dollar threshold for a legal
review specific to the selected agency or field. Provide one example of a contract
that would require a legal review and one that would not require a legal review.
Justify your responses. Examine the legal instructions for the legal reviews in
government contracts. Compare and contrast the legal reviews of military versus
civilian contracts. Then, select a requirement from each review type and create a
mini-review that would be useful in any type of business environment.
Business - General Business Week 6 Discussion 1 Technical and Cost or Price
Evaluations" Please respond to the following: From the e-Activity, determine why
integrity and fairness are important in proposal evaluations. Create two scenarios
that describe the possible consequences if fairness and integrity are not part of
the proposal evaluation process. Determine one ethical consideration that should
be applied at all times. From the e-Activity, determine the criteria for evaluating
proposals for government contracts and assess the methods for establishing a
competitive range. Then, develop an ethical argument for the government
contracting requirements. Week 6 Discussion 2 Determining Price
Reasonableness" Please respond to the following: Select a career field that you
are interested in and create a brief scenario for a major acquisition in that field.
Determine the probable sources of cost and price data used in vendor proposals
for that scenario. Determine the importance of cost realism. Provide an example
of the consequences to a government contract without price realism.
Business - General Business Assignment 3: Small Business Program and Source
Selection Plans Due Week 7 and worth 130 points Choose to respond to this
scenario from a government or a contractor perspective. If you select
government, then you will complete the assignment as if you are a government
employee (or military personnel) receiving the proposal from the contractor. If
you select contractor, then you will complete the assignment as if you are a
contractor employee submitting a proposal to the government. Imagine that you
are working on a program for the purchase of (if government) or the sale of (if
contractor) the installation of security fencing around the base of towers along
the Arizona-Mexico border that are used for long-range cameras. The cost of the
project is one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Your boss has asked you to
create a portion of the main contract for a small business set- aside contract.
Write a six to eight (6-8) contract proposal in which you: 1. Examine the purpose
of the federal small business program to include a historical asp