TERM 1
BUS 501 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or
Price Evaluations and Price Reasonableness
DEFINITION 1
Business - General Business Assignment 4: Technical an d Cost or Price
Evaluations and Price Reasonableness Due W eek 8 and worth 130 points Imagine
that you are a government employee (or mil itary personnel). You have received a
proposal from a contractor for a two-billion-dolla r ($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 vi sion with 7.5- mile range. You have
been appointed as the Chairman of the Sourc e 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 fai rness. 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 m ethods of price analysis. Determine
which price analysis method would fit best i n this scenario. Support your
reasoning. 5. Use at least three (3) quality ac ademic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Web sites do not qualify as academic
resources. Your assignment mus t follow these formatting requirements: Be typed,
double spaced, using Times New Roman fo nt (size 12), with one-inch margins on
all sides; citations and references must follo w APA or school-specific format.
Check with your professor for any additional i nstructions. Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, t
TERM 2
BUS 501 Entire Course (Str Course)
DEFINITION 2
BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The Indepe ndent Government Cost Estimate and
the Statement of Work (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 4 Assig nment 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 W eek 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS
501 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 W eek 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str
Course) BUS 501 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 W eek 6 DQ 1 and
DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Cou rse) 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)
TERM 3
BUS 501 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
DEFINITION 3
Business - General Business Week 2 Discussion 1 E xamine the components of a
SOW for the purpose of open competition w ithout 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. An alyze 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. W eek 2 Discussion 2 From the e-Activity ,
evaluate the listed resources for market rese arch, 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 rep ort and justify the importance of each
component. Determine the advantages and disadvantages of each source of
market research data. Then, select one of th e components and discuss how that
data could be used to advance a contracting g oal.
TERM 4
BUS 501 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
DEFINITION 4
Business - General Business Week 2 Discussion 1 E xamine the components of a
SOW for the purpose of open competition w ithout 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. An alyze 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. W eek 2 Discussion 2 From the e-Activity ,
evaluate the listed resources for market rese arch, 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 rep ort and justify the importance of each
component. Determine the advantages and disadvantages of each source of
market research data. Then, select one of th e components and discuss how that
data could be used to advance a contracting g oal.
TERM 5
BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The
Independent Government Cost Estimate and
the Statement of Work
DEFINITION 5
Business - General Business Assignment 1: The Indepen dent Government Cost
Estimate and the Statement of Work Due We ek 3 and worth 100 points Imagine
that you are working in a federal governmen t office as a government employee.
You have been tasked with preparing an Inde pendent Government Cost Estimate
(IGCE) for a two-million-dollar procurement. Th e purchase is for the construction
of fifty (52) towers with cameras and radar. Th e period of the contract is ten (10)
years. The contract will also include training f or the camera operators. Write a
four to six (4-6) page paper in which you: 1. Evaluate the imp ortance of the IGCE.
2. Examine the reasons for confidentiality of the IGCE. Propose two (2) actions
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 co ntract. 5. Determine the most
appropriate type of statement of work for this contract. Support your position. 6.
Use at least four (4) quality academic resource s in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify a s academic resources. Your
assignment must follow these formatting re quirements:
