BUS 501 – Announcing Contract Award and Responsibilities of the COR

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Required Resources

Compton, P. B. (2010). Federal acquisition: Key issues and guidance. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, Inc.

Feldman, Steven W. (2016). Government contracts in a nutshell (6th ed.). St. Paul, MN: LEG, Inc. d/b/a West Academic.

Supplemental Resources

Brown, T. L., Potoski, M., & Van Slyke, D. M. (2009). The challenge of contracting for large complex projects: A case study of the coast guard’s Deepwater program. IBM Center for the Business of Government. Retrieved from http://www.businessofgovernment.org/sites/default/files/deepwater_magazine_0.pdf

Rendon, R. G. Critical success factors in government contract management. Retrieved from http://www.ippa.org/IPPC4/Proceedings/19Others/Pap…

Schwartz, M. (2009). Defense Acquisitions: How DOD Acquires Weapon Systems and Recent Efforts to Reform the Process. Retrieved from http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34026_20090710.pd…


Assignment 5: Announcing Contract Award and Responsibilities of the Contracting Officers’ Representative
Due Week 10 and worth 170 points

Imagine that you are working on a project to purchase 5,000 electrical generators with an electrical capacity of three (3) kilowatts and will be used

by the U.S. Army for battlefield communications systems.

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 ten (10) page paper in which you:

  • Evaluate the requirements for announcing federal contract awards. Determine how these requirements apply to this scenario.
  • Establish the responsibilities of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for this contract.
  • Evaluate the existing training and certification requirements for CORs in general.
  • Create a set of specific requirements for the COR working on the contract for 5,000 electrical generators.
  • Assess the importance of safeguarding proprietary information. Propose two (2) ways that proprietary information can be safeguarded in this scenario.

Use at least seven (7) 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, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Apply the methods for announcing the contract award, notifying, and debriefing the unsuccessful vendors.
  • Apply the federal supply schedule to select contract items and review the training requirements for the contracting officer’s representative.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in government acquisition.
  • Write clearly and concisely about government acquisition using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 170

Assignment 5: Announcing Contract Award and Responsibilities of the Contracting Officers’ Representative

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Evaluate the requirements for announcing federal contract awards. Determine how these requirements apply to this scenario.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the requirements for announcing federal contract awards. Did not submit or incompletely determined how these requirements apply to this scenario.

Partially evaluated the requirements for announcing federal contract awards. Partially determined how these requirements apply to this scenario.

Satisfactorily evaluated the requirements for announcing federal contract awards. Satisfactorily determined how these requirements apply to this scenario.

Thoroughly evaluated the requirements for announcing federal contract awards. Thoroughly determined how these requirements apply to this scenario.

2. Establish the responsibilities of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for this contract.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely established the responsibilities of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for this contract.

Partially established the responsibilities of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for this contract.

Satisfactorily established the responsibilities of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for this contract.

Thoroughly established the responsibilities of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for this contract.

3. Evaluate the existing training and certification requirements for CORs in general.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the existing training and certification requirements for CORs in general.

Partially evaluated the existing training and certification requirements for CORs in general.

Satisfactorily evaluated the existing training and certification requirements for CORs in general.

Thoroughly evaluated the existing training and certification requirements for CORs in general.

4. Create a set of specific requirements for the COR working on the contract for 5,000 electrical generators.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely created a set of specific requirements for the COR working on the contract for 5,000 electrical generators.

Partially created a set of specific requirements for the COR working on the contract for 5,000 electrical generators.

Satisfactorily created a set of specific requirements for the COR working on the contract for 5,000 electrical generators.

Thoroughly created a set of specific requirements for the COR working on the contract for 5,000 electrical generators.

5. Assess the importance of safeguarding proprietary information. Propose two (2) ways that proprietary information can be safeguarded in this scenario.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely assessed the importance of safeguarding proprietary information. Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) ways that proprietary information can be safeguarded in this scenario.

Partially assessed the importance of safeguarding proprietary information. Partially proposed two (2) ways that proprietary information can be safeguarded in this scenario.

Satisfactorily assessed the importance of safeguarding proprietary information. Satisfactorily proposed two (2) ways that proprietary information can be safeguarded in this scenario.

Thoroughly assessed the importance of safeguarding proprietary information. Thoroughly proposed two (2) ways that proprietary information can be safeguarded in this scenario.

6. 7 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present

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