BUS 319 – Acquiring a Contract with the Navy

BUS 319 – Acquiring a Contract with the Navy.

Assignment 3: Acquiring a Contract with the Navy

Worth 300 points

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Based on the same scenario as in Assignments 1 and 2, you are ready to begin considering the factors needed for your proposal based on RFP #123456789, dated 07/14/2014. Remember that another local competitor intends to submit a proposal as well.

Before beginning this assignment, review FAR Subpart 19.5—Set-Asides for Small Business, located at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/html/Subpart%2019_5.html

Additional factors to consider are:

  1. Both your company and your competitor’s company will qualify under the HUBZone Act
    (FAR 19.5).
  2. Based upon the scope of work required, your initial estimates for the contract will exceed $150,000. Therefore, you are willing to offer incentives to the Navy.
  3. Your competitor intends to submit a proposal for a one (1) year contract.

Write an eight (8) page paper in which you:

  1. Examine two (2) reasons why your business would qualify under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set-Aside Procedures. Provide a rationale for your response.
  2. Analyze the primary way(s) in which a multiyear contract would benefit both the Navy and your business.
  3. Determine whether your bid proposal should be based on a fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract. Provide a rationale for your response.
  4. Determine the category of incentives that you are willing to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. Determine whether your bid proposal should be a technical, management, or cost proposal. Provide a rationale for your response.
  6. Speculate on five (5) potential risk factors that you will need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Provide a rationale for your response.
  7. Use at least five (5) quality references Note: Wikipedia and other related 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:

  • Interpret the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) as it relates to small-business programs.
  • Write clearly and concisely about federal acquisition and contract management using proper writing mechanics.
  • Describe the various types of contracts and considerations for their use.
  • Outline and explain the process for developing competitive proposals and source selection.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in federal acquisition and contract management.

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: 300

Assignment 3: Acquiring a Contract with the Navy

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Examine two (2) reasons why your business would qualify under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set- Aside Procedures. Provide a rationale for your response.

Weight: 5%

Did not submit or incompletely examined reasons why your business would qualify under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set-Aside Procedures. Did not provide or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently examined reasons why your business would qualify under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set-Aside Procedures. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially examined reasons why your business would qualify under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set-Aside Procedures. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily examined two (2) reasons why your business would qualify under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set-Aside Procedures. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly examined two (2) reasons why your business would qualify under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set-Aside Procedures. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

2. Analyze the primary way(s) in which a multi-year contract would benefit both the Navy and your business.

Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the primary way(s) in which a multi-year contract would benefit both the Navy and your business.

Insufficiently analyzed the primary way(s) in which a multiyear contract would benefit both the Navy and your business.

Partially analyzed the primary way(s) in which a multiyear contract would benefit both the Navy and your business.

Satisfactorily analyzed the primary way(s) in which a multiyear contract would benefit both the Navy and your business.

Thoroughly analyzed

the primary way(s) in which a multiyear contract would benefit both the Navy and your business.

3. Determine whether your bid proposal should be based on a fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract. Provide a rationale for your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely determined whether your bid proposal should be based on a fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract. Did not provide or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently determined whether your bid proposal should be based on a fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially determined whether your bid proposal should be based on a fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily determined whether your bid proposal should be based on a fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly determined whether your bid proposal should be based on a fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

4. Determine the category of incentives that you are willing to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Provide a rationale for your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely determined the category of incentives that you are willing to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Did not provide or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently determined the category of incentives that you are willing to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially determined the category of incentives that you are willing to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily determined the category of incentives that you are willing to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly determined the category of incentives that you are willing to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

5. Determine whether your bid proposal should be a technical, management, or cost proposal. Provide a rationale for your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely determined whether your bid proposal should be a technical, management, or cost proposal. Did not provide or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently determined whether your bid proposal should be a technical, management, or cost proposal. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially determined whether your bid proposal should be a technical, management, or cost proposal. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily determined whether your bid proposal should be a technical, management, or cost proposal. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly determined whether your bid proposal should be a technical, management, or cost proposal. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

6. Speculate on five (5) potential risk factors that you will need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Provide a rationale for your response.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely speculated on five (5) potential risk factors that you will need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Did not provide or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.

Insufficiently speculated on five (5) potential risk factors that you will need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.

Partially speculated on five (5) potential risk factors that you will need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Partially provided a rationale for your response.

Satisfactorily speculated on five (5) potential risk factors that you will need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.

Thoroughly speculated on five (5) potential risk factors that you will need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.

7. 3 references

Weight: 5%

No references provided

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

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

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

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

8. Writing mechanics, grammar, and formatting.

Weight: 5%

Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Numerous errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.

9. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and reference section.

Weight: 5%

Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.

In-text citations and references are given, but not in APA format.

In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.

Most in-text citations and references are provided, and they are generally formatted correctly in APA style.

In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.

10. Information literacy / Integration of sources

Weight: 5%

Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.

Sources are rarely integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are partially integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

11. Clarity and coherence of writing

Weight: 5%

Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is somewhat confusing with not enough reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is mostly clear and generally supported with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

Information is provided in a clear, coherent, and consistent manner with reasons and evidence that logically support ideas.

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