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BUS 501 Entire Course (2 Set) FOR MORE CLASSES
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2 Set of Papers for each Assignment (DQ 1 Set
Only) BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The Independent
Government Cost Estimate and the Statement of
Work (2 Paper) BUS 501 Week 4 Assignment 2 Types
of Contracts and Performance-Based Acquisition (2
Papers) BUS 501 Week 7 Assignment 3 Small
Business Program and Source Selection Plans (2
Papers) BUS 501 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost
or Price Evaluations and Price Reasonableness (2
Papers) BUS 501 Week 10 Assignment Announcing
Contract Awards and Responsibilities of the COR
BUS 501 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 BUS 501 Week 2 DQ 1
and DQ 2 BUS 501 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 BUS 501
Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 BUS 501 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2
BUS 501 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 BUS 501 Week 7 DQ 1
and DQ 2 BUS 501 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 BUS 501
Week 9 DQ 1 and DQ 2 BUS 501 Week 10 DQ 1 and DQ
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 Business - General
Business Discussion1 "Independent Government Cost
Estimate (IGCE)" Evaluate sources of data for the
IGCE and examine the areas that have potential
for overestimating costs. Determine three
potential outcomes from an inaccurate IGCE.
Compare and contrast the effect of a high
estimate versus a low estimate. Then, select one
of the outcomes that you identified and determine
how you would mitigate the issue. Determine the
three primary purposes of cost estimates. Predict
two issues that could arise if a cost estimate is
not conducted properly or at all. Discussion
2 "History of the Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR)" Examine the history of the FAR and analyze
some of the events that contributed to the
current structure. Determine the types of
national events that have improved the FAR. Then,
provide one recommendation to further improve the
FAR that benefits the collective business
community. Compare the development of the FAR
from a military-spending
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 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.
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BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The Independent
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2 Papers BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The
Independent Government Cost Estimate and the
Statement of Work 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. 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 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.
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 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.  
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BUS 501 Week 4 Assignment 2 Types of Contracts
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Assignment 2 Types of Contracts and
Performance-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.
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"Federal Small Business Program" Please respond
to the following From the e-Activity, examine
the requirements and qualifications for Native
American contracts. Next, compare the Native
American contracts to another category of small
business contracts and the dollar amounts (e.g.,
HUBZone, 8(a), etc.), as found in the callout box
on the left-hand side of the e-Activitys Web
page. Determine the possible uses for a
commercial-item format to be used in a government
contract. Create a scenario in which a
commercial-item format would be appropriate.
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BUS 501 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or Price
Evaluations and Price Reasonableness (2
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Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or Price
Evaluations and Price Reasonableness 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
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 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.
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 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.
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BUS 501 Week 7 Assignment 3 Small Business
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Assignment 3 Small Business Program and Source
Selection Plans 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
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 Business - General Business Week 7
Discussion 1  Determining Responsibility" Please
respond to the following From the e-Activity,
examine the seven criteria that contractors must
meet in order to be deemed responsible. Determine
which of these criteria is the most difficult to
meet. Support your position. Then, propose a way
to mitigate the challenge you presented. Imagine
that you are hiring a contractor for a job.
Propose three ways that you could locate
information regarding a contractors previous
bankruptcy or terminated contracts. Determine if
there are any breaches in the process of
accountability that individuals should be aware
of. Week 7 Discussion 2 Reviewing the Award
Document" Please respond to the
following Consider the different perspectives
of each of the following offices that are
responsible for reviewing the final contract the
contracting office, the program office, and the
small business office. Determine which government
offices should review the final contract
document. Be sure to address the role of ethics
in your argument.
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 Business - General Business Week 8
Discussion 1   "Announcing Contract Awards"
Please respond to the following   From the
e-Activity, propose three ways that you could
utilize the FedBizOpps Website to search for
request for proposals (RFP) to bid on,
investigate potential competitors in your
business field, or locate awarded contracts
during the past year. Determine if there is any
value to the information and resources on this
Website in regard to announcing contract awards.
Support your position.   Determine the general
contract requirements that a government agency
must meet for notifying the U.S. Congress of a
contract award. Provide two examples of the
following government agencies requirement to
notify Congress in these instances (1) military
weapons contracts from the U.S. Army or Navy and
(2) U.S. Department of Homeland Security
contracts. Assess the unique aspect of these
contracts that warrant special attention from the
U.S. Congress. Week 8 Discussion 2
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BUS 501 Week 9 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str) FOR MORE
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 Business - General Business Week 9
Discussion 1 "Federal Supply Schedule Program and
Price Reductions" Please respond to the
following Compare and contrast the differences
and similarities in the requirements for federal
supply schedule contracts. Create requirements
for federal supply schedule contracts specific to
a career field of your choice. Imagine that you
are the contracting officer for the U.S. Border
Patrol and you have to buy 100 night-vision
cameras. Determine the amount of discount that is
required for a federal supply contract. Week 9
Discussion "Responsibilities of the Contracting
Officer Representative (COR)" Please respond to
the following
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BUS 501 Week 10 Assignment Announcing Contract
Awards and Responsibilities of the COR (2
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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.
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DQ 1 and DQ 2 Business - General Business Week 10
Discussion 1   "Contract Surveillance" Please
respond to the following   From the e-Activity,
determine the surveillance methods that are best
suited for a construction contract or information
technology contract. Support your position with
an example.   Imagine that you are the COTR on a
U.S. Army project using three-kilowatt electrical
generators. Determine who decides the level of
quality in a contract. Speculate on how your role
would change if the generator were to fail an
inspection Week 10 Discussion 2   "Exercising
Contract Option Periods" Please respond to the
following   Analyze the limitations on the use
of contract options. Determine the advantages and
disadvantages for a 10-year contract option
versus a two-year contract.
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