For Researcher_D

Procurement & Contract Mgmt

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Unit I

Assessment

Submit this assessment as one comprehensive document of no less than 500 words using APA

style. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. You

must also use one outside

source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;

paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Answer the following four questions:

Please discuss the RFP you have selected to

work with during the class and why you made the

specific choice (what interests you about the RFP you chose)?

Since you are acting as the contractor who has won the bid for the RFP you selected, please list

at least six strategies you will use in order to build trust between you and your client (hint: there

is a table on page 14 of the textbook). Do not copy items

on this list. Select six (or more) specific

activities and relate them to the RFP you have chosen.

Managing expectations up front is important (this is a communication process). Discuss the

tactics you will use in order to manage expectations with your c

lient given the RFP you have

chosen.

Conduct an internet search for one of the following examples of poor procurement.

a.

The Chicago Parking Meter Fiasco

b.

Darleen Druyun and Boeing

c.

Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel, Chunnel

What was the situation, and what would you have done as the procurement manager to avoid it?

What precautions can you take (relating back to the RFP you have chosen) in order to prevent

problems with your procurement project?

Procurement & Contract Mgmt- Unit I Assessment

Submit this assessment as one comprehensive document of no less than 500 words using APA

style. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. You

must also use one outside source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;

paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Answer the following four questions:

Please discuss the RFP you have selected to work with during the class and why you made the

specific choice (what interests you about the RFP you chose)?

Since you are acting as the contractor who has won the bid for the RFP you selected, please list

at least six strategies you will use in order to build trust between you and your client (hint: there

is a table on page 14 of the textbook). Do not copy items on this list. Select six (or more) specific

activities and relate them to the RFP you have chosen.

Managing expectations up front is important (this is a communication process). Discuss the

tactics you will use in order to manage expectations with your client given the RFP you have

chosen.

Conduct an internet search for one of the following examples of poor procurement.

a. The Chicago Parking Meter Fiasco

b. Darleen Druyun and Boeing

c. Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel, Chunnel

What was the situation, and what would you have done as the procurement manager to avoid it?

What precautions can you take (relating back to the RFP you have chosen) in order to prevent

problems with your procurement project?