BUS 501 Week 8 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or Price Evaluations and Price Reasonableness

BUS 501 Week 8 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or Price Evaluations and Price Reasonableness
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.
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:
Evaluate the requirements for a contract proposal using the criteria of
technicality, cost, or price to determine the price reasonableness. 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 found here