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BUS 501 Entire Course (Str)
BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The Independent
Government Cost Estimate and the Statement of
Work (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 4 Assignment 2
Types of Contracts and Performance-Based
Acquisition (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 7
Assignment 3 Small Business Program and Source
Selection Plans (Str Course) BUS 501 Assignment 4
Technical and Cost or Price Evaluations and Price
Reasonableness (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 1 DQ 1
and DQ 2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ
2 (Str Course) BUS 501 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str
Course) BUS 501 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str Course)
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BUS 501 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 1 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.
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BUS 501 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 2 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.
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BUS 501 Week 3 Assignment 1 The Independent
Government Cost Estimate and the Statement of
Work (Str)
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 WorkDue Week 3 and worth 100
pointsImagine 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.
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BUS 501 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)  
BUS 501 Week 3 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.
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BUS 501 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or Price
Evaluations and Price Reasonableness (Str)
BUS 501 Assignment 4 Technical and Cost or Price
Evaluations and Price Reasonableness Business -
General Business Assignment 4 Technical and Cost
or Price Evaluations and Price ReasonablenessDue
Week 8 and worth 130 pointsImagine 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.
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BUS 501 Week 4 Assignment 2 Types of Contracts
and Performance-Based Acquisition (Str)
BUS 501 Week 4 Assignment 2 Types of Contracts
and Performance-Based Acquisition Business -
General Business Assignment 2 Types of Contracts
and Performance-Based AcquisitionDue Week 4 and
worth 110 pointsImagine 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.
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BUS 501 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 5 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
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BUS 501 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 6 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 Course Experience Tradition / bus501.com
BUS 501 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 6 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
Program and Source Selection Plans (Str)  
This Tutorial contains 2 Different Presentations
BSHS 345 Week 2 Outreach Plan Presentation For
this assignment, you will choose from the
following options Option 1 Outreach Plan
Paper Option 2 Outreach Plan Presentation Read
the instructions in the Outreach Plan and select
one option to complete the assignment.
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BSHS 345 Week 3 DQ 1
BUS 501 Week 7 Assignment 3 Small Business
Program and Source Selection Plans Business -
General Business Assignment 3 Small Business
Program and Source Selection PlansDue Week 7 and
worth 130 pointsChoose 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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BUS 501 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 7 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.
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BUS 501 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 8 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.
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BUS 501 Week 9 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 9 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.
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BUS 501 Week 10 DQ 1 and DQ 2 (Str)
BUS 501 Week 10 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
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The aim of education is the knowledge, not of
facts, but of values
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