LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 1 Discussion
- Introduction and Government Contracts
Introduce yourself to your peers by sharing something unique about your background. Explain how you expect this course will help you move forward in your current or future career.
Watch the video, Federal Acquisition – Acting As OneLinks to an external site..
Discuss one topic, issue, process, or other information that you learned from the video.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 2 Discussion
- The General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Contract
Go to the webpage Acquisition.govLinks to an external site..
Click Browse the FAR.
From the FAR Parts on the left, choose either DOD Deviations or CAAC Deviations from the list.
Select a deviation and explain your understanding of the author's intent for the deviation and the contracting officer's responsibility to execute it.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
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Week 3 Discussion
- Fairness of Obtaining a Government Contract
Evaluate the level of fairness of the overall process of obtaining a government contract. Explain whether the process is fair, and why or why not.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 4 Discussion
- Winning a Government Contract
Search the Internet for a news article on government contracting and explain the particular discussion covered in the article.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
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Week 5 Discussion
- Price Evaluation
You are a contracting officer in your agency, tasked with acquiring office equipment software. After the contract was awarded, you discovered that the speculations for the software that was delivered are different from what was in the request for proposal.
Choose two questions you should ask as you consider whether to request corrective action from the supplier.
Explain why you chose your questions.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 6 Discussion
- After Proposal Submission
You are a contracting officer in your agency, tasked with reviewing contractor proposals.
What are three questions you would ask the contractors to help you determine whether they are qualified?
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
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Week 7 Discussion
- Contractor Qualifications
Research and analyze an example of a GSA contract. What are the specific details of your example that make it GSA compliant?
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 8 Discussion
- Protests
Imagine that you are a small-business owner. You are having a tough time with the bidding process. However, you believe you are close to securing your goal. You are always thinking one step ahead, so you are planning to protest any rejections.
How would you approach the process and to whom would you direct the protest?
Be sure to use an example or a scenario, including the related details and specifics, to support your response.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 9 Discussion
- Delays
Choose one of the scenarios below. Discuss the type of delay and possible remedies for the delay.
A construction project was delayed because a supplier could not obtain the necessary building materials due to a shortage.
The government orders work on a project stopped for 3 weeks due to a pandemic. After 3 months, the work has not resumed.
A contract officer stops work on a cell phone acquisition project because a part used to manufacture the phones was recalled.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 10 Discussion
- Termination
Research, from a reliable news source, an example of termination of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) contract.
Based on the article and legal issues within it, was justice served in the example? Why or why not?
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts. Responses should be substantive, provide additional context, challenge classmates, add to the narrative, and provide evidence to support ideas.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 11 Discussion
- Sum It Up
Reflect on what you learned during the course.
What were you most surprised about?
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 2 Activity - Case Study: Acquisition Planning
Preparation
Read the GSA National Capitol Region 4th Floor Total Workplace Case StudyLinks to an external site. on workplace change.
Instructions
Write a 1–2 page paper in which you:
Describe the aspects and purpose of an acquisition plan.
Select three tasks, from the GSA Schedule Task Order File ChecklistLinks to an external site., that are supported by the FAR.
Explain how and why the three tasks you chose are relevant to the case study.
Use at least two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your activity. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this activity is:
Evaluate the economic considerations of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 4 Activity - Case Study: Ethical Considerations
Preparation
Refer to the GSA National Capitol Region 4th Floor Total Workplace Case StudyLinks to an external site.. Imagine you are the procurement officer for the workplace change project. You are required to address any ethical issues that arise in the procurement process.
Instructions
Write a 1–2 page paper in which you:
Describe the FAR's approach to ethical considerations, including a list of the considerations you believe are most important and why.
Analyze ethical considerations for a government contract.
Identify those ethical considerations that you should be aware of for the workplace change project and how they apply to the case study.
Use at least two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your activity. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this activity is:
Evaluate the compliance considerations of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in contracting actions and dispute resolution requirements.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 3 Assignment
- Contracting and the FAR
Overview
Part of the role of the FAR is to ensure taxpayer funds are properly managed in a way that protects the collective buying power of the American people.
Instructions
Write a 2–3 page paper in which you:
Analyze the FAR, and conclude whether or not the FAR overall offers adequate protection of the collective buying power of the American people. Provide an example supporting your position.
Evaluate which branch of government is the proper branch to effectuate change that would provide checks and balances for the purchase of goods and services for the U.S. government. Provide a rationale for your answer.
Use two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Most references will likely come from the sources listed in the preparation section. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Evaluate the economic considerations of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 5 Assignment - Competition Requirements
Overview
The FAR Parts: Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation: Subpart 15.2 - Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and InformationLinks to an external site. states, "Exchanges of information among all interested parties, from the earliest identification of a requirement through receipt of proposals, are encouraged" (1). When planning a competitive solicitation, the agency must provide needed information to develop a thorough request that takes into account the agency's objectives for quality, schedule, and costs.
The Proposal Adequacy Checklist is used to provide the location of the requested information or an explanation of why the requested information is not provided. In preparation for the offeror's checklist, offerors may elect to have their prospective subcontractors use the same or similar checklist as appropriate. For this assignment, first analyze the DFAR Parts: 252.215-7009 Proposal Adequacy ChecklistLinks to an external site. for organizing a proposal.
Instructions
Write a 2–3 page report in which you:
Analyze the intrinsic value of two of the submission items on the DFAR Parts: 252.215-7009 Proposal Adequacy ChecklistLinks to an external site., including an argument to support your position.
Discuss whether or not the offeree should let an offeror's mistake within a proposal go uncorrected, even if such action would cause the offeror to withstand a loss.
Explain one judicial remedy available to the offeror to prevent his or her loss, including an argument to support your position.
Use at least two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Evaluate the compliance considerations of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in contracting actions and dispute resolution requirements.
Sources
Acquisition.gov. No date. FAR Parts: Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation: Subpart 15.2 - Solicitation and Receipt of Proposals and Information. https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-15#FAR_Subpart_15_2
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 7 Activity - Case Study: Sealed Bidding
Refer to the GSA National Capitol Region 4th Floor Total Workplace Case StudyLinks to an external site.. As the procurement officer for the workplace change project, your supervisor has asked you to determine whether to use sealed bidding for the procurement process.
Instructions
Write a 1–2 page memo in which you:
Describe the sealed bidding process and the role it plays in federal acquisition.
Analyze the procedures for conducting a sealed bidding process for this project, including the relevant parts of the FAR.
Evaluate improvements that could be made to the sealed bidding process and why they are needed.
Use at least two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your activity. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this activity is:
Distinguish between the types of contracts and their considerations for use.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 8 Assignment - Types of Contracts and Their Use
As an IRS contracts officer, you are asked by your supervisor to determine the approach that you must take on negotiating an offer to contract based on the GSA National Capitol Region 4th Floor Total Workplace Case StudyLinks to an external site.. Refer to the Government Contracting - Bid Protest - Corrective Action - Win Federal ContractsLinks to an external site..
Instructions
Write a 2–3 page report in which you:
Describe the types of contracts available under the FAR.
Explain the responsibilities that the IRS, as a government agency, has to the offeree during the contract negotiation.
Describe the options available to the offeree under the FAR during the negotiation process.
Use two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Distinguish between the types of contracts and their considerations for use.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 9 Activity - Case Study: Contract Scope Changes
Refer to the GSA National Capitol Region 4th Floor Total Workplace Case StudyLinks to an external site.. A contract for the case study has been finalized and the work is underway. The offeree (contractor) has requested a cardinal change to the scope of the contract.
Instructions
Write a 1–2 page paper in which you:
Explain your role and responsibility as a contracting officer regarding the change request.
Describe the process for making formal changes in the scope of the contract, including the role of the contractor.
Use at least two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your activity. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this activity is:
Analyze the elements of the federal procurement framework.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
Week 10 Assignment - Negotiation and Federal Procurement
Imagine you are a procurement officer at the Federal Aviation Administration. You have been tasked with acquiring 10,000 new laptop computers to upgrade the agency's technology equipment. The FAR provides guidance on how a government contract can be changed or terminated. Review the default section of the FAR: 52.249-8 Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service)Links to an external site..
Instructions
Write a 3–4 page paper in which you:
Evaluate the importance of the standard default clause.
Include suggestions for two ways in which you could combine it with the FAR's delay provision for the protection of both parties to the contract.
Include a rationale for your response.
Analyze what impact a contracting officer's changes to a contract's payment terms would have on both the government and the contractor.
Include the most secure method for making a contractual change.
Describe two improvements that you would make to the inspection procedure to make the procedure more efficient. Include a rationale.
Use two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Analyze the elements of the federal procurement framework.
