Week 3 DQ 2 Sealed Bidding

Week 3 DQ 2 Sealed Bidding Please respond to the following:

Describe the purpose, general requirements, and awarding of the contract in a sealed- bidding process. From the e-Activity, provide at least two examples where sealed bidding had a positive effect on the contract selection process.

Discuss two of the problems that might be encountered by an agency in producing a sealed bid, and how apparent and obvious mistakes can be addressed. From the e-Activity, provide at least two examples to support your response.

Week 4 DQ 1 Pre-Proposal Phase Activities Please respond to the following:

Evaluate the overall phase of pre-proposal activities based on the best practices identified in Chapter 7 and make at least one recommendation for improving the phase. Provide specific examples that illustrate how your recommendation would help.

Determine and discuss the worst possible mistake a proposal team could make during the pre-proposal phase. Explain your rationale. Identify a strategy that prevents this mistake.

Week 4 DQ 2 Bid Strategy Please respond to the following:

Analyze customer assessments, program requirements, and competitive assessments, and determine which of the three would be the most difficult to collect information for and why. From the e-Activity, make at least one recommendation to address the difficulty you have identified.

Analyze the specific bid strategies section of the text and compare what the author says to what you discovered in the e-Activity.

Week 5 DQ 1 Building and Organizing the Capture Team Please respond to the following:

Analyze the roles and responsibilities of capture team members and determine which two roles could be combined into a single role. Explain your rationale.

Analyze the required qualifications of capture team leaders and determine which leadership role best suits you (where you would be the most successful). Explain your rationale.