Paper #1
Scenario:
You have been individually assigned to a High Objective Tiger Team(HOTT) for the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acquisition Division. However, your independent task is to provide the initial strategy for a multiple sourcing acquisition plan to acquire 1,000 Piezoelectric Embedded Transducers (PET) under the Wide Alignment Limited Loading (WALL) Geostructure Program. The PET is aimed at providing an enhanced surveillance capability for the new WALL Program. The resultant Contract will bea multi-year requirement within a notional budget of $20 – $30M.
The
major deliverable Line Items are 1) Required Hardware, 2) Software, 3) Non-developmental
Support and Data. Under this scenario
you must consider acquisition strategy planning to include documentationcontaining
the following:
1. Highlight THREE (3) distinct acquisition planning fundamentals, and the
rationale for managing each in the Acquisition process for the PET. Provide an explanation for why these
fundamentals are essential for the PETSourcing and future negotiations. Be
specific as to your justification for each.
2. Select a Contract type for the deliverable Line Itemsabove,anddiscuss THREE (3)
specific performance factors affecting your choice of Contract type. Explain
how each of the factorscontributes tomeeting the contemplated PET performance
standards and acquisition objectives. Be
specific as to your justification for each.
In all cases, your rationale and justification must be explicitly tied to the PET,
andbe as objective as possible. Keep your thoughts organized by placing a space
between paragraphs, and use HEADINGS to match the requirements. Your exposition
should reflect considerable thought and go beyond restating large literature
passages. A minimum of four peer reviewed sources are required, with
attribution,in accordance with APA guidelines.
Your total response scope should be no
more than the equivalent of 4, and no less than 3, typed, double-spaced pages
of content, not including the title, reference, extraneous tables or lists, and
exhibits. Abstracts are not required,
and should not be included. This paper
is worth 25 points and is due on March 15, 2019.
The information in the scenario is all that you need for this assignment. However, you are permitted to make clearly stated assumptions to support additional information that you need foryour Paper deliverables 1, and 2 listed above.