Competitive Procurement Under Chapter 287

The government selects contract proposals from many competitors large and small, and each proposal must be effective in scope and developed with an attitude of winning the contract. From the e-Activity, select two (2) of the suggested commandments that you feel are most important to understand in order to write a government bid proposal effectively. Provide a rationale for your selection.

A contract has been awarded under competitive negotiated procedures and an unsuccessful offeror wanted to know why they were not the winner. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provides an approach to this issue by offering an organized correspondence with the unsuccessful offeror and the government. An unsuccessful offeror may submit a request to the contracting officer for clarification on why they did not win the award. This request is called a debriefing. The debriefing provides feedback from the government on the unsuccessful offeror’s proposal explaining the process in depth as to why they were not selected. Only certain information is shared and will vary depending on whether the debriefing is conducted prior to or after

Government acquisition is the process through which government agencies make purchases for all goods and services. To ensure that contracting ethics and morals are observed by all the agencies there is set of rules that are to be used by all agencies, this rules govern how purchase of goods and services will be done by all the federal agencies.

For a contract of $500,000, Sealed-Bidding (IFB) Process or Negotiated Procurement (RFB) Process must be used. Sealed Bids are competitive sealed bids given by vendors. They are only opened by a government contractor in a public ceremony and awarded to the most acceptable, lowest priced bidder. The sealed bidding process is considered when time permits for solicitation, submission, and evaluation, the award can be made on the basis of price and other related factors, and expectations of more than one bid is reasonable. No discussions are permitted after the bid ceremony.

Federal construction contracting practices, governed by the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR), have a duty to uphold the integrity in the process of selecting sources to perform the requirements of the government through contracts. The duty is to the people of the union and those who pay into the system of government. The FAR and the institution of contract professionals within federal service take this duty very seriously and enact processes that uphold their obligations. Regarding infrastructure projects in the federal government, it is customary to see authorization from congress to a particular department to exhaust funds in support of a particular mission or requirement. Within the Department of Defense these funds are requested

The procurement process for the purchase complied with the OSC’s Procurement and Contract Management Policy, MBS Procurement Directive, and AIT. A formal, open MERX-based Request for Proposal process was undertaken by the CSA with CSB Administration and the GCO. The proposals were evaluated by the CSA ITSO and select CSA staff for the services, pricing by an Admin, and the legal terms by the GCO and legal staff across the CSA.

Negotiations is for contracts exceeding $100,000 and when necessitates a highly technical product or service. The government issues a Request for Proposal that requests the product or service and the price. The RFP is subject to negotiation after submission. When the government is checking out the possibility of acquiring a product or service, it issues a Request for Quotation. The bid is given to the one that gives the government the highest advantage or value.

Following the RFP, the City of Ottawa must choose a contract for the post. The RFP outlines the the procurement process and states that the purchase of construction services must be in accordance to the City of Ottawa’s Purchasing

Abstract: This paper evaluates a request for proposal (RFP) from Homeland Security Department. It examines the RFP to determine whether it aligns with standard government bid solicitations. The paper also considers the impact of the RFP on competitive pricing. This paper concludes with an examination of how a large firm would file a protest against a smaller firm that acquired the government contract after bidding on the government issued RFP.

It is important that an owner designate one individual to act as the contact person for questions from bidders during the bid period. This organizational approach assures that questions are handled in a consistent manner and that all bidders receive the same answers to questions. The answers to individual questions from bidders during the bid period that are not responded to at a pre-bid meeting are also important supplemental information to the original RFP. The procurement group representative assigned to a contract is often the designated contact person for an owner. The Instructions specify

The contracts and purchasing department will review the procurement items, determine whether it is advantageous to make or buy the items, and begin the vendor selection, purchasing and the contracting process. However it seem the substantial (major) procurements will be done at Aecon “home office” and not locally.

After reading the sample request for proposal, it has been determined that the proposal does not meet the government’s standard form for solicitation. A typical form is much lengthier than the provided sample; however the information provided is very straight to the point. It does specify the services they would like to have performed and does ask the bidder to provide further information in their response. The official form would list other information like the deadline for final submission and would specify if there will be a bidders meeting. A typical RFP is about 12 pages long and would elaborate on the work

Strict adherence to formal procedures characterizes sealed bidding which attempts to provide a “level playing field” or as a multitude of references point out equal footing to all bidders who compete for a contract. Competitive negotiation is a more flexible process that enables the agency to conduct discussions, evaluate offers, and award the contract using price and other factors. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), whose origins can be traced back to the ASPA of 1947 was codified at Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations and became effective 1 April 1984. The FAR contains the uniform policies and procedures for acquisitions by all federal agencies to date. It addresses nearly every procurement related statute or executive policy; and subsequently encompasses every stage of the acquisition process. In a nutshell, FAR appears to have modernized and thus enveloped the aforementioned three acts.

The most common input documents in the procurement industry as mentioned by Garrett in his book are, request for proposal (RFP), request for tender (RFT), request for quotation (RFQ), invitation to bid (ITB), invitation for bids (IFB), and invitation for negotiations (IFN), while, the output documents are the proposals and the bids. For the purpose of this essay I am going to focus on the RFP, ITB, and RFQ as input documents on the buyers step three, solicitation. On the output documents I also want to add quotes, which were not mentioned by the author but in my personal experience they are invaluable when procuring goods and services. Additionally, I want to talk about the risk management aspect of the RFP from the buyers and sellers

BIDDERS SHOULD NOTE THAT ANY AND ALL WORK INTENDED TO BE SUBCONTRACTED AS PART OF THE BID SUBMITTAL MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY