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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.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
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.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
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.
LEG440 Procurement and Contract Law
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.