BUS 505 Week 5 Discussion-Week 5 DQ 2

"Contractor Qualifications" Please respond to the following:

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Assume you were preparing to be a contractor. Identify what you would

begin to work on first to sure up your qualifications. As part of this process, analyze the three types of materials used to assess contractor qualifications and determine which types would yield the most viable information. Explain your rationale.

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Develop a one-paragraph scenario that exemplifies behavior discerning debarment or suspension. Provide specific examples to support your reasoning.

Discuss the necessity of such communications.

Answer:

Assume you were preparing to be a contractor. Identify what you would begin to work on first to sure up your qualifications. As part of this process, analyze the three types of materials used to assess contractor qualifications and determine which types would yield the most viable information. Explain your rationale.

If I were a contractor, the first thing I would do is to have the “necessary organization, experience, accounting, and operational controls and technical skills to perform the contract (or the ability to obtain them)” (Feldman & Keyes, 2011). Creating and organizing a company that is capable of satisfy a contract is highly important. The contracting officer will not look well on a disorganized company lacking experience.

To assess contractor qualifications, there are three types of materials: Qualification Requirement; First Article Testing and Approval; First Article Waivers (Feldman & Keyes, 2011). I think that the one type that would best yield the most viable information is the first article testing. A prototype should be nearly identical to the final and complete product. If the company lacks the basics, it tells the contracting officer that the company did not understand the proposal’s intent.

Develop a one-paragraph scenario that exemplifies behavior discerning debarment or suspension. Provide specific examples to support your reasoning. Discuss the necessity of such communications.

One scenario for debarment or suspension would be misrepresenting the company. For instance, agencies are charged with awarding contracts to small businesses. It has been identified in the Department of Veterans Affairs that companies have been passing themselves off as small businesses or veteran-owned businesses in order to win contracts. The companies can be debarred as they are submitting false certificates (Feldman & Keyes, 2011). Reference

Feldman, S., & Keyes, W. (2011). Government Contracts in a Nutshell 5th ed. West: St. Paul, MN.