Federal Contract Solicitation Synopsis
You will be responsible for producing two research papers, the first of which will be due in Week 6 and the second will be due in Week 10. Each paper will count for 20% of your course grade. Each paper will be a (condensed) response to a current Federal contract solicitation synopsis that you will find on the web at www.fedbizopps.gov. (To access solicitations, look for Opportunities under Vendors.) You may choose the solicitations to which you respond and, since your papers will be much shorter than typical responses from a contractor, you will not need to download the entire solicitation but may respond to the synopsis alone. If you find the synopsis missing any key data, you may make logical assumptions. Also, you may be creative in the style and content of your papers. However, your papers should be structured like a formal response to an RFP or other solicitation. Your second papers must respond to a different solicitation from the first, but both may come from the same agency. Each paper must be the student's own work and produced exclusively for this class. There is useful information at sites listed in the webliography. Important: If you are using a word processor other than Word, save your paper in Word or Rich Text and send it in either format. No other format will be accepted. There will be a Dropbox for each paper. Any paper sent as an unopenable file, such as encrypted, will receive a grade of zero. Late papers will be accepted with a 10 percent grade penalty for each academic week late. For example, a paper due in Week 6 will receive a 10% grade penalty if submitted in Week 7, a 20% grade penalty if submitted in Week 8, etc. Here is the structure: Cover Page Copy of the solicitation synopsis Page 1 - Introduction You summarize what the solicitation asks for, you introduce your organization (real or created by you), and you tell about your organization's past experience pertinent to the solicitation. Pages 2-4 - Specifics You tell the government how you will go about accomplishing what it asks for [Technical]. Then introduce some key members of your team and their credentials [Management]. Then tell the government what it will cost by laying out the the projected total costs to your organization, adding a profit, and specifying your preferred invoicing and payment schedule related either to time frames or to tasks (milestones) finished toward completion of the job [Cost]. Page 5 - Executive Summary You summarize in several paragraphs what you have said, then make a pitch for being awarded the contract. Recognize that, in a real situation, the Executive Summary is the most read part of a proposal. Strayer University uses the APA writing style in its courses which require a paper or essay. Because of the unique nature of the two research papers in this course, APA style will not appy to them
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