Assignment 5: Announcing Contract Award and Responsibilities of the Contracting Officers’ Representative
Due Week 10 and worth 170 points

Imagine that you are working on a project to purchase 5,000 electricalgenerators with an electrical capacity of three (3) kilowatts and willbe used by the U.S. Army for battlefield communications systems.

Choose to respond to this scenario from a government or a contractorperspective. If you select government, then you will complete theassignment as if you are a government employee (or military personnel)receiving the proposal from the contractor. If you select contractor,then you will complete the assignment as if you are a contractoremployee submitting a proposal to the government.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Evaluatethe requirements for announcing federal contract awards. Determinehow these requirements apply to this scenario.
2. Establish the responsibilities of the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) for this contract.
3. Evaluate the existing training and certification requirements for CORs in general.
4. Create a set of specific requirements for the COR working on the contract for 5,000 electrical generators.
5. Assessthe importance of safeguarding proprietary information. Proposetwo (2) ways that proprietary information can be safeguarded inthis scenario.

Use at least five (5) quality academicresources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do notqualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Betyped, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), withone-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must followAPA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for anyadditional instructions.
• Include a cover page containingthe title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’sname, the course title, and the date. The cover page and thereference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Apply the methods for announcing the contract award, notifying, and debriefing the unsuccessful vendors.
• Applythe federal supply schedule to select contract items and reviewthe training requirements for the contracting officer’srepresentative.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in government acquisition.
• Write clearly and concisely about government acquisition using proper writing mechanics