LEG 505 – Recommendations to Manage Common Compliance Issues
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Required Resources
Feldman, S.W. (2016). Government contracts in a nutshell (6th ed.). St. .Paul, MN: LEG, Inc. d/b/a West Academic.
O’Conner, T. (2007). Understanding government contracts law (1st ed.). Vienna, VA: Management Concepts.
Supplemental Resources
Georgetown Law Library Website. (2011). General format. Retrieved from http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/govtcontractslaw.cfm
Gordon, D. Tackling Waste in Contracting. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/29/tackling-waste-contracting
Keyes, W. N. (2012). Government contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (3d ed.). New York, NY: Thomson West.
LexisNexis. Zimmerman’s Research Guide. (2013). Retrieved from http://law.lexisnexis.com/infopro/zimmermans/disp.aspx?z=1517
Assignment 5: Recommendations to Manage Common Compliance Issues
Worth 150 points
Note: The assignments are a series of papers that build upon one another.
Refer the following resources to complete this assignment:
- A guide to best practices for contract administration
(http://www.acquisition.gov/bestpractices/bestpcont.html)
As the Contract Officer, you know it is time to assemble a team to manage compliance of the contract. Create a PowerPoint presentation based on the scenario you created to bring the team you have assembled up-to-date on what has occurred thus far.
Prepare a twenty (20) slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes in which you:
- Analyze the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrators.
- Identify the various options of administrative and judicial processes available and select the appropriate process to resolve the dispute.
- Analyze the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules and using a compliance matrix in government contract situations.
- Present ideas for brainstorming with your team in order to develop a policy that explains the role the Contract Officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor, from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work.
- Recommend three (3) best practices (one [1] from each section presented on Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative [COTR], voucher processing, and contract closeout) that will lend insight into ensuring that the contracting process moves smoothly through financing, administration, and closeout of the contract.
- Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Given a contract disputes situation, evaluate the various options and select the appropriate administrative and judicial processes available to resolve the dispute.
- Develop recommendations to manage the common compliance issues throughout financing, administration, and closeout of contracts.
- Given a contract change situation, evaluate the various options and select the appropriate administrative processes to effect the change.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in government contract law.
- Write clearly and concisely about government contract law using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
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Points: 150 |
Assignment 5: Recommendations to Manage Common Compliance Issues |
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Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 70% F |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
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1. Analyze the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrators. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrators. |
Partially analyzed the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrators. |
Satisfactorily analyzed the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrators. |
Thoroughly analyzed the importance of roles and responsibilities of contracting officers and administrators. |
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2. Identify the various options of administrative and judicial processes available and select the appropriate process to resolve the dispute. |
Did not submit or incompletely identified the various options of administrative and judicial processes available. Did not submit or incompletely selected the appropriate process to resolve the dispute. |
Partially identified the various options of administrative and judicial processes available. Partially selected the appropriate process to resolve the dispute. |
Satisfactorily identified the various options of administrative and judicial processes available. Satisfactorily selected the appropriate process to resolve the dispute. |
Thoroughly identified the various options of administrative and judicial processes available. Thoroughly selected the appropriate process to resolve the dispute. |
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3. Analyze the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules and using a compliance matrix in government contract situations. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules and using a compliance matrix in government contract situations. |
Partially analyzed the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules and using a compliance matrix in government contract situations. |
Satisfactorily analyzed the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules and using a compliance matrix in government contract situations. |
Thoroughly analyzed the importance of improving methods of creating contract schedules and using a compliance matrix in government contract situations. |
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4. Present ideas for brainstorming with your team in order to develop a policy that explains the role the Contract Officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor, from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work. Weight: 20% |
Did not submit or incompletely presented ideas for brainstorming with your team in order to develop a policy that explains the role the Contract Officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor, from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work. |
Partially presented ideas for brainstorming with your team in order to develop a policy that explains the role the Contract Officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor, from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work. |
Satisfactorily presented ideas for brainstorming with your team in order to develop a policy that explains the role the Contract Officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor, from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work. |
Thoroughly presented ideas for brainstorming with your team in order to develop a policy that explains the role the Contract Officer should have played in the dealings between the government and the contractor, from the time the contract was awarded through completion of the work. |
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5. Recommend three (3) best practices (one [1] from each section presented on Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative [COTR], voucher processing, and contract closeout) that will lend insight into ensuring that the contracting process moves smoothly through financing, administration, and closeout of the contract. Weight: 20% |
Did not submit or incompletely recommended three (3) best practices (one [1] from each section presented on Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative [COTR], voucher processing, and contract closeout) that will lend insight into ensuring that the contracting process moves smoothly through financing, administration, and closeout of the contract. |
Partially recommended three (3) best practices (one [1] from each section presented on Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative [COTR], voucher processing, and contract closeout) that will lend insight into ensuring that the contracting process moves smoothly through financing, administration, and closeout of the contract. |
Satisfactorilyrecommended three (3) best practices (one [1] from each section presented on Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative [COTR], voucher processing, and contract closeout) that will lend insight into ensuring that the contracting process moves smoothly through financing, administration, and closeout of the contract. |
Thoroughly recommended three (3) best practices (one [1] from each section presented on Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative [COTR], voucher processing, and contract closeout) that will lend insight into ensuring that the contracting process moves smoothly through financing, administration, and closeout of the contract. |
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6. 5 references Weight: 5% |
No references provided |
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. |
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
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7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% |
More than 6 errors present |
5-6 errors present |
3-4 errors present |
0-2 errors present |
