...IT 510 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview The final project for this course is the creation of a System Proposal Document. In any modern enterprise, it is crucial that all of the different stakeholders, users, inputs, and outputs that relate to the business’s IT systems coalesce in a logical and cohesive way for the systems to be effective. As a member of an IT team, your overarching goal is to ensure that the IT systems ultimately do what the business needs them to do. In this course, you have learned about the key principles and practices underlying the analysis, design, implementation, and management of IT systems. In this final project, you will apply this knowledge by creating a systems proposal document. The project is divided into four milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Module Two, Module Four, Module Six, and Module Eight. The final submission will occur in Module Nine. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes: Assess the relationship of systems analysis, design, implementation, and development processes as they relate to the management of information technology systems Communicate the paradigms, processes, and activities of systems development to diverse audiences Apply structure and object oriented analysis modeling techniques to analyze, design, and...
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...Formal Research vs Business Proposal Latasha Jenkins MGT 600-1102A-06 Dr. Hal Graff May 1, 2011 Abstract In this paper, I will compare formal research and business proposals and maintain that formal research is academic in nature while a business proposal has a more practical orientation to it. I will also discuss the most important difference between formal research and business proposals is that formal research has no financial implications while financial implications are the most important characteristics of business proposals. I will also point out that the main objective of a business proposal is to identify a need which must be addressed in order to generate either financial savings or greater revenue, while such financial implications are not relevant in formal research. Formal research is not concerned with generating findings that are practicable. I have concluded that formal research generates a wide variety of findings that may be made applicable in a wide variety of contexts. Further, I also noted that the advantage of business proposals is that they contextualize the findings from formal research in an existing organizational structure. Business Proposal vs Formal Research 1. Introduction Formal research basically is a systematic and organized effort to investigate a specific problem or test a hypothesis. The goal here is to find answers to the issues that concern managers at work which is done in a controlled environment...
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...Request for Proposal Inventory Control System Blooming Tyler’s 123 Flower Street Miramar, FL 12345 Distribution List Samantha Smith (CFO) Lisa Panera (CIO) Alfred First (Marketing) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 3 1.1. General Description of Work 3 1.2. What Must Be Included with Bid 3 1.3. Schedule of Bid Period Activities 5 1.4. Location of Work 5 1.5. Pre-Bid Meeting 7 1.6. Owner Contact for questions 7 1.7. Pre-Award Surveys 7 1.8. Sealed Bid Requirements 7 1.9. Basis for Bid Evaluation 7 1.10. Ethical Standards 8 1.11. Responsibility for Surety Bonds 8 1.12. Proposal Format 8 1.13. List of Bidders 8 1.14. Letter of Acknowledgment 8 2. DESCRIPTION OF WORK 8 2.1. Engineering Contracts 9 2.2. Construction Contracts 9 3. PROPOSAL 10 3.1. Breakdown of Bid Price 10 3.2. Revisions and Extra Work 11 3.3. Escalation Formulas 11 3.4. Scheduled Completion Dates 11 3.5. List of Subcontractors 11 3.6. Key Supplier or Contractor Personnel 11 3.7. Length of Time Bid Is Valid 11 3.8. List of Bid Document Addenda Reviewed by Bidder 11 3.9. Notice of Conflicts or Errors in Bid Documents 11 3.10. Clarifications of Bids 11 3.11. Bidder Signature 12 4. SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS 12 5. SPECIAL CONDITIONS 12 6. GENERAL CONDITIONS AND CONTRACT AGREEMENTS 13 Appendix A 14 Appendix B 15 Supplier/Bidder List 15 Note: Click somewhere within your table of contents, press F9, select the “update entire table”...
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...Unit 2 Need identification The Bank of Boston Official from the Bank of Boston recently discuss how the firm create a effective, all encompassing request for proposal. Kevin Roden, director of consumer banking system, George Swick, project manager of retail workstation infrastructure, indicate that their focus is on business requirements. They conduct a cost-benefit analysis and examine available products and services only after they ensure that a project will meet business requirements. If the project does not directly support the business, it is not pursued. The Bank of Boston had a goal: improve sale and customer service and increase the range of products, such as mutual funds and small business loans, in the bank’s branches. Given their resources and availability resources, they found that it would be more cost effective to outsource much of the work. So they developed two comprehensive requests for proposal (RFPs). The first was for procurement, and installation of the system. The second was for support and maintenance. There were 11 responses to the two RFPs, which were reviewed by more than twenty of various technology and business committees within the bank. IBM and Anderson Consulting were chosen to help with the procurement, deployment, and installation, and IBM was chosen to help with the support and maintenance. The Bank of Boston Branches will be getting a complete facelift: new client/server-based local area net works, new customer service and sales applications...
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...RFP Response RFP Response Willie Ramey Winning Government Business BUS505 Dr. Fail Strayer University November 24, 2013 RFP Response The HUBZone Business will have an organizational structure consisting of the Capture Team Leader at the top of the hierarchy. Directly reporting to the leader will be a Program Manager, a Proposal Manager, and a Marketing Manager. The third level of the organizational structure consists of a Cost Volume Manager, a Contracts Manager, and a Technical Volume Manager. |CAPTURE TEAM LEADER | |PROPOSAL MANAGER |PROGRAM MANAGER |MARKETING MANAGER | |COST VOLUME MANAGER |CONTRACTS MANAGER |TECHNICAL VOLUME MANAGER | RFP Response |Proposal Manager…Responsible for planning and preparing the entire proposal. Builds the proposal schedule, prepares the proposal directive. | |Ensures that the proposal complies with all RFP requirements, integrates bid strategies into the proposal | |Program Manager…..Responsible for executing the program at contract award. Participates in the development of bid...
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...[pic] STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR INFORMATION SECURITY ASSESSMENT SERVICES (ISAS) RFP NUMBER: 427.04-107-08 |CONTENTS | |SECTION | | |1 |INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….3 | |2 |RFP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS………………………………………………………………..................................6 | |3 |PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS………………………………………………………………7 | |4 |GENERAL REQUIREMENTS & CONTRACTING INFORMATION………………….…..9 | |5 |PROPOSAL EVALUATION & CONTRACT AWARD…………………………………....13 | | | |RFP ATTACHMENTS: | | ...
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...Pro Staffing Research for Outsourcing Payroll and Tax Services 03/15/2014 Table of Contents Project Scope 4 Requirements 4 Procurement Advantages 5 Savings Analysis 5 Procurement Disadvantages 6 Risks 6 Scoring Matrix for Procurement Proposals 8 Contractual Analysis 12 Considerations 12 Proposal Information 12 Legal Compliance Subjects 12 Proposal Questionnaire 12 Instructions to Proposers 13 Project Scope Pro Staffing research of outsourcing payroll and tax responsibilities versus in-house or new software package to evaluate which process will better meet the needs of corporation in both cost and quality of services. The analysis shows the cost savings for the procurement average 31% less than in-house management either by current processes or new software. Risk/ liability for Federal Tax withholding and reports is moved to the vendor. Requirements The solution needs to provide minimal 1. Direct deposit or mail for employees and contractual workers regular payroll, bonus pay, and expense checks 2. Handle workers compensation payment 3. Payroll withholding 4. Payroll tax management 5. Knowledge of international payments to employees or contractors 6. Online payroll management by Pro Staffing 7. Web access with required registration access for previous W2 and payroll check information for up to five years 8. Documents should be printable or delivery by mail 9. Strict documented protocol...
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...Purpose of this document: In order to determine which submitted proposals represent the best overall value, a comprehensive and thorough evaluation of each is required. In considering the concept of ‘best value’, an approach that assesses many relevant factors from a holistic perspective is required and largely mandated by the Federal Government. This method of evaluating many primary factors and sub-factors increases the odds that the government agency will match successful contract bidders with the contracts that they are most qualified for, based on experience, capabilities, and a proven track record. For the purpose of this discussion, the group was tasked with identifying three sub-factors for four primary evaluation factors that were pre-determined. The primary evaluation factors that were considered in support of the program management solicitation project are as follows: 1) Corporate Experience; 2) Past Performance; 3) Management Approach; and 4) Technical Approach. C. Summarized table of Evaluation Factors and Sub-factors: The table below represents a summarized table of the sub-factors that have been assigned to each of the pre-determined primary evaluation factors. Evaluation Factor #1: CORPORATE EXPERIENCE This evaluation factor assesses the experience that a bidder is likely to add to the solicited project. The experience of the bidder should be commensurate, or similar to the requirements of the contract. Listing of Relevant Sub-factors Summation of...
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...Charles E. Robinson IV Business Strategies and Proposals Bid Strategy Dr. Tressa R. Shavers Business 505 May 13, 2012 Provide a summary of the RFP you have selected. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company employs 30,000 people around the globe. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company has nine locations across the United States and several international offices around the world. Fort Worth, Texas, Marietta, Georgia, Palmdale, California, San Antonio, Texas, Greenville, South Carolina, Pinellas Park, Florida, Meridian, Mississippi, Johnstown, Pennsylvania and Clarksburg, West Virginia are the nine locations across the United States. The solicitation number for this bid is NNA12435005Q-AMD. According to FEDBIZOPPS.GOV, the solicitation says, “NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) has a requirement for 60 square yards of Rayon Felt. The rayon felt must be 7-inches thick, so that NASA ARC may carbonize it, which will result in a 3-inch thick carbon felt. For TPS applications, NASA requires thicknesses of greater than 3-inches for the thermal protection of flight vehicles. Carbon felt is the precursor for conformable ablators, currently under investigation at NASA ARC, which offer many advantages over rigid ablators for large heat shields. Commercially available carbon felts are currently manufactured in thicknesses of 1-inchor less. NASA intends to procure the rayon felt on a sole source basis from American Felt & Filter Company, Inc. (AFFCO) of New Windsor, NY, under the authority...
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...Running Head: REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Read through the whole RFP and change words where needed, ie. change “Your Company” to a company name of your choosing. Add some clip art if you feel the need to. And erase this part before submitting. Request for Proposal for Microsoft Office Software Training John A. Smith (Your name) University of Phoenix ENG/221 Technical Writing Joseph Johnson (instructor name) Table of Contents 1. Overview – page 3 a. Introduction page 3 b. Business Goals page 3 2. Scope – page 4 c. Purpose of Request for Proposal page 4 d. Project Goal page 4-5 3. Vendor Information – page 5 e. Desired Qualifications page 5 f. Requirements for Formatting and Submitting Proposals page 5 g. Confidentiality Notice page 5 h. Proposal Evaluation Criteria page 5 i. Timeframe for Vendor Selection page 5 j. Company Contact Information page 5 OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION Your Company is a superior provider of emergency communications and technical consulting to the Federal, State, and County Governments as well as the private industry. BUSINESS GOALS Your Company sets specific goals for success in this business. * Provide the best service to its customers in the most efficient and cost effective way possible. * Mitigate possible future problems to maintain emergency satellite, telecommunication, and radio services to 98% or better. * Quickly identify problem areas and...
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...com PROPOSAL Microsoft Office Programs Training January 16, 2012 Prepared For John Doe, General Manager Software Training Referral Prepared By Joseph Goodrum, Owner SportinShirts Description: SportinShirts is in need of a training company, or experienced trainers to train current employees in the Microsoft Office Suite including, but not limited to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook. The company currently does not staff anyone proficient in these programs. SportinShirts feels in training our staff to be proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, the company will create efficiencies in our marketing and sales, billing, production, and administrative departments, so that we can provide better service to customers. Proposal Number: 22-1995 Table of Contents Company Introduction 3 About SportinShirts 3 SportinShirts business goals 3 Project Introduction 4 Project goals 4 Timeframe for project 4 Budget for project 4 Training needed 4 Admin Information 5 Desired qualifications 5 Requirements for formatting/submitting proposals 5 Confidentiality notice 5 Reference requirements 5 Contact Information 5 Deadline for proposal submission 5 Timeframe for vendor selection 5 Selection criteria 5 Company Introduction About SportinShirts SportinShirts is an established screen printing business based out...
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...Case Analyses- Request for Proposal The Request for proposals (RFPs) is used in negotiated acquisitions for the procurement of supplies and services (research and development (R&D), construction and commercial items), by the contracting officer issuing a solicitation to communicate the government needs to prospective contractors. The policies and procedures that govern RFPs vary between the procurement of commercial items and construction. The purpose of this paper is to compare the two RFPs and identify the differences. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requires commercial items acquisitions exceeding $5.5 million to be solicited using the RFPs contract method and solicitations is prepared using the standard form (SF) 1449. The commercial items RFP used in this comparison was issued by the Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA). The requirement is to provide inscription for blank marble niche covers for Arlington National Cemetery. The acquisition is being set-aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB). The period of performance is for a base period and four option years. The option clause to extend the term of the contract is included. The option clause does not obligate the government to exercise the option years. The government may exercise an option by providing the contractor with a written notice within the time specified in the contract. The solicitation states that prospective contractors must provide an all-inclusive unit price. The...
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...RFP Baderman Islands Resort Joshua Wycoff University of Phoenix Request for Proposal Baderman Islands Resort Request for Proposal for Implementation of Word Processing System Issued May 12, 2011 Table of Contents Introduction | ……………………….. | 3 | Description | ……………………….. | 3 | Business Goals | ……………………….. | 3 | Project Goals | ……………………….. | 3 | Scope of Project | ……………………….. | 3 | Time Constraints | ……………………….. | 4 | Budget Constraints | ……………………….. | 4 | Other requirements | ……………………….. | 4 | Technical Requirements | ……………………….. | 4 | Who may Apply | ……………………….. | 5 | How to Apply | ……………………….. | 5 | Confidentiality | ……………………….. | 5 | References | ……………………….. | 5 | Clarification of Questions | ……………………….. | 6 | Submission Schedule | ……………………….. | 6 | Proposal Format | ……………………….. | 6 | Decision Schedule | ……………………….. | 6 | Selection Criteria | ……………………….. | 6 | Request for Proposals 1. Introduction Baderman Island Resorts is seeking to contract with a vendor(s) for the purchase and implementation of a Word Processing application. The application will be installed on all computers throughout the hotel locations, to provide a standard easy to use package for employees. 2. Description Baderman Island Resorts is owned and operated by Boardman Management Group, with all locations located on the self-contained island of Baderman. Baderman Resorts is comprised of three luxury resorts, recreation center, shopping and spas...
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...REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL for Mandy Lane, Inc Georgia Titans Baseball Practice Complex Stockbridge, Georgia 30281 Dennis I. Oggs doggsi@yahoo.com PM 598 Contracts and Procurement Management Submittal Deadline: December 31, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Title: Page Number: 1. INTRODUCTION X 1.1 Description of Georgia Titans Baseball complex in Stochbridge Georgia 1.2 Background 1.3 Objective of RFP 2. NOTICE TO PROPOSERS X 2.1 Submittal Deadline 2.2 Type of Agreement 2.3 Term 2.4 RFP Contact Persons 2.5 Inquiries and Interpretations 2.6 Public Information 2.7 Selection Process 2.8 Criteria for Selection 2.9 Proposer's Acceptance of Evaluation Methodology 2.10 Solicitation for Proposal and Proposal Preparation Costs 2.11 Key Events Schedule 2.12 Historically Underutilized Businesses 3. PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS XX 3.1 General Instructions 3.2 Preparation and Submittal Instructions 3.3 Pricing and Delivery Schedule 3.4 Terms and Conditions 3.5 Submittal Checklist 3.6 Electronic Submission 4. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS XX 5. SCOPE OF SERVICES XX 6. EXECUTION OF OFFER XX 7. PRICING AND DELIVERY SCHEDULE XX 8. PROPOSER'S GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE XX 9. ADDENDA CHECKLIST XX ...
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...on the requirement. This requirement has received adequate competition and will use a competitive range to increase the competitiveness of offeror’s proposals through negotiations. In determining price reasonableness, it will be critical to analyze the different methods of price analysis and determine if any benefit will arise from the use of these methods. Technical Evaluations The FAR expresses the government’s objective is to provide the best value product or service for customers, while maintaining the public’s trust and fulfilling policy objectives (Compton, 2010). “Proposing vendors are entitled to fair and impartial treatment in the source selection process, and they have a right to unbiased award decisions” (Compton, 2010, p. 142). Fair and impartial treatment is achieved in technical evaluations, by ensuring that technical proposals are evaluated in accordance with the evaluation criteria and requirements stated in Section M of the solicitation. Integrity and Fairness The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 1.102-2(c)(3), states that “The Government shall exercise discretion, use sound business judgment, and comply with applicable laws and regulations in dealing with contractors and prospective contractors” (Broaddus, 2011). There are many rules and regulations that are followed to maintain acquisition integrity and fairness. It is the role of the Contracting Officer (CO) to debrief the evaluation team on the following subjects once proposals are received: ...
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