Question 1

1. Submit this assessment as one comprehensive document of no less than 500 words using APA style. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. You must also use one outside source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Answer the following four questions:

1. Please discuss the RFP you have selected to work with during the class and why you made the specific choice (what interests you about the RFP you chose)?
2. Since you are acting as the contractor who has won the bid for the RFP you selected, please list at least six strategies you will use in order to build trust between you and your client (hint: there is a table on page 14 of the textbook). Do not copy items on this list. Select six (or more) specific activities and relate them to the RFP you have chosen.
3.  Managing expectations up front is important (this is a communication process). Discuss the tactics you will use in order to manage expectations with your client given the RFP you have chosen.
4. Conduct an internet search for one of the following examples of poor procurement.

a. The Chicago Parking Meter Fiasco

b. Darleen Druyun and Boeing

c. Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel, Chunnel

What was the situation, and what would you have done as the procurement manager to avoid it? What precautions can you take (relating back to the RFP you have chosen) in order to prevent problems with your procurement project?