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Week 3 Assignment – Small-Business Opportunities With the Navy

Introduction

Imagine
that you are the owner of a small floor refinishing business that
provides a specialty coating product for ceramic tile and marble floors.
There is no other local flooring business that provides this service.
Having recently received a patent on your product, you are ready to
expand your business by competing for Navy contracts at the local base,
which is located a few miles away. The services you want to sell are the
specialty coating, the application of the coating, and a regular
maintenance schedule. Your company consists of you, one office
assistant, and two production employees.

Note:
You will be referencing this business throughout all three assignments
for this course. Please use “First Name, Last Name, Inc.” as the name of
your company throughout these assignments.

Instructions

Write a 4-5 page paper in which you do the following:

1. Develop your company’s acquisition and planning strategy for obtaining a contract.
2. Analyze the manner in which utilizing The GSA SmartPay Program or a similar program in electronic contracting will assist your company and the Navy. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Go to the Strayer University Online Library to locate at least 4 quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other related websites do not qualify as academic resources.

This
course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance
and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in
the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any
additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Create
  an acquisition and planning strategy that uses an electronic
  contracting program to assist a company in obtaining a contract.