Acquiring a Contract with the Navy

Based on the same scenario as in Assignments 1 and 2, you
are ready to begin considering the factors needed for your proposal based on
RFP #123456789, dated 07/14/2014. Remember that another local competitor
intends to submit a proposal as well.

Before beginning this assignment, review FAR Subpart
19.5—Set-Asides for Small Business.

Additional factors to consider are:

1.Both your company and your competitor’s company will
qualify under the HUBZone Act (FAR 19.5).

2.Based upon the scope of work required, your initial
estimates for the contract will exceed $150,000. Therefore, you are willing to
offer incentives to the Navy.

3.Your competitor intends to submit a proposal for a one (1)
year contract.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1.Examine two (2) reasons why your business would qualify
under the basic concepts of the HUBZone Set-Aside Procedures. Provide a
rationale for your response.

2.Analyze the primary way(s) in which a multiyear contract
would benefit both the Navy and your business.

3.Determine whether your bid proposal should be based on a
fixed-price, a cost-reimbursement, or a time-and-materials type of contract.
Provide a rationale for your response.

4.Determine the category of incentives that you are willing
to offer (i.e., cost, schedule, or performance). Provide a rationale for your
response.

5.Determine whether your bid proposal should be a technical,
management, or cost proposal. Provide a rationale for your response.

6.Speculate on five (5) potential risk factors that you will
need to consider if your company is awarded the contract. Provide a rationale
for your response.

7.Use at least three (3) quality references  Note: Wikipedia and other related websites do
not qualify as academic resources.

FAR subpart 19.5- Set Asides for Small Business.pdf

Essay Four: The Literature of Protest

• write an interpretative essay about selected short stories using MLA format and documentation.

The theme uniting all the literary works in this module is protest, either subtly or overtly. The authors are calling attention to a problem in society (and, by extension, suggesting it needs to be fixed).

Prompt: Analyze a short story to determine its meaning. How do various elements of the story work together to create its meaning? What, precisely, is the writer protesting?

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Tips on Quoting

Quoting a Poem or a Short Story

First of all, titles of poems and short stories belong in quotation marks. Do not italicize.

With poems, you are generally going to quote just a few lines at a time, or even only a single line, as you explicate. Show line breaks with a backslash ( / ):

“After the Terror” begins with the lines, “Everything has changed, though nothing has./ They’ve changed the locks on almost every door” (lines 1-2).

In the parenthetical citation, you do not give the page number the poem is on. You give the line numbers. (You’ll see line numbers given every five lines in the right hand margin of your anthology; this will help you.)

If you are going to quote more than three lines of poetry, set it up as a block quote. But as I said in Module 4 of Othello, typically you do not want too many block quotes as there is little need to quote large chunks of text.

Having said that, to do a block quote, indent two tabs (10 spaces) from the left hand margin and then type the lines out exactly as they appear in the text. Set it up like this:

Adrienne Rich ends the third section of “The School Among the Ruins” in this way:

A morning breaks without bread or fresh-poured milk

parents or lesson-plans

diarrhea first question of the day

children shivering it’s September

Second question: where is my mother? (lines 38-42)

As for a short story, it is a general work of fiction (a novel, a short story). Identify who is speaking, quote him or her, and cite the page number. Example:

Lyman describes seeing the convertible for the first time: “The first time we saw it! I’ll tell you when we first saw it . . . There is was, parked large as life. Really as if it was alive. I thought of the word repose” (967).

If your quotation is going to exceed four lines of text, then set it up as a block quote. BUT, notice how, above, I avoided the block quote by omitting extraneous information and showing the omission with ellipses.

Hybrid Assessment – What is the difference between bookkeeping, accounting, and accountancy? When someone says they are an accountant, are they really a bookkeeper? Does it really matter?

In conjunction with the information presented below, perform additional research and write a 1-page paper (APA format, double-spaced, 12-point font) discussing these differences. Include your individual thoughts in relation to your educational pursuits.

Bookkeeping

Bookkeeping is the process of systematically recording the financial transactions of a business, so as to show how the transactions relate to each other. Bookkeeping is largely a mechanical process and does not involve any analysis of the financial transactions, but rather the recording of them.

Traditionally, the records were kept in a book, hence the name bookkeeping. These days, bookkeeping is normally performed using a bookkeeping software package, but the names of the books (daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger) are still used.

A bookkeeper’s function is primarily one of recording transactions in the journal and posting to the ledger, and is sometimes referred to as an accounts clerk.

There are two types of bookkeeping: single entry and double-entry. In single entry bookkeeping, the record of each transaction is carried to either the debit or credit column of a single account. In double-entry bookkeeping, two entries of each transaction are carried to the ledger: one to the debit side, and one to the credit side, of the corresponding account. This is so the two entries can be used to check each other.

Accounting

Accounting is the systematic recording, reporting, and analysis of financial transactions of a business. As bookkeeping involves making a financial record of business transactions, it is true to say that the role of bookkeeping is encompassed within the scope of accounting, and the bookkeeping system used by a business would form part of the accounting system.

Accounting also includes the preparation of statements concerning assets, liabilities and the operating results of a business.

Accountancy is the occupation related to accounting, and an accountant is the person who does, or at least is responsible for, the work. Accountants often specialize in a particular area of accounting such as taxes, auditing, or management.

In a small company, all of the bookkeeping and accounting tasks may well be performed by a single person. In this situation, that person would normally be referred to as an accountant.

Reference:

Dixon, J., 2008, John Dixon Technologies

History 11 Mid Term essay questions

MID-TERM EXAM

Discuss each question in at least 550-600 words each. Be aware that due to the fact you know the questions ahead of time I do expect your responses to be very thorough and detailed. Responses should draw from the textbook and discussions. Most common question from students is the required length of the essay. Answer: I am not looking at quantity, I am looking for quality. Again, BE THOROUGH and detailed.

3) Trace the development of the British-American conflict up to 1776. Could the relationship have been saved? (book Chapters 5 and 6)

6) In the 1790s, why did the revolutionary political leaders become divided over the course of the new nation? What was the result? ( book Chapter 8)

the textbook that we are using is this https://cnx.org/contents/p7ovuIkl@6.16:0lLioyXu@8/…

Rubric:

A = Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the topic including details of relative events.

B = Demonstrates a good understanding of the topic including details of many of the relative events.

C = Demonstrates a limited understanding of the topic, does not provide necessary details and may have factual errors.

D = Demonstrates a poor understanding of the topic and is incomplete. May have factual errors.

F = Incomplete, lacking an understanding of the topic and lacks details.