You have been invited to a high-level management meeting for the purpose of developing an acquisition strategy and preparing an acquisition plan for a new procurement to acquire 10,000 workstations for the agency. The current inventory of existing PCs includes 10 different models that run in a windows environment.
1. Initiate the development of an acquisition strategy that will maximize competition and minimize procurement lead-time. How will you conduct market research? Examine alternative contract options. What is the schedule, technical and cost risk with each option?
2. What type of support services will need to be provided? Explore different options for providing this support.