Option #1: Procurement and Contracting Scenario

Using your research skills, identify a procurement and contracting scenario or example related to your Portfolio Topic. To see how your selected procurement and contracting example relates to your chosen Portfolio Topic, see Week 3 and Week 8 folders for more information. Answer the following questions in a two- to three-page paper:

1. Describe how to:
   1. establish
   2. create
   3. organize project requirements.
2. Explain how to locate and identify:
   1. sources of supply
   2. suppliers
   3. market places
   4. competition.

Be sure to properly organize your writing and include an introduction, headings/subheadings for the body of your work associated with each of the numbered items above, your analysis/suggestion, and a conclusion. In addition to your textbook, use at least two scholarly sources to support your responses. Cite your sources.

Format your paper according to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).

Option #2: Management and Organization

Read the article Sustainable Procurement in the Canadian Construction Industry: Challenges and Benefits (Links to an external site.) found in the recommended reading for this week.

In a two- to three-page paper (in addition to the cover and reference pages that you must include), write a summary of this study and its findings. Analyze and discuss the challenges and benefits of procurement management. Be sure to properly organize your writing and include an introduction, headings/subheadings for the body of your work, your analysis/suggestion, and a conclusion.

Utilize the textbook and at least two outside professional or scholarly articles from the CSU Global Library. Be sure to cite your sources in a reference page. Format your entire paper according to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).