During a program's definition phase, it is determined that the best approach for delivering the program's intended benefits is to supplement corporate resources with the procurement of specific…

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Options

• AMake-or-buy decisions, alternatives analyses, approach to competition, and best mix of contract
• BRequests for proposals (RFPs), proposal evaluation criteria, contract management, and best mix
• CRFPs, alternatives analyses, approach to competition, and requests for quotes (RFQs)
• DMake-or-buy decisions, proposal evaluation criteria, contract management, and RFQs

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  12% (4)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  82% (27)

Explanation

Program procurement planning produces specific outputs that guide how the program will acquire goods and services. These outputs include: make-or-buy decisions (what to procure externally vs. produce internally), proposal evaluation criteria (how potential suppliers will be assessed), contract management approach (how contracts will be administered), and RFQs - Requests for Quotes (formal requests to suppliers to provide pricing). Option D correctly identifies all of these as procurement planning outputs. Option A includes 'best mix of contract,' which is vague and incomplete. Option B includes RFPs (Requests for Proposals), which are used during procurement execution (solicitation), not the planning phase. Option C also incorrectly includes RFPs as a planning output. Make-or-buy decisions, evaluation criteria, contract management, and RFQs are all foundational outputs of the planning process.

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