i program with six projects has been running for three years. The company's procurement and contracts department has compiled a qualified seller list. The program manager determines that one of the…

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Options

• APlan a proposal evaluation system
• BPrepare the program procurement management plan
• CPerform the required program budget updates
• DIssue requests for proposals

• A
  17% (3)
• B
  6% (1)
• C
  6% (1)
• D
  72% (13)

Explanation

Option D is correct because a qualified seller list is a pre-approved roster of vendors eligible to receive solicitation documents. When the program manager decides to outsource a project, the natural next step is to issue Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to vendors on that list - the list tells you who to solicit, and issuing RFPs is exactly that solicitation action.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Proposal evaluation system): Evaluation criteria are planned before you solicit vendors, as part of procurement planning - not something you derive from the seller list itself.
• B (Procurement management plan): That plan is prepared much earlier in the procurement process, before the seller list is even consulted for active sourcing.
• C (Budget updates): Budget management is unrelated to the seller list; the list is a vendor directory, not a financial tool.

Memory tip: Think of the qualified seller list as your procurement "address book." You've already done the planning and budgeting - now you open the address book and mail out the RFPs. The list answers "who gets it?"; the RFP is what gets sent.

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