The COR/COTR Answer Book, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER 3

Planning for the Acquisition

The COR’s duties at the beginning of the procurement process include determining the government’s needs, planning for the procurement, researching the marketplace, coordinating funding documents, developing competition strategies, and defining the requirements.

The COR leads the technical team members in these efforts and must work closely with the contracting office team members to ensure that a complete, accurate, and effective acquisition is developed in terms of its technical requirements, price, and delivery. In many respects, these initial duties constitute the “translation phase,” i.e., the process of translating technical requirements into contractual requirements.

These initial efforts include: ...