a) Assess acquisition request, offer, or directive

The capability of the enterprise, organization, project, or team to provide a system, or portion thereof, that meets acquisition document requirements within the stated constraints and the enterprise strategic plan and business strategy, or within the project plan and constraints, or within the team charter, as applicable, is determined. Includes, as appropriate:

1. engineering and other applicable technical and project plans that allow determination of engineering and management tasks, costs and schedules, resource requirements, and technical capabilities and capacities (invoke applicable Planning Process tasks);

2. decision whether to work with the acquirer to provide the desired system, or a portion thereof, based on established enterprise criteria or on project or team capability;

3. resolution of added or changed requirements and areas of concern.

4. preparation and submission of an appropriate technical and cost response in accordance with acquisition request, enterprise business strategy, and enterprise policies and procedures, or with project plans, policies, and directives.

b) Negotiate agreement

A satisfactory agreement is established based on the bounds determined by, as applicable:

1. applicable legal, regulatory, policies, procedures, and practices that will affect negotiation strategy or conduct;

2. the type of agreement to be negotiated;

3. negotiation strategy;

4. conditions identified from the plans for the procurement work effort that could affect negotiations...