The Contract Management Life Cycle consists of eight steps in the acquisition process

As you have learned in the lectures, the Contract Management Life Cycle consists of eight steps in the acquisition process. Discuss each of the eight steps.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

Write between 800 – 1, 000 words using Microsoft Word.

Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

Include cover page and reference page.

At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

Use at least three references from outside the course material; one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.

Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

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