Guide to contract pricing cost and price analysis for contractors, subcontractors, and government agencies

Perform Contracting Successfully!This master reference - in its fifth edition - contains everything you need to know about government pricing rules and regulations in one easy-to-use volume. Guide to Contract Pricing: Cost and Price Analysis for Contractors, Subcontractors, and Government Agencies,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Murphy, J. Edward, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vienna, VA : Management Concepts [2009]
Edición:5th ed
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Basic Pricing Policy and Concepts; Pricing Restraints in Government Contracting; Use of Public Funds; Promote Full and Open Competition; Pricing Advantages in Government Contracting; The Government Is the Only Buyer; High Volume Purchases; The Government Pays Its Debts; Prompt Payment of Bills; Most Favored Customer Treatment; Cost and Pricing Data; What Is a Fair and Reasonable Price?; Market-Based Prices; Cost-Based Prices; Definition of Cost; Definition of Profit; Definition of Price
  • Cost-Plus-Profit PricingMore on the Pricing of Commercial Products; Variable (Incremental) Cost Pricing; Price Analysis; Cost Analysis; Adequate Price Competition; A Single Reasonable Offer; Certificate of Independent Price Determination (FAR 3.103-1); Precautions against Buy-Ins; Chapter 2: Contracting Methods and Contract Types: Pricing Implications; Contracting Methods; Sealed Bidding (FAR Part 14); Negotiation (FAR Part 15); Government Contract Types (FAR Part 16); Impact of Cost or Price Evaluation on Contract Type (FAR 15.305(a)(1)); Fixed-Price Contracts (FAR Subpart 16.2)
  • Cost-Reimbursement Contracts (FAR Subpart 16.3)Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Far Part 13); Price Analysis for Purchases below 100,000; Chapter 3: Price Analysis; Purposes of Price Analysis; Forecasting the Likely Price of an Acquisition; Evaluating Bids, Proposals, and Quotations; Selecting the Bidder or Offeror for Award; Preparing for Price Discussion in Negotiation; Methods for Performing Price Analysis; Price Analysis; Pricing Information Provided By the Offeror; Auxiliary Techniques for Price Analysis; The Best Way to Do Price Analysis
  • Chapter 4: Cost Principles and Cost ClassificationsCost Accounting; Cost Classifications; Reasonable, Allowable, and Allocable Costs; Variable, Fixed, and Semi-Variable Costs; Direct and Indirect Costs; Cost Principles; Cost Accounting Standards; Chapter 5: obtaining Cost or Pricing data; Obtaining Cost and Pricing Data; Hierarchical Preferences; Exceptions to Cost or Pricing Data Requirements; Cost Analysis and Cost Realism; Cost Analysis; Cost Realism; Obtaining Cost Information; Information Other than Cost or Pricing Data (FAR 15.402(a)(2) and 15.406-2); Certified Cost or Pricing Data
  • Submission of Cost or Pricing DataPaper or Electronic Data Submission; Identifying the Consequences of Certifying Defective Data; Defective Pricing Examples; Defective Cost or Pricing Data; Contract Clauses; Chapter 6: analysis of direct Labor Costs; Analyzing Direct Labor Costs; Direct Labor Cost; Indirect Labor Cost; Allocation of Labor to Direct or Indirect Cost; How Companies Estimate Direct Labor Costs; Work Breakdown Structures; Phase Diagrams; The Importance of Analyzing Direct Labor Costs; Fixed-Price Contracts; Cost-Reimbursement Contracts; Format for Submitting Direct Labor Costs
  • General Method for Analyzing Direct Labor Cost