Answer & Explanation:DISCUSSIONSMinimum of 150-250 words per questionsDiscussion
1
Three Major Concerns Please respond to
the following:
·
Analyze at least two major concerns for the federal government
concerning the pricing of goods and services. Determine which major concern you
believe is the most important to address, and provide a rationale for your
response.
·
Distinguish between at least two of the major factors that are
important when a company decides upon a price at which to sell its goods and
services to the government. Provide a rationale for your response.
Discussion
2
Fair Pricing Please respond to
the following:
·
Categorize at least two factors that VectorCal uses to determine
a fair and reasonable price for the navigation system it is marketing to the
government. Suggest key reasons why these two factors are important in
determining the fair and reasonable prices for VectorCals navigation systems.
Support your response with one example of the importance of such factors.
·
Using the two important factors that you identified in Part 1 of
this discussion, suggest the manner in which the proposed price is fair and
reasonable for the government to pay. Provide a rationale for your response.Discussion 3
Initial Bid Please respond to
the following:
·
Suggest the most significant manner in which the cost of the
solicitation process adds to the bottom-line in the initial bid for a
government contract. Justify your response.
·
Determine the steps in the sealed bidding process. Next, create
an argument for or against the sealed bidding process as a method of lowering
the governments potential expense for a good or service. Justify your response
with one example.Discussion 4
Fixed Price vs- Cost-Reimbursement Please
respond to the following:
·
Compare and contrast the fixed-price and cost-reimbursement for
the VectorCal navigation system. Determine which type of costing mechanism best
serves VectorCals needs. Provide a rationale for your response.
·
From the e-Activity, compare and contrast the characteristics of
the federal contact project that you researched with the contract used during
the VectorCal scenario. Specify which characteristics you believe to be the
most and least important for any project, and justify your rationale for each.
Discussion 5
Price Analysis Please respond to
the following:
·
Examine at least two purposes that price analysis serves to a
company like VectorCal and to its product line. Support your answer with two
(2) examples of companies that used price analysis to better serve their
organizations.
·
Imagine you are a CEO of a large company. Provide two examples
of the manner in which you would incorporate a price analysis in your company.
Predict the important ways in which your use of price analysis would lead to
financial success for the whole company.
Discussion 6
Best Use of Price Analysis Please
respond to the following:
·
Examine all of the methods for performing a price analysis that
VectorCal can use when creating its own price analysis, and then specify two to
three (2-3) price analysis methods that would best serve VectorCals needs.
Explain your rationale.
·
From the e-Activity, speculate on key areas where most companies
fall short when conducting price analyses. Suggest two (2) methods that a
company CEO should use in order to reduce price analysis inconsistencies.
Support your suggestion with real-world examples.