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Pricing a proposal

Build a price the government can accept and you can live with: labor rates, indirect costs, profit, and how evaluators judge price.

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  1. 1. Start with the requirement and the contract typeWhat you're pricing, how it'll be paid, and what the competition looks like.1 min read · 5-question quiz
  2. 2. Building labor rates: direct costs and indirect ratesFrom a salary to a fully loaded rate.1 min read · 5-question quiz
  3. 3. Allowable costs, profit and feeWhat the government will and won't pay for, and how profit is set.1 min read · 5-question quiz
  4. 4. How evaluators judge your priceReasonableness, realism, and best-value tradeoffs.1 min read · 5-question quiz
  5. 5. Certified cost or pricing data, and putting the volume togetherWhen TINA applies, and assembling a clean price volume.1 min read · 5-question quiz