UMUC ASCM628 Paper 2 Question # 00600024 Subject: Education Due on: 04/02/2019 Posted On: 04/02/2019 12:26 PM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.6/5

Paper 2

Good Intentions Technology, (GIT) submitted a Firm Fixed
Price Proposal (FFP) to the Federal Watchout Agency (FWA), in response to a
Firm Fixed Price Solicitation, to build 75 B1-RD type Aerial Surveillance
Cameras (ASC). GIT is a world leader in surveillance systems and has delivered
over 750 of the B1 series cameras. The ASCs must be delivered no later than 24
months after receipt of order.

After a series of questions, information exchange, and
clarification requests, GIT and the FWA have agreed to meet in a formal fact-finding
session at an undisclosed location. GIT
responded to the FWA RFP with the Cost Summary Detail provided below and is
interested in a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) arrangement. GIT’s Program Management asserts that a cost
type effort may be better suited for delivering the FWA requirements, than the
Firm Fixed Price.

Your task, in Paper 2, is to provide preparation
documentation to support face-to-face meetings between GIT and the FWA. You must develop a simple fact-finding
meeting agenda, which includes your pre-negotiation objectives that you expect
to accomplish. Additionally, you must
explain how you plan to document the structure of your future negotiation
settlement, assuming that the FWA accepts the GIT Proposal, with no further
discussion.

The Paper content should include framing and documenting
each one the following points, for which you may take either the FWA or GIT
perspective:

· High-level
Fact-finding Meeting Agenda between GIT and FWA.

· Development
of Pre-negotiation Objectives with explicit emphasis on cost analysis
techniques that can be considered in evaluating the proposed direct labor,
materials, and ODCs.

· Proposed
Documentation for a negotiated settlement with objective support.

· Any
Assumptions, such as regulatory, statutory, or operating guidelines used to
accomplish the given specifications, in your Paper.

· Appropriate
writing mechanics, formatting, and sources.

Proposal Cost Summary Detail for the B1-RD ASC

Element

Rate

Proposed

Direct Material

3,300,000.00

Direct Labor

2,425,000.00

Subcontracts

3,250,000.00

Other Direct Costs

78,950.00

Total Direct Costs

9,053,950.00

Indirect Costs

Labor Overhead

2,179,460.00

Material Overhead

10.00%

330,000.00

Subcontract Overhead

2.50%

81,250.00

Total Cost Input

11,644,660.00

G&A

8.00%

931,572.80

Total Cost

12,576,232.80

COM

2,647.59

Profit

20.00%

2,515,246.56

Total Price

15,094,126.95

Your Paper 2 is expected to explicitly cover the
requirements listed above, and should be a thematic, coherent, and relevant
chronology, with smooth transitions. In
all cases, provide SUPPORT for your negotiation with minimum, but sufficient
and convincing detail for its implementation. Research these items for
additional support, as needed, for framework.

Keep your thoughts organized by using good writing
mechanics. Place a space between
paragraphs, and please use double spacing and HEADINGS to match the
requirements and major points of your Paper for a clear flow of your responses
to the Assignment requirement. Abstracts
are not required and should not be included.

Your exposition should reflect considerable thought and go
beyond restating the text. A minimum of
four (4) peer reviewed sources are required.
You are expected to follow the APA guidelines for citations. This means that statements of
“facts” supported by references must be both cited within the text
and be listed in the references section of at the paper’s end.

Your total response should be the equivalent of no less than
3 and no more than 5 typed, double-spaced pages not counting the Cover Page and
Reference List.

The information above is all that you need for completing
this Assignment. However, you are allowed to make reasonable assumptions to
support additional information that you need to sufficiently justify your
narrative.