Total Evaluated Price
This event qualifies for 1.5 CPEs
The U.S. government uses a variety of methods to analyze cost and price during source selection. This session examines policies and issues related to assessing reasonableness, realism, and balanced pricing in these competitive procurements. Differences between fixed-price and cost-type contracts will be discussed, as well how the government’s estimate of “most probable cost” is typically developed and applied.
Key Takeaways:
- Price and cost analysis techniques used in U.S. government source selection
- Insight into the specific types of adjustments made to proposed prices by the government for purposes of evaluation
- How pricing practices are impacted by U.S. Government Accountability Office decisions
Speaker and Presenter Information
Tom Wells, Vice President - Dayton Aerospace
Tom Wells is Vice President at Dayton Aerospace, Inc. where he is one of five directors of this privately-held Veteran-owned small business which provides acquisition consulting to industry and government clients. Tom has over 35 years of acquisition-related experience, including leadership of major organizations and direction of procurement operations supporting weapon systems life cycle management from research and development to sustainment. Some of the positions he held during his 31-year career with the US Air Force are: Contracting Officer, Joint STARS Program; Center-level Chief of Contracting Pricing and Director of Contracting; Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Director of Contracting; and Director of the 711th Human Performance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory. Tom retired from the Air Force in 2012 as 13-year member of the Federal Senior Executive Service.
Relevant Government Agencies
Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC, Federal Government
Event Type
Webcast
This event has no exhibitor/sponsor opportunities
When
Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
ET
Website
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Organizer
National Contract Management Association