【正文】 ine if the current contract schedule, workload, and other conditions have been adequately considered as a basis for projecting the historical costs to the future. Technical Evaluation of the Supplier’ s Technical Proposal ? The impact of schedule and workload. This evaluation looks at the time period for the contract scope of work and attempts to determine whether the total quantity of effort proposed is correlated with that scope. The team will review the cost proposal to assure themselves there is a proper balance of manpower working on a task versus the time span over which the task is performed. Price Analysis The parison of bottom line prices, without consideration of the costs or profit that make up the bottom line. Cost Analysis The review and evaluation of the individual cost elements that make up the supplier’ s price. Cost elements are typically included in the supplier’ s cost estimate/proposal, often acpanied by technical or other proposals. Profit Analysis The review and evaluation of the supplier’ s profit dollars, percentages, and factors included in the supplier’ s cost estimate/proposal. Cost, Price, and Profit Analysis The Sequence in Making the Pricing Decision Accounting Analysis Technical Analysis Cost Analysis Price Analysis Profit Analysis The Purpose of Price and Cost Analysis Price and Cost Analysis Negotiation Position(s) Negotiate Reach Agreement Award Contract Price Analysis—When Conducted? On every procurement!! Price Analysis—When Conducted? By itself (no cost analysis): 1. Low dollar purchases. 2. Most petitive purchases, even though of a large dollar value. 3. Purchases based upon existing catalog or market prices. 4. Purchases of items or services for which regulated prices exist (regulated utility services). Cost Analysis—When Conducted? 1. High dollar purchases where price petition in the procurement does not exist. 2. Major equipment or service items where the buying anization has specified the items. 3. Where there is no known market or catalog prices existing for the goods or services. 4. When law, regulation, industry practice, pany policy, or good business practice require or favor its use and cost negotiation is expected or anticipated. Methods of Price Analysis Comparison with: 1. Competing offers on the instant procurement. 2. Established catalog prices. 3. Established market prices. 4. Prices set by law or regulation. 5. Current prices paid for the same or similar items, past prices paid for the same or similar requirement, and past offers. 6. Producer price and other market indexes. 7. Cost estimating relationships, to include rough yardsticks and parametric relationships. 8. Inhouse estimates. 9. Prices determined by value and visual analysis. Elements of Cost Analysis 1. Determination of the necessity for and reasonableness of proposed costs. 2. Projection of the offeror39。s accounting system, and the backup data in support of the costs are valid, current, and applicable to the work required. Technical (Quantitative) Analysis of