|
Our Strength: Affordability / Best Value Methodology
· Taught at Defense Acquisition University
· Easily incorporated into DoD / Commercial proposals
· Received single highest proposal score from USN Source Selection Board for $100M+ program
· Works from Systems of Systems decision level to detailed technology insertion or modification / enhancement decisions
Supports proposal development and evaluation
• Provides a structured approach and supporting tools to conduct easily cost-effectiveness analyses of proposal options
• Starts with Warfighter capabilities and priorities and assures capabilities are measurable and traceable to RFP requirements
• Integrates qualitative and quantitative supporting assessments
• Provides a self-documenting Systems Engineering decomposition of decision making and justification process
• Performs CAIV Analyses (e.g., systems alternatives analysis) of proposal alternatives
• Provides strong justification to the Government how effective technical cost-benefit (CAIV) trades will be conducted showing customer that in addition to providing a solution, contractor has a thorough investment analysis process to manage customers future funding stream
• Provides Sensitivity Analyses of key cost influence factors enabling changes to make proposed solution more affordable
• Links technical trades (CAIV) to Government / community-accepted data
• Combines cost, performance, risk and schedule to determine affordability or best value proposal option
• Provides trade space visualization for proposals and oral presentations
Combined infrastructure provides tremendous insight & access to the community-accepted economic sources of information
• Provides:
· Integration of Government community-accepted databases/models, easily integrating contractor models/data
· Simple Graphical User Interface to complex cost model and data
· Sensitivity analyses available
· Collaborative environment to assure all elements of economic trade space (R&D, Production, Future O&S, O&S Savings) are considered, not just the area which is being proposed
· Comparison of parts obsolescence strategies if appropriate
• Supports proposal Business Case Analyses and Investment Analyses by providing
· Identification of high cost systems
· Calculation of Return-On-Investment
· Cost Reduction Strategies (Reduction in Total Ownership Costs)
· Economic justification for best value alternatives
· Documents in proposal a sound methodology for understanding and controlling costs from the very start of the program
· Facilitates Price-to-Win Analysis | 
