This page consists of a compilation of web-based and other resources that complement The Academy’s CON 170 course, Fundamentals of Cost & Price Analysis. For the convenience of students, the links listed below are grouped consistent with the CON 170 Student Guide as published by The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech. Please email us at info@ContractingAcademy.gatech.edu if you discover a web link that is broken so that we may update it.
Unit 1, Lesson 1 – The Contracting Environment
- FAR Parts and Subchapters – The Structure of the FAR
- Complicating-Issues-in-Adopting-Commercial-Contracting-Practices-in-Defense-Acquisition-Heberling_Kinsella
- Seven Popular Fallacies Concerning the Acquisition of Commercial Items – Hollingsworth Gray
- Seller Pricing Strategies – Lamm and Vose
- Analysis of Commercial Pricing Factors – Russell – 03.2002
- Contract Pricing Reference Guides – Price Analysis – Vol. 1 – 02.21.2012
- Contract Pricing Reference Guides – Quantitative Techniques – Vol. 2 – 02.21.2012
- Contract Pricing Reference Guides – Cost Analysis – Vol. 3 – 02.22.2012
- Contract Pricing Reference Guides – Advanced Issues in Price Pricing – Vol. 4 – 02.21.2012
- Contract Pricing Reference Guides – Federal Contract Negotiation Techniques – Vol. 5 – 02.21.2012
Unit 1, Lesson 2 – The Truth in Negotiations Act (TINA)
- Truthful Cost or Pricing Data – (Positive Law Codification of TINA)
- Contract Pricing – FAR 15.4 – Contract Pricing
- Contract Pricing Policy – DFARS 215.4, PGI 215.4
- TINA – What Is Fair & Reasonable
Unit 1, Lesson 3 – Cost Accounting Standards
- Disclosure Statement – http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/procurement_casb
- CAS Coverage & Disclosure Statement of Determination – Unit 1, Lesson 3
- Article: 2017 NDAA’s Impact on Audits and Cost Accounting Standards – Covington & Burling, LLP – Mar. 8, 2017
Unit 1, Lesson 4 – Contract Cost Principles and Procedures
Unit 1, Lesson 5 – Market Research
- Market Research SD-5 Defense Standardization Program 01.2008
- Market Research Report Template – Unit 1 Lesson 5
Unit 2, Lesson 1 – Fundamental Quantitative Problems
Unit 2, Lesson 2 – Price Indexing
- Producer Price Indexes – Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Unit 2, Lesson 3 – Analyzing Data Shape, Center, Spread and Trend Characteristics
Unit 2, Lesson 4 – Net Present Value
- Discount Rates – Office of Management & Budget
Unit 2, Lesson 5 – Cost Estimating Relationships
- Use of Cost Estimating Relationships – Dept. of Energy – DOE G 430.1-1 Chapter 18 – Cost Estimating Relationships – Chap. 18 – DOE
Unit 2, Lesson 6 – Cost Volume Analysis
Unit 2, Lesson 7 – Cost Volume Profit Analysis
Unit 3, Lesson 1 – Contract Types, Incentives, and Risks
- Types of Federal Contracts
- Comparison of Major Contract Types
- Contract Pricing Reference Guide, Vol. 1, Chapter 2
- How the Award Fee Determination Is Made
- Sample Award Fee Determination Table
- Award and Incentive Fees Community of Practice (CoP) – https://acc.dau.mil/awardandincentivefees
- NASA Award Fee Contracting Guide – http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/afguidee.html
- Air Force Award Fee Guide – AF Award-Fee-Guide – 11.2000
- GAO Report: Minimal Compliance with New Safeguards for Time-and-Materials Contracts for Commercial Services and Safeguards Have Not Been Applied to GSA Schedules Program
Unit 3, Lesson 2 – Contract Financing
- Contract Financing Facts
- Comparison of Advance Payments on Commercial and Noncommercial Contracts
- SF1443 – Contractor’s Request for Progress Payment
Unit 4, Lesson 1 – Differences Between Price & Cost Analysis
- Proposal Analysis Techniques and When To Use Them
- Contract Pricing Reference Guides – https://acc.dau.mil/cprg
- Guidance in Improving Competition in Defense Procurements – April 27, 2011 – https://dap.dau.mil/policy/Lists/Policy%20Documents/Attachments/3287/USA002080-11-DPAP.pdf
- Cash Flow Tool for Evaluating Alternative Cash Flow Arrangements – April 27, 2011 – https://dap.dau.mil/policy/Lists/Policy%20Documents/Attachments/3288/USA005332-10-DPAP.pdf
Unit 4, Lesson 2 – Price Analysis
Unit 4, Lesson 3 – Special Contracting Methods – Price Related Factors
Unit 4, Lesson 4 – Pricing Scenarios
- The Kiplinger Calculator – http://kiplinger.salary.com/CostOfLivingWizard/LayoutScripts/Coll_Start.aspx
- CPI Inflation Calculator – Bureau of Labor Statistics – http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
- Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) – Competition Guidance – http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/competition.html
Unit 5, Lesson 1 – Cost Analysis Processes, Players and Initiatives
- Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) – Policy Publications – http://www.dcma.mil/policy/index.cfm
- Defense Contract Audit Agency – Contract Audit Manual – http://www.dcaa.mil/cam.html
- AF AF Award-Fee-Guide – 11.2000 – 11.2000
- Resolving Contract Audit Recommendations – DPAP Dec. 4, 2009 – Resolving Contract Audit Recommendations – USA006857-09-DPAP
- Better Buying Power Guidance – DPAP Memo 4 Jan 11 – DCMA and DCAA Process Align
- Better Buying Power 3.0 – DoD – Apr. 9, 2015
Unit 5, Lesson 2 – Cost Analysis – Direct and Indirect Costs
Unit 5, Lesson 3 – Cost Analysis – Direct Costs
- Contract Pricing Reference Guide – Vol. 3, Chapters 5- 9 – https://acc.dau.mil/cprg
- Proposal Adequacy Checklist – http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfars/html/current/252215.htm#252.215-7009
- Proposal Adequacy Checklist – DFARS 252.215-7009 – Jan. 2014
Unit 5, Lesson 4 – Cost Analysis – Indirect Rates
- Indirect-Cost Management Guide (see Chapter 5)
- DCMA Instruction: “Forward Pricing Rates” – Instruction Folder Number: 130 – http://guidebook.dcma.mil/41/index.cfm
- DCMA Instruction: “Final Overhead Rates” – Instruction Folder Number 125 – http://www.dcma.mil/policy/125/DCMA-INST-125.pdf
- Policy Changes Needed at Defense Contract Management Agency to Ensure Forward Pricing Rates Result in Fair and Reasonable Contract Pricing – DoD IG Report – October 9, 2014
Unit 5, Lesson 5 – Fundamentals of Cost & Price Analysis
- DCAA DCAM 8-14 Cost Accounting Standard 414 – Cost of Money as an Element of the Cost of Facilities Capital – http://www.dcaa.mil/cam/Chapter_08_-_Cost_Accounting_Standards.pdf
- DD Form 1861- Contract Facilities Capital Cost of Money
Unit 5, Lesson 6 – Profit Policy – WGL Application
- DD Form 1547 – Record of Weighted Guidelines Application
- Dept. of Energy – Acquisition Policy on Use of Weighted Guidelines – http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/15.4-2_Weighted_Guidelines_0.pdf
Unit 5, Lesson 7 – Certification, Sweeps, Defective Pricing and Final Pricing
- Contract Pricing Reference Guide – Vol.. 4, Ch. 5 – Recognizing and Adjusting for Defective Pricing – https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=379610
- Exemptions from TINA
