competitive proposals. Sealed bidding‚ also known as Invitation for Bids (IFB)‚ is used when the government believes an “award can be made to the lowest price offeror who is responsive and responsible and the government’s requirement is reasonably well defined in the form of drawings and specifications” (Murphy‚ 2009‚ p. 17). When an IFB is released on a government website‚ FedBizOpps‚ any contractor who wishes to submit a bid is allowed. Government cannot limit an IFB to only particular contractors
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Running head: Computer Information Specialist Computer Information Specialist Title and Citation United States General Accounting Office (GAO) Decision Matter of: Computer Information Specialist‚ Inc. File: B-293049; B-293049.2 Date: January 23‚ 2004 Facts of the Case Computer Information Specialist‚ Inc. (CIS) filed a protest of the award of a contract to Open Technology Group‚ Inc. (OTG). CIS responded to a request for proposals (RFP) No. NLM-030101/SAN by the Department of Health
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Q2) List and describe Zimbra’s requirements for a new marketing software package. If you were preparing the RFP for Zimbra’s new system‚ what questions would you ask? Zimbra needed a marketing automation software package which was highly effective and cost efficient. Their new software had to be more streamlined than the old one from Eloqua. It needed to focus on lead generation‚ e-mail marketing‚ and Web analytics. Providing a comprehensive sales and marketing automation solution that is easy to
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SEALED BIDS VS. COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS Tiffany Tanner Strayer University BUS 315: Cost And Price Analysis Professor Latimore OCTOBER 24‚ 2012 Abstract This paper will explore how Sealed Bidding and Competitive proposals compare against each other. In order to compare them one must understand how‚ when and why each topic is used. The primary source of federal procurement information and guidance is the Federal Acquisition Regulation‚ which consists of Parts 1-53 of Title 48 of the Code of
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rP os t 9-204-021 REV: MARCH 31‚ 2006 MIHIR A. DESAI Dow Chemical’s Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina op yo On November 10‚ 1995‚ Oscar Vignart‚ vice president of business development for Latin America for Dow Chemical Company (Dow)‚ and Luis Marcer‚ CFO of Dow Química Argentina‚ considered the bidding price on Petroquímica Bahia Blanca S.A. (PBB)‚ which was being privatized by the Argentine government. PBB produced both ethylene and polyethylene. It was part of a petrochemical complex
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2.3.4 Customized Pricing Bid Response Model (CPBRM) Majority of the literature in the price-optimization area focuses on pricing of consumer goods or the optimal design of auctions but‚ a large percentage of firms face pricing decisions in a business-to-business setting where a customer requests bids from a small set of competing firms getting a quote for the product or service. When the total annual sales to the firm requesting the bid does not justify a dedicated sales person on behalf of the
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government of Qatar’s successful proposal bid defeated four other candidates to stage the 2022 edition of the world’s greatest sporting event: Australia‚ Korea Republic‚ Japan and the United States of America. Qatar‚ with a population of 1.69 million people will be the first Arab state to host the World Cup. Consequently‚ Qatar is the smallest nation‚ both by relative population and by area‚ ever to have been awarded the tournament hosting privilege. The Qatar bid was emphasized as the only one representing
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INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Every business conducted for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any goods‚ wares‚ or merchandise‚ other than as a part of a "wholesale business" to the final consumer can be defined as retail business Retail is the second-largest industry in the United States both in number of establishments and number of employees. The U.S. retail industry generates $3.8 trillion in retail sales annually ($4.2 trillion if food service
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Buffett’s Bid for Media General’s Newspapers Situation: Media General is a mature company which has a lot of business including newspapers‚ television broadcasting and digital businesses primarily serving the southeastern U.S. (Over 18 TV stations and 64 newspapers). While because of the popular of Internet from the 2000s‚ more than 300 daily newspapers disappeared and daily circulation of newspapers fell to 44 million in 2011‚ the U.S. newspaper industry is dropping. With the decreasing
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Quantitative Methods Group Project Topic: Should Hong Kong bid to host the 2023 Asian Games? 1. Introduction As Hong Kong football team was rated a brilliant performance in Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games‚ it raises the awareness of Hong Kong residents in sport and gives a big motivation for us to be a host of huge sport event again. Recently‚ the Hong Kong government and residents are talking and discussing about whether Hong Kong should bid to host the 2023 Asian Games or not. To study more about
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