Have you ever wondered what does it mean for the Government to negotiate a fair and reasonable price and how they come to that conclusion? This program is aimed to provide insight into proposal analysis, what exactly proposal analysis encompasses and all of the elements involved in the analysis.

The following biographical excerpt is from DMCA’s website:

I am a supervisory contract price and cost analyst at DCMA Manassas.

My job duties include supervising a group of eight contract price and cost analysts whose main duties are to provide field pricing assistance to customers within the Department of Defense. My group provides reports that help contracting officers determine a fair and reasonable price based on the contract price and cost analysts’ analysis of the proposal’s cost elements.

I have been a part of the DCMA team for four years.

I like working at DCMA because it is a constant learning environment. Each proposal we review is unique so there is always a new challenge. I have also enjoyed the opportunity to grow within the agency. I work with a talented group of people who help push each other to take on new challenges that will foster growth, creativity and invaluable knowledge and experience.

I am the independent eyes and ears for DoD because I ensure the reports given to contracting officers have insight and valuable information that will help determine a fair and reasonable price the government should pay. We ensure contracting officers have the most current, accurate and complete data to make an informed decision.

I provide actionable acquisition insight to DoD by working with contracting officers to get them the information needed so they can make knowledgeable decisions that will help get warfighters the products and services they need.