Discussions: "Facility Costs" Please respond to the following: Suppose you have been working with the federal government for a period of time, and you decide to form a small company. Explain the difference between depreciation and the facilities capital cost of money. Specify the key advantages of having facilities capital cost of money as an allowable cost. Justify your response.
Compare and contrast the facility costs of VectorCal and the US Government. Determine at least two advantages for using facility costs for both VectorCal and the US Government. Explain your rationale. "Procedures of FCCOM" Please respond to the following:
Describe two to three (2-3) circumstances in which facilities capital costs of money is an allowable cost. Determine the single most significant advantage of having facilities capital costs as an allowable cost under the circumstances you described. Support your response.
Determine two to three (2-3) possible factors that could make facilities capital costs of money unallowable based on the information presented.
Present two to three (2-3) examples of instances where companies have made facility capital costs of money available. Week 10 "Profit" Please respond to the following: Determine two to three (2-3) reasons why VectorCal may not always receive the exact amount of profit that it negotiated into its contract with the federal government. Predict two to three (2-3) outcomes VectorCal may experience as a result of not meeting the profit requirements specified in their government contract. Justify your response. Hypothesize two examples of circumstances where a company has not met the profit requirements of a government contract. Next, speculate on why these circumstances resulted in a failure to meet the profit requirements of its contract with the federal government. Next, from the e-Activity, provide one example of a company that has not met the profit requirements of a government contract, and specify the company's end result. "NASA" Please respond to the following: Analyze the methods used by NASA in itsstructured profit approach, and speculate on how VectorCal could possibly use the same structured profit approach with their manufacturing operations. Support your analysis with examples of such an approach. Take a position on whether or not companies benefit from using a structured profit approach to calculate their profits. Provide an explanation of your position with at least two examples or scenarios of the use of such an approach. Week 11 "Course Wrap-Up" Please respond to the following: Sum up two of the most important concepts you learned from this course and state how you might use these. Identify someone in your life who would benefit from taking this course, and explain the reasons why. "Looking Forward" Please respond to the following: Speculate on what technology might be able to do in 15 years to improve the contracting process. Hypothesize whether contracting with the government will be easier or more difficult in the future. Provide a rationale for your answer.