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Congressman Quie's Request for Comments on Constituent's Proposal for Improving Labor Cost Estimates

PSAD-77-12 Published: Nov 30, 1976. Publicly Released: Nov 05, 1982.
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A constituent's proposal for improving labor cost estimates involved techniques for improving technical evaluations of contractors' noncompetitive price proposals, with emphasis on estimating direct labor costs. Information gathered in reviewing technical evaluations of 40 fixed price noncompetitive proposals submitted to the Department of Defense (DOD) was used to appraise the situation.

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Cost accountingLabor costsTechnical proposal evaluationMilitary forcesEvaluation methodsCost savingsCost estimatesGovernment procurementSystems acquisition