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Government Contractors Know When Price Matters

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Government contractors always ask: when does price matter? In these days of significant competition for Government contracts, strategic pricing is, even more, of a factor now than ever before. Key Strategies What else matters in developing your price? The simple answer is always to employ strategic pricing.

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Government Contract- Unallowable Costs Treatment

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Typically, those beginning their Government contracts journey find out (sometimes too late!) It is critical that all Government contractors split out their unallowable costs into distinctly identifiable accounts. How do you treat unallowable costs in your Government contracts books of record? That comes with costly penalties.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

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If you accept that money touches everything in your business and your Government contracts bids, you would be right. The proposal price is important enough to get much of the attention of most company leadership teams. Being vibrant and a front-runner about pricing is more than just slogging through the Government tables.

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The Big Picture of Strategic Pricing™ for Government Contracts

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Government contracts are a unique marketplace. If a Government contractor wants to turn their bid into a winning reality, they need to employ a strategic pricing approach. Examine the anatomy of a winning pricing strategy figure above and see the complexity and entirety that strategic pricing takes. It is comprehensive.

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Government Contracts – Unallowable Costs Basics

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Many costs of doing business are valid in the commercial environment, but for Government contracts, they are expressly unallowable. If you advertise for your business, spend money on alcohol during your marketing efforts, or pay interest on debts, you will not be able to seek reimbursement under Government contracts to pay for those costs.

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Pricing Strategy – Pricing and Green Team Reviews Best Practices

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In Government contracting, the green team review is the pricing review. In my book, Secrets of Strategic Pricing for Government Contractors , I address scheduling at least three green team reviews, preferably more – call them sage, emerald, and forest green. You will lose on price. Why a Green Team Review?

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Pricing Strategy Long Game

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In Government contracting, the foremost pricing strategy is to remain concentrated on your long game. If your company leaders have committed to being in the Federal Government contracting marketplace, then you must adopt an infinite focus. And too, you must make pricing strategy key in that process. What does that mean?