Quality Training - Accounting for Differences (20 points) Your agency is contracting for training services to present a course entitled Thual Quality for Managers Olerors are required to submit firm fixed-prices for 40 offerings of the 5-day course, at various locations. I'rices must include instructor compensation, travel, and lodging required to present the offerings. Offerings will be presented as outlined below: Location Offerings 2 l'ittsburgh, PA Little Rock, AR Dayton, OH Washington, DC Detroit, MI New York, NY Los Angeles, CA 4 2 10 619-6-5 Each offer must include a management plan that demonstrates the location and availability of at Icast 10 qualified instructors. Tach instructor must have a masters degree in cugineering, 10 years of successful quality assurance related experience, and four years successful teaching experience. Award criteria state in part: Award will be made to the technically acceptable offcror with the lowest aggregate total price. Tour offers were received. The following table summarizes the results of the initial technical evaluation: Criteria Los Angeles Quality Washington Independents Washington Central Dayton/DC Associates Number of Instructors 10 10 Engineering Education All have masters degrees 8 with masters degrees 2 with Ph.D. 10 with masters degrees QA Lxpericne All have 10 years Average 14 years All have 10 years Average 15 years All allcast 4 years Average 6 years All in LA Headquarters All permanent employees Teaching Expericulo All have 10 years Average 16 years All at least 1 years Average 5 years 2 with bachelors & with masters degrees All have 10 years* Average 15 years All at least 1 year's Averare 6 years All in DC Ileadquarters All permanent employees All at least 4 years Average 7 years Location & Availability At least 1 within 15 miles of each training location Consultants Currently under contract Sin Dayton 5 in DC Consultants CULTOntly under contract The two instructors with bachelors degrees both have over 20 years of excellent quality assurance experience including extensive consulting. One has 7 years teaching experience, the other 6 years. 619-6-6 The following table sumniarizes the proposed prices for all offerings at each location: Government Estimate Los Angeles Quality Washington Independents $ 20,550 Washington Central Dayton/DC Associates Offerings 6 $ 28,668 $ 30,468 $ 28,782 Pittsburgh, PA Little Rock, AR $ 20,868 $ 17.470 5 $ 23,970 S 23,970) $ 17,125 S 12.565 Dayton, OLI $ 33 404 S 35,504 $ 23.975 $ 14.304 S 24,283 Washington, DC 11 $ 41,250 $ 52,382 $ 41,250) S 37.675 S 38.159 Detroit, MI 4 S 19,711 $ 20.544 S 13,700 S 14,544 S 19.420 New York, NY 5 S 25,660 $ 25,660 S 18,750 S 19,160 S 24,255 Los Angeles, CA 2 S 7.500 $ 6.8.10 $ 8.878 9,10 $182,136 Total Proposed :10 $196,028 $142.850 $140,861 $166,342 Answer the following questions: 1. If you were to award without negotiations, given the award criteria and the information provided, which offeror would you sclect for award? Why? 2. The Government estimate was developed assuming that the work would be performed by a contractor located in the Washington, DC area, with instructors traveling from Washington to the offering sites. Washington Central proposes to operate in that manner yet the firm's proposed price is $41,275 less than the Government estimate. What factors do you think affect this difference? 3. The proposal of Washington Independents is $39.286 less than the Government climate, What factors do you think affect this difference? 4. Los Angeles Quality has the highest proposed price. What factors do you think affect this difcrence? 619-6-7