Services
Services
Cost Proposals
We offer full-scope cost proposal support, managing all facets of the cost and pricing effort. We can also augment your existing proposal team in any of the areas indicated as a stand-alone service.
Cost Volume Management
From the initial compliance matrix to the final formatted deliverable, we can coordinate all proposal inputs and apply the expertise honed constructing over one hundred proposals to provide a concise, compliant, and compelling cost volume.
Basis of Estimate Documentation
Garnet Springs Group works with internal stakeholders to develop BOE templates, manage BOE inputs, and incorporate BOE data into the cost model and cost volume. We apply a critical eye to BOE data and supporting narratives, performing an analysis to ensure the basis of estimate is truly justified and will withstand the Government's evaluation.
IDIQ Labor Rate Proposals
We can help build competitive labor rates using internal information, market-sourced data, and advanced analysis to build labor rates for your IDIQ proposal.
Excel Price Models
We build Microsoft Excel-based cost models to address the tables and exhibits required by the RFP. In addition, our excel models are built to work with how your company estimates and reviews data, providing valuable insight into the components of the offering.
Indirect Rates
Cost Reimbursable contracting requires adequate indirect rate structures and approvals from the Federal Government. We can help you build your indirect rate structure and submit the requisite proposals to obtain approved indirect rates.
Indirect Rate Development
We create tailored solutions to help clients organize their indirect expense into the appropriate rates and pools necessary to calculate indirect billing rates.
Incurred Cost Proposals
Garnet Springs Group has a track record of first-time adequacy determinations on all incurred cost proposals. We set a timeline for completion of the required schedules, coordinating company-wide data requests and compiling into the DCAA ICE model format.
Provisional Billing Rate Proposals
Whether you are establishing Provisional Billing Rates or a Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA), we have the expertise to pull your indirect rate projections together into an indirect rate proposal that meets all adequacy requirements. We will guide you through the process and interactions until the approval letter is received.
Budgeting & Analysis
Garnet Springs Group has decades of annual budget planning and cost analysis experience. We can quickly address your budgeting needs, leveraging our expertise to relieve your over-extended staff during these short-term surge events.
Budget Planning
We help clients through their next round of annual budget planning, Getting through the annual budget process, while keeping up with the normal monthly financial reporting cycle, is a major challenge for Finance & Accounting organizations. We can help by standardizing budget templates, coordinating inputs, completing the templates and creating analysis outputs and reports for management review.
Cost Analysis for Contracting Officers
We perform Cost Analysis and Cost Realism for Contracting Officers, quickly analyzing contractor proposals in the Federal acquisition process. Our proven cost analysis techniques and cost realism templates save the Contracting Officer time and money when evaluating contractor proposals.