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Java Coffee Co is looking for a supplier for Coffee beans for the next 4 years. They have a demand for 130,000 bags of coffee beans per year. Your company is submitting a bid for this project. This project requires initial investment of $765,000 in specialized machinery. This machinery will be depreciated using straight-line to zero over the life of the project (4 years). This machinery can be sold for $375,000 at the end of the project. Your fixed production costs will be $190,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $8.20 per bag. You also need an initial investment in net working capital of $59,500, all of which will be recovered when the project ends. Your tax rate is 22 percent and you require a return of 14.5 percent. What bid price per bag should you submit?