A consulting firm would normally charge $250 an hour with an estimated time of 150 hours...

A consulting firm would normally charge $250 an hour with an estimated time of 150 hours for an engagement. It pays its consultants about $55 per hour including benefits, which is a fixed cost as they are on salary. The client has asked the firm to bid on the engagement at an hourly rate of $150 with the balance of the payment contingent upon reaching identifiable milestones. The consulting firm would like to charge a "premium" for added risk due to non-attainment of milestones due to factors outside its control. It considers this premium to be 25% of deferred or contingent billing. What should be the total quoted fee for the engagement, including the contingent payment?

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CALCULATION OF BID
FIXED RATE
	TOTAL HOURS	RATE	TOTAL BILLING
	150	$ 150	$ 22,500
CONTINGENT PAYMENT FOR BALANCE PAYMENT
	TOTAL HOURS	RATE
	150	$ 100	$ 15,000
PREMIUM ON CONTINGENT PAYMENT		=25%OF$15000	$ 3,750
BID PRICE INCLUDING PREMIUM			$ 41,250



FIXED HOURLY RATE CHARGED BY CONSULTING FIRM		A	$ 250
FIXED HOURLY RATE ASKED BY CLIENT		B	$ 150
CONTINGENT BILLING FOR BALANCE		=A-B	$ 100

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