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Navy Price Fighters (N25)

NAVSUP WSS Engineering and Product Support

Mission

To provide responsive, expert value analysis, technical assistance, and pricing validation support to buyers, managers, and users of equipment, material, services, supplies, spare parts, and weapon systems in an accurate, cost effective, and unbiased manner. Save Program Dollars!

Vision

To remain in the forefront as an innovative and responsive pricing and technical information source in support of reasonable acquisitions. This will be accomplished through constant attention to quality and customer satisfaction.


Recognized and valued at the top levels of DOD and USG

  • Formed in 1983 as a response to negative public sentiment concerning over-priced spare parts
  • Funding Sources
    • 2 branches are funded through the Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF) and support our Naval Supply Systems Command NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (WSS) Chain-of-Command
    • 5 branches are funded through reimbursable Government customers
  • Unsurpassable Products supporting the USG
    • Tailored work products driven by data (comprehensive reports, intuitive cost models, professional presentations)
  • Cost and Pricing Experts within USG
    • Experienced and highly educated
    • Driven by the mission to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars
  • White House Better Contracting Initiative (BCI)
  • OSD Support
    • Defense Pricing, Contracting & Acquisition Policy (DPCAP) Price Challenge Program
    • DPCAP Peer Review Support
    • Major Program Negotiation Assistance
  • F-35 JSF PEO Support
    • Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs)
    • Production Non-Recurring (PNR)
    • Affordability War Room (AWR)
    • JSF Sustainment Supply PBL BCA
    • Propulsion Production
  • Advanced Manufacturing Cost Analysis Tool (AMCAT)
  • Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP) Support across DOD

Products & Services

  • Proposal Evaluation
  • Performance-Based Logistics (PBL)
  • Business Case Analysis (BCA)
  • Should Cost Analysis (SCA)
  • Engineering, bottom-up estimate
  • DASN(P) PBL Should Cost Analysis
  • Better Buying Power Should Cost Management Should Cost Review (SCR)
  • FAR 15.407-4 Program and Overhead
  • Price Analysis
  • Cost Analysis / Estimating
  • Cost Modeling
  • Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) Evaluations
  • Negotiation Support
  • Price Challenge Hotline
  • Commercial Acquisition (Determinations & Pricing)
  • Source Selection
  • Cost Realism Studies
  • Advanced Manufacturing (AM)
  • Machine Learning
  • Technical Evaluations
  • Material Kinds and Quantities
  • Variable Quantity Acquisition Support
  • Repair Analysis
  • Earned Value Analysis
  • Subcontractor Analysis
  • Training
  • Section 890 Pilot Program to Accelerate Contracting and Pricing Processes (TINA-Lite) Support
  • Cost Estimating Relationship (CER) Analysis

PROCESSES

Formula for Success

  • Focused on individual customer requirements
  • Tailored product deliverables
  • Tailored team make-up/roles
    • Engineers, IETs, and ORAs
  • Culture of flexibility
    • Rapid response to customer, environment, and process changes
  • Culture of excellence
    • Experts on uncovering overpricing
    • Driven to save taxpayer money
    • Desire to intimately understand every aspect of the contract proposal
  • Engineering and Logistics Support Contract
    • Provides additional capacity and capability to Price Fighters Department

Reimbursable Funded

  • Personnel in five branches work on cross-functional teams
  • Customer base spans Navy, Air Force, Army, DOD, and Civilian Federal Agencies
  • Proposal Evaluations / Technical Analyses

BCAs

  • Various engineering cost & price analyses
  • Source Selections
  • Should Cost Analyses (SCA)

NWCF Funded

  • Dedicated personnel across two branches...100% NAVSUP WSS support
  • PBLs, Business Case Analyses, Proposals Evaluations & DASN Should Costs
  • Navy Price Challenge Hotline, DOD-wide customer base

Contact

Mr. Nick Cuffe, Acting Director, Navy Price Fighters
Phone: (757) 443-2013
Email: nicholas.m.cuffe.civ@us.navy.mil


Singular Mission Focus: Provide Cost and Price Analysis Resulting in Reduced Contract Price

Our Headquarters

  • Naval Supply Systems Command
  • 5450 Carlisle Pike
  • Mechanicsburg, PA 17050-2411
  • usn.mechanicsburg.navsuphqmech.mbx.questions@us.navy.mil
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