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Competitive Intelligence

ARDAK's Contract Exploitation System (ACES) - Overview

ACES was initially developed in the late 1980’s by leveraging analyst’s expertise gained while working in the Intelligence Community (IC) including the former Deputy Assistant Sec Def for Intelligence. Once proven the methodology formed the basis of ARDAK’s Intellectual Property (IP).

ARDAK made significant financial investments in the development of Competitive Intelligence (CI), Competitor Assessment (CA), Price To Win (PTW), and Wrap Rate Derivation (RD) software. ARDAK’s IP is widely used as input into our and Tier I A&D contractor’s internal PTW for over three decades. ARDAK’s analysts have a minimum of twenty (20) years’ experience utilizing ACES resulting in a win rate of 92% over the last 5 years

Agency Analysis

Agency Analysis

RD Indirect / Wrap Rate Methodology

RD Indirect / Wrap Rate Methodology

Material Handling (MH) Analysis

Material Handling (MH) Analysis

Direct Labor (DL) Rate Category and Analysis

Direct Labor (DL) Rate Category and Analysis

Fee Analysis

Fee Analysis

Generic Cost Model

Generic Cost Model

Competitive Assessment

Competitive Assessment