>>Hi All,
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>>Two entities and myself are putting together a proposal to get awarded a government contract to develop and maintain a web site that gathers and reports information. Since I am in charge of the IT component of the project (there are several facets to this project), I need to estimate cost.
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>>The question I have is how much do I charge for my time? I know what is common for development work commercially ($150/hour and up), but the public sector is of course looking for the best deal. Since it is flat fee, I have to be careful not to underbid.
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>>Anybody with any suggestions or experience with this?
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>>Thank you!
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>You're billing $150/hour and up for VFP work? Congratulations!
Hourly rate is very relative thing. Some people will charge $75/hour and then for every hour they bill they spend 1/2 on UT <g>. So it all comes out to the same <g>
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