Governemnt Contract – Cost and Pricing

Specify the main points of the Buy American Requirements in one (1) page or less.

Determine the substantive means by which the Buy American Requirements would benefit both VectorCal and your new company. Provide a rationale for the response.

Analyze the fundamental ways in which the Buy American Requirements are contradictory to a capitalistic ethos, given that the U.S. government claims to promote competition and the U.S. espouses a free market ideology (i.e., capitalism). Support your answer with two (2) examples of such a contradiction.

Debate whether or not you believe that the exceptions to the Buy American Requirements set forth by the government are fair and advantageous to the U.S. economy. Provide a rationale for the response.

Determine the key advantages and disadvantages of using the Buy American Requirements with the navigation system that both VectorCal and your company produce. Justify the response.

Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.