Bid Reports Samples For Students

TAX LIEN

A lot of people nowadays do not have sufficient knowledge of the taxes which they are entitled to pay. Non-payment of such taxes is considered to be a felonious activity and may be subject to charges by the court. However, people the courts take any action; they do make sufficient attempts to make the owners aware of their obligation. If the owners fail to take any action, then the courts can put the property for auction after adhering to all the legal requirements.
When any specific property is put up for auction then the amount of the bid starts ...

Introduction

EBay is one of the key players in the online shopping industry. According to Hudson, eBay host around 200million buyers or shoppers and various business transacting in the site (1). Originally, eBay started as an online garage-sale-style auction but currently eBay has evolved to be the world force in the retail industry. The marketplace has various frameworks for selling various products or items for both the small and large businesses. Hudson notes that, eBay is the place to go while one is looking for discount on items and unique collectibles (2).
Just like other forms of business, this ...

1.1 Introduction
Construction forms are necessary since they provide a detailed history of the construction process from the planning stage up to the completion stage. The contents of these documents highlight the decisions and activities that together comprised the construction process. Therefore, when properly prepared, these documents provide an accurate history of construction projects. In essence therefore, construction documents facilitate monitoring and evaluation of construction projects. In addition, they can be used as evidence when disputes and litigations arise (Hyland, 2005, p.68).
2.1 Application for payment
2.1.1 Explanation of the Form
Once in the construction phase, ...

On 20 Moorgate EC2, London City, UK

For
Henvesco
Manager of Central London Office Unit Trust (CLOUT)
As of
Real Estate Acquisition Team (REAT), London, UK
Project no.
Regarding: 20 Moorgate, London, UK
In order to comply with your request, our team has conducted research on the market data and is through with the value analysis of the property named above. This study is therefore presented to you in a summarized report that narrates the factors surrounding the acquisition of 20 Moorgate EC2.
This study is geared towards estimating the market value of the Estate “As is” on 31st March 2017.the report is therefore written in ...

Antitrust practices refer to the laws and actions designed by the government for the purpose of preventing monopoly and promoting competition among the firms in order to achieve allocative efficiency . During the aftermath of the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865, several regional markets gained the opportunity of expanding into the national market as a result of improved transportation, industrialized methods of production and advanced corporate structures. As a result, by the 1880s, dominant firms emerged in several industries, including sugar, coal, petroleum, tobacco and many others . These firms set up certain decision groups, known as trusts in order to ...

The Pinkie Campaign (No Speeding)

Speeding in highways has become one of the most common vices in the society today. It has caused the death of a lot of people most of them being you people. According to a survey that was conducted between 2002 and 2006, more than 34% of the total accidents were caused by drivers who were aged between 17 years and 24 years (Tay 2002). Out of the total, it was found that only 17% of them had legal license holders. This prompted the government to come up with a campaign that was dubbed ‘The Pinkie Campaign’. The main aim of this campaign ...

Introduction

The topic of animal testing has been a debatable subject for quite a length of time. The determination of whether it is worth taking the life of an animal in a bid to treat any human disease has been surrounded by multiple ethical, social, legal as well as moral questions. The controversy between the arguments from both sides, those who support and those who oppose animal testing, has been aggravated by the fact that animal testing still remains a common practice in many laboratories across the world. The claims that some animals are similar to human beings have been proven wrong by several ...

Introduction

The bank of Dhofar was started with only two branches, One in Salalah and another one in Muscat, and was first incorporated in January 1990 as a public joint stock company in Oman to conduct banking activities for the investment, retail and corporate sectors. At its inception, the bank had the name Bank Dhofar Al Omani al Fransi, which was changed to the current name in 2003 after the bank met all approval requirements. Before the name change, Bank Dhofar Al Omani al Fransi had merged with the Majan International Bank in 2002. Over the years, the bank has ...

The Emerald is a 4-star hotel located in the city center and offers an assortment of services. The major goal of the management is the provision of comfort and unpretentious luxury and charm along with the integration of the best available technology. The hotel currently accommodates leisure tourists, business travelers, contracts, and small and large groups of people. It consists of 250 rooms (200 standard and 50 premium rooms). It also has a restaurant with 125 available seats and adjoining 50 seats in the bar lounge section. In addition, The Emerald has a bay exercise room, a conference and ...

History of the United States of America war on drugs began way back in the early 1900s. However, a number of drugs started becoming common in the late 1800s. The prevalent drugs were opium, cocaine, morphine and heroine. Cocaine was common after the Civil war in America. Cocaine was allegedly used in the manufacture of the popular beverage Coca-Cola; heroine was used to treat respiratory illnesses, and morphine was been used for other medicinal purposes but was abused from time to time (Count The Costs, 2012). It was realized that the psychotropic drugs had a great potential of addiction and the ...

Profitability ratios

Gross profit margin =Gross profit/Net sales
The formulae used in the calculations are listed in the appendix. ("Growth, Profitability, and Financial Ratios for Myer Holdings Ltd (MYR) from Morningstar.com," n.d.)

Commentary

- Profitability

Generally, profitability ratios give someone an idea on how the company is utilizing resources to make the profit.

Myer has a lower gross profit margin compared to David Jones. The gross profit, net profit margins for Myer decline over the two-year period, 2012 and 2013. During the same time, David Jones improves marginally on the margins. This is an indication of changing fortunes in the industry, where one company gains as the other declines.
The two companies have a similar tax environment as tax expense ...

Executive Summary

The internet age has brought with it a revolution in business. It has been a departure from the age-old “manual” way of conducting business to an automated and computer generated applications which ensure that the producer, the retailer and the consumer are interlinked by the internet. As a result of the “internet revolution”, e-businesses have now emerged. These businesses conduct all their activities online, starting from marketing, advertising, display of products and even payment for the goods and services by the consumer (Kessler, 2003). This has reduced the expenditure and the time taken when marketers have to visit all the countries in ...

The Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland is a publication by Jan Tomasz Gross in the year 2000. The book analyzes the events in the small town of Jedwabne around 1939. This was during the time when the Germans occupied Poland. The book looks at the manner in which the Polish non-Jewish inhabitants, on their own volition, decided to exterminate their Jewish neighbors during the year 1941. The author presents the causes of the massacre against the Jewish residents in Jedwabne by the neighbors who were non-Jews. In narrating the causes of the Jedwabne Jewish massacres, ...

Procurement report:

Based on a case analysis of Nickelodeon

References 17

This report lays out methods of procurement which play a major factor in the process of planning for the client. It lays out procurement methodology, its classification and integration in both traditional and non-traditional methods of procurement. The report further avail points laid out in the Government of New South Wales that would assist a client in the selection of a method that’s most appropriate. Different options for procurement methods such as SWOT analysis, IFB, RFI, Design and Construct, and (EPC) Engineering, procurement and construction are presented. These constructs are availed, evaluated and explained putting ...

Anti-trust law aims at ensuring fair competition in business. The law proceeds from the position that the presence of free trade enables businesses to thrive, and benefits the consumers and the economy. In its quest, the anti-trust law has had far reaching effects on business practices and their organization especially in the United States. To this end, the law has evolved measures to proscribe monopolization and restraints of trade by businesses among other practices.

Reason for creating the law

The Sherman Anti-trust Act was the first piece of legislation to be enacted by the United States Congress to proscribe trusts and other non-competitive practices. ...

Introduction

For the purpose of analyzing the governance structure of a business in New Zealand, Mighty River Power has been chosen. Mighty River Power is a New-Zealand headquartered electricity generation company, which was formed in the year 1999 after splitting from the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand. On May 2013, the firm was partially privatized by the government, with the government retaining 51.78% stake and the remaining 48.22% of the stake held by private investors. They generate electricity in a number of ways; which also includes hydroelectric power and geothermal plants located in various parts of the country. They are a major source of ...

Business Organizations in Global Context

Introduction
Globalization presents both opportunities and challenges for businesses in their operations in a global context as a result of the varied factors that are market as well as sector and industry specific. In that respect, businesses find themselves facing a complex situation that requires devising of suitable strategies in their local and foreign ventures due to market integration and international trade. In this consideration, this analysis seeks to demonstrate business organization activities and factors in a global context. To achieve this, the analysis considers a UK based Oil and gas organization; BP with a potential venture into the Chinese market and begins by ...

The steering wheel has been one of the advancements that have been made in the motor vehicle industry. However, the steering wheel as we know it today has had various developments over the years. This essay will clearly table the rich history of the modern day steering wheel and further compare it to its predecessors. In order to be able to understand the developments in the modern day steering wheel and particularly the electronic control steering, it is important to understand the history of the hydraulic control.

The Evolution of Electronic Control for Steering

Once man developed the wheel and was able to make the machines, ...

Executive summary

In the construction of industrial establishments, the use of truss frames is a common practice. A factor that informs the use of steel elements in these structures is the fact that they allow for construction to be conducted swiftly while offering the required stiffness. This report indicates how new steel frames can be developed, informed by the realization that the previously used timber truss have deteriorated in quality. The predictions that old structures cannot withstand increasing wind loads also inform the new designs.
In this report, the loads on the frames have been established to shed light on the ...

Safaricom Limited

Introduction
As research has stipulated severally, the study of market conditions and fluctuations of some aspects allows companies to develop rational decisions that can enhance robust progress of their operation (Grandke, 2013). Marketing research enables a company to examine its market, prevailing trends, new approaches, threats posed by competitors and identify new ways of marketing among other factors. Such research allows the firm to evaluate its target markets by boosting customer experiences, determine precise strategies to follow in community outreach, and develop a network services to facilitate organization growth through customer comments and suggestions. Most information for market research ...

Affiliate institution

Traditional responses of corporate strategy, hierarchical structures and control systems are among the major factors that inhibit the flexibility of a company, its ability to take up new opportunities and thrive in the ever changing external relationships. Mainly, these factors are caused by organizational similarity. Organizations need to be legitimate. Most of their behavioral and structural aspects are targeted towards environmental acceptance rather than internal organization similarity. Hence, most organizations tend to be similar, adopting traditional business practices. The success of companies is mainly determined by their flexibility to changing needs, new opportunities and the ability to create new ...

Executive Summary

Introduction
Company Background
The Mr. Bean Group Limited is a Singaporean based food and beverage retailer registered with an intra vires role of production, packaging and distribution of soya bean-based foods, food products, and drinks. The company, founded in 1995, produces soya milk as its major product among other products such as beancurd, grass jelly, soya beans, ice creams and pancakes. It is a subsidiary of the larger Super Bean International Company, and it has a considerably large market share in the South-east Asia. The Group has a sizable number of outlets including 50 outlets in Singapore and an ...

Overview of Growth, Development and Strategic direction of Google since the IPO in 2004

Google is a non-conventional company. Google has always been managed differently since it invention as a private company. Emphasis has always been on the environment or the atmosphere of creativity as well as challenge. It has led to the creation of Google that provides accurate, unbiased and free to access information for anyone that relies on Google globally.

The CEO said at one time it opportune time for the company to move to public ownership. Becoming a publicly owned company will have a number of importances to the employees, customers, the current shareholder and also the future shareholders. The feared however is that ...

Business

On my latest return flight from London, I read an article discussing the off-campus housing needs for university students. The article, coupled with the research you have been conducting on student housing, caught my attention.
The survey you conducted of CWU students should help you answer the overall question: Should Anderson and Associates build a complex of private hotel-like rooms (sleeping and sitting area and private bath but no kitchen; private one-room efficiency apartments; one-bedroom, two-person apartments; or four-bedroom, four-person apartments? Remember that because of cost issues, Anderson and Associates can only chose ONE configuration type for the apartment ...

Portfolio Management

Introduction
The objective of this report is to understand the performance of various stocks ranging from different industry over a period of three weeks. The companies selected by us include:
- Apple Inc.
- Ebay Inc.
- Delta Airlines
- Coca-Cola Company
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo
- Banco Santander
- JP Morgan
- Progressive Corp
- Pepsi
- Mcdonald
- AT&T
The companies were selected as each one represented their industry significantly while the banking stocks were selected primarily because of recent growth ...

Abstract

Project management is one of the essential fields that any executive personnel who have a vision to establish outstanding projects should embrace. There are different strategies that are utilized by large, medium and small corporations and projects to ensure that the management business within and externally goes on smoothly. Ideally, the project report aims at investigating the management practices that existed in the Shard Tower Project. First, the reports outline and give a background description of the manner in which the Shard Tower Project has been managed in the previous times. There will be the use of professional measures to outline ...

Introduction

A sustainable community is one that is ecologically, economically and socially healthy and buoyant. Such a community strives to meet its challenges through integrated solutions rather than through patchy approaches that will probably meet one of these goals at the expense of the rest as this will only deteriorate the quality of life (ISC, 2013). Sustainable development is a concept that has just emerged. My interest lies solely on sustainable community and how employment fits into it taking Thornbury a town in Bristol as a case in example. My interest in this topic was spurred by the fact that world population is rapidly ...

Introduction

In the history of California, it has been considered one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. However, according to some researchers as well as statistics from different database, California is fast losing its rich heritage of the indigenous languages (Hinton, p. 83). Out of the at least 98 native languages initially spoken in the boundaries that have now been covered within the California State, research findings have established that 45 of these languages have no fluent speakers left in the present century. Additionally, these researches have also determined that 17 of these languages have only one ...

Analysis of Canadian Housing Investment Opportunities

Analysis of Canadian housing investment opportunities
Executive Summary
The Canadian Housing market has historically offered enough returns with significant volatility over the last two decades. It is the most stable of housing markets around the world and is favored by the changing demographics. From well-regulated financial markets to encouraging immigration policies, Canada’s housing market is poised for surges in demand, given stable supply, and is supported by reliable financial regulation. Investors with a medium to long-term horizons, as well as people simply wish to enjoy Canada’s peaceful lifestyle, would all benefit from the diverse investment choices. ...

Analysis of the program “Getting Out and Staying Out”

Abstract
The ‘Getting Out and Staying Out’ program has received a lot of attention in the recent past for the role it has played in reviving and rekindling the lives of young males of New York who have served time in prison. This paper sheds more light on the role that the program has played in the by looking at the factors that have facilitated its success, doing a SWOT analysis and providing recommendations that could be implemented to improve the service delivery of the program. The paper also suggests the considerations that prospective studies could use to evaluate the ...

Individual Reflective Essay

Introduction
This report is a reflection of the activities undertaken by the group team in the task of organizing a three day conference, a project that the group carried out. The project is a report on a response by Reliable Ltd to an invitation to tender geared to succeeding in the process of organizing a three day international conference deemed to take place at a strategic location in the UK. This report gives a detailed discussion on how the group went about to ensure success in this project including how the team was organized and managed, communication management within the team during the project, execution of ...

Report on Marketing Ethics.

Introduction
Marketing ethics refers to principles or morals applied in a business environment with regard to marketing. The major reason for undertaking the study and writing a report on it is analyzing the benefits of ethical marketing and making a recommendation on it.Marketing ethics is a tool that all business persons should adopt. It gives a competitive edge to a business. Ethical marketing presents a great opportunity for the growth of a business. This study has assumed thatthe businesses being referred to, partake marketing in terms of promotion and advertising as well as through media. The research covers many issues with regards to marketing ethics among ...

Consonants Chart

Consonant phonemes
/m/ is a bilabial nasal consonant, as in /kup/ ‘house‘ (cf /rup/ ‘eye’).
/p/ is voiceless bilabial plosive, as in /kyp/ ‘house’ (cf /kyb/ ‘roof’). It is represented by allophones [p] and voiceless bilabial fricative [ɸ], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /kypyɾ/ ‘house’ [ky’ɸyɾ] ‘referring to a house’.
/b/ is a voiced bilabial plosive, as in /kyb/ ‘roof’ (cf /Byb/ ‘child’). It is represented by allophones [b] and voiced bilabial fricative [β], the latter pronounced in an intervocalic position: /tɔ:b/ ‘water’ [tɔ:b], but /tɔ:byɾ/ ‘wet’ [tɔ: ‘βyɾ].
/ B/ is a bilabial ...

Introduction

Two phenomenons have had a largest affect on modern day business operations; globalization and technological advance. (Weil & Vitale, 2001) In the face of the two, entrepreneurs have not been left out in utilizing massive opportunities that they avail by designing new ways of doing business including the e-business platform. However, the change brings with it an equal measure of challenges to the business arena hence a need to devise effective ways of managing the risks involved. Some of the greatest risks in the e-business threaten sustainability of the model’s effective supply chain as well as operations. (Porter, 1991) In that ...

Despite being elusive and vague with respect to definition, the term ‘community’ attracts a lot of attention and concerns in various perspectives. Sociologists have failed to come up with a specific meaning or definition of community. However, the concept of community continues to be a main reference point with respect to various individuals (Edwards, 2011). Since the concepts of community have become reference points, a lot of interests and concerns have so far been attracted amongst sociologists and other stakeholders. It is also true that the concepts of community continue to attract the imaginations of people (Palloff & Pratt, 2010). The imaginations arise due ...

Introduction- Company Overview

Atkins (WS) PLC (Atkins) is one of the leading engineering consultancy firms. WS Atkins and Partners was established in 1938 by Sir William Atkins in London (Our history – Atkins, 2013). In its early years the company specialised in civil and structural engineering design and offered to clients grew to include specialist service in planning, engineering sciences, architecture and project management after the Second World War.

Scope and Objectives

The main aim of this report is to identify and critique the challenges, identify the opportunities in terms of strategic direction and make recommendations on alternatives strategic to meet the challenges faced by the ...

Activity-based costing focuses on the activities on specific items and not the products of a given firm. In addition, activity-based costing effectively identifies specific activities within a firm whilst assigning the associated costs on the basis of the levels of consumption. Notably, activity-based costing is different from conventional costing on the basis that the former categorizes overheads as direct costs. Theoretically, Competition Bikers merger should not adopt activity based costing as a replacement of the conventional accounting system but as a complimentary or additional accounting system. This will help to transform the company’s accounting process into an authentic state.
There may ...

Introduction

Immunotherapy is a process through which diseases related to or rather affecting the immune system are treated by simply ensuring the capabilities of the immune system are improved.

Such is possible through various ways but the most common method of enhancing the immune system and ensuring its effective is through vaccination. This can also be made possible by eliminating or alternatively controlling some immune responses as evident when dealing with allergy issues. According to Edwin Smith Papyrus, treatment of most complex diseases was effected through surgery as it was considered the most effective method of treatment. This was mostly as ...

PPP Contracting options

PPP, an acronym for public-private partnership, describes a venture that is financed and operated via a partnership between the government and a company in the private sector. In the contractual agreement, the private entity offers a public service and assumes a significant technical, financial and operational risk. For a contractual agreement between the government and the private entity, the following options are available.

1. Design-Bid-Build: - Firstly, an engineering design firm is contracted to establish guidelines on the required materials, equipment and the potential costs to complete the project. The private sector is then invited to bid on the provided specifications with the winning contractor ...

Legal Issues Affecting Business Organizations in Australia

Recurrently, business entities engage in fraud or unfair practices in an attempt to gain advantage over their competitors. It is not always that these practices benefit consumers- on several occasions, business entities disregard the rights of the consumer. It is in this light that most governments, inclusive of the government of Australia, require business to submit information about their various products in a bid to ascertain if the products, in any way, infringe the rights of consumers. This is bid by governments to safeguard the rights of consumers is conventionally referred to as consumer legal protection.

The Level of Consumer Protection in Australia

However, even as governments, ...

Delivery of service

Work teams normally consist of individuals with similar values working together in a bid to achieve common goals. There are many benefits of a strong work team. One of the most valuable benefits of a strong work team is shared work load. Once a decision is made and the task is established, staff members can divide accountability for that task such that any one employee in the team is not overburdened by his or her personal responsibility for the whole task. Work team members can also support each other through both moral and functional support. Mutual understanding and team cooperation also boost employees’ commitment to ...

Transformation of Vertical Industries into Horizontal Ones

The traditional formation of corporations has been under the architecture of vertical formation. For many years now, many of the corporations have been adopting a hierarchical model that has been designed to transfer resources and corporate activities from a central point to a lesser involving position at the base of the hierarchy. This approach has however been affected by massive competition from different corporations which have emerged at the onset of globalization. Globalization has witnessed the introduction of enfranchisement as well as outsourcing in a bid to expand the market capabilities as well as maximize the available profits through increase of customers. The ...

Abstract

A 'mirror-tracing task' (or mirror-tracing test) is a psychological test used to measure a variety of functions such as learning, transfer of information from one brain hemisphere to the other, and other perceptual/motor skills. In the test, two hypotheses were formulated in a bid to understand the concept of spatial perception, transfer of abilities and gender differences. On the first hypothesis, Continuous exposure to the mirror-tracing test will lead to improved mirror tracing skill; we needed to look at the influence of practising on the mirror tracing skill. 243 subjects were continuously exposed to the test for seven days and the results ...