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Mojo Marine services has been offered a contract to provide highly classified services to the U.S. Navy. The contract is for 8 years. The projected costs and revenues for the project are given below Cost of new equipment Working capital needed Net annual Cash receipts $500,000 100,000 90,000 Equipment rebuilding cost Half way thru the contract 150,000 Salvage value of equipment In 8 years 50,000 Mojo's cost of capital is 12 percent. Complete an analysis to determine whether or not this contract should be accepted by utilizing the present value of cash inflows and outflows. Should the contract be accepted? Explain, Show all your calculations in good form.

Explanation / Answer

Assuming the net working capital is returned at   the end of the project. No Tax rate is given so ignoring depreciatio effects; Details Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Cost of new equipment         (500,000) NWC         (100,000)     100,000 Equipment rebuilding cost    (150,000) Net Annual Cash receipt        90,000      90,000       90,000         90,000     90,000    90,000     90,000       90,000 Salvage         50,000 Net Cash flow       (600,000)        90,000      90,000       90,000       (60,000)     90,000    90,000     90,000     240,000 PV factor @12%                      1          0.893        0.797         0.712           0.636       0.567      0.507       0.452          0.404 PV of Net Cash flows       (600,000)        80,357      71,747       64,060       (38,131)     51,068    45,597     40,711       96,932 NPV of Cash flows         (187,658) As the net present value of Cash flows is negative, the contract should not be accepted.